WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:03.240 The Mandy Connell Show is sponsored by Belle and Pollock 2 00:00:03.319 --> 00:00:04.799 Accident and injury Lawyers. 3 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:09.960 No, it's Mandy Connell and Dona. 4 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:14.960 Koam ninety one f M. 5 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:25.519 Got way through three Andy Connal Keithy no sad thing 6 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:27.640 well football. 7 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:30.879 But welcome to a Thursday edition of the show. I'm 8 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:32.280 your host for the next three hours. 9 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:33.439 Mandy Connell and. 10 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:36.600 Back in the saddle, but sag in just a little bit. 11 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:40.840 Anthony Rodriguez back from vacation and sickness. Welcome back, Hey, Rody, 12 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:47.399 we need a kind of a pew when we're not 13 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:48.079 feeling good. 14 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:48.479 Yeah. 15 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:52.039 Hey, Ron caught the crowd. We all had it. He 16 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:54.520 is still in the end stages of it. 17 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.520 No fun. What day is it? No fun at all altogether? No, 18 00:00:58.920 --> 00:00:59.640 it's not Friday. 19 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:03.520 You just wish it was tomorrow. It will be this week, 20 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:06.159 you guys. In the last three days, I've had three 21 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:08.640 of those days that started at six am and ended 22 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:11.200 at like ten o'clock at night. And I was supposed 23 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:13.640 to have another meeting tonight and God bless my friend Geta, 24 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:15.200 who was like, do we really need to have this meeting. 25 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:17.640 I'm like, here's my update. There you go, let's move 26 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:21.280 the meeting to the twenty second Yay, yay. We have 27 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:24.159 so much stuff to talk about today. I mean so 28 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:28.760 much stuff. Yesterday while I was on the air, the 29 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:31.879 story was breaking about the shooting in Minneapolis, and in 30 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:33.959 the last twenty four hours I have had time to 31 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:37.760 roll this around from multiple directions, because if you follow 32 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:40.000 me on x dot com, you will see in my 33 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:43.000 ex bio that it says I'm just wishing people would 34 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:45.719 be consistent. And I really started thinking yesterday afternoon, Mandy, 35 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:48.840 what is a consistent opinion for you in this situation. 36 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:51.040 We're going to get to that in just a moment, 37 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:53.920 but first we're going to do the blog. Go to 38 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:57.680 mandy'sblog dot com. That's mandy'sblog dot com. Look in the 39 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:00.480 latest post section and look for the headline that says 40 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:03.959 one eight twenty six blog the latest tech from the 41 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:07.400 CEES plus a vision for twenty twenty six. Click on 42 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:09.800 that and here are the headlines you will find within. 43 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:12.319 I think it's in Office half of American Allmerships and 44 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:13.879 clipmans of ss ConA press. 45 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:18.039 Play today on the blog the latest tech is all 46 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.439 out at the CEES. Michelle Zelner wants to help with 47 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:26.039 your vision RFK makes real food great again. Willman killed 48 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:30.520 by Will been killed by HHS is from Colorado borders 49 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:33.159 our Tom Homan is the voice of reason. There may 50 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:36.319 be an override of Trump's veto on Colorado's water project. 51 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:39.599 What to know about the National Western Stock Show? Hey 52 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:41.960 two seventy drivers, you need to let c DOT know 53 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:46.360 your thoughts. Would banning corporate ownership of homes move housing prices? 54 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:50.039 This says the Denver market has slowed. Phil Wiser keeps 55 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:53.080 declaring victory when it's not really. Can we talk about 56 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:56.800 Greenland Obamacare tax credits maybe getting a vote soon? How 57 00:02:56.919 --> 00:03:00.039 did a sexual predator get hired at another school? And 58 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:03.319 this woman thinks her dog is actually a child. This 59 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:07.240 baby elephant is adorable. Hey, mumblers, this one is for you. 60 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:11.000 Keep an eye out for Scarlet Evergreen. The Corporation for 61 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:12.800 Public Broadcasting. 62 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:12.800 Is no more. 63 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:16.759 Aurora voted for feelings instead of good governance. I hope 64 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:20.000 mom Donnie gets his way messing with the mailman. 65 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:22.680 The Kansas City chiefs rolled Kansas to move. 66 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:25.879 Most people regain the weight they use they lose with 67 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:29.919 GLP ones. Put down your phone and daydream instead. Next 68 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:33.280 level wrapping bo Nicks doesn't like dogs. 69 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:35.479 What the world map sounds like? 70 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:39.360 Is it called ocean sixty five? And China is killing 71 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:42.360 it with vote prone technology. Scott Jennings offers a sick 72 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:45.840 burn to Hunter Biden schoolhouse rock is fifty. 73 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:47.879 And our weight best worth it. 74 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:52.199 Those are the headlines on the blog at mandy'sblog dot 75 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:57.080 com TI Tech two stop it Nancy that. 76 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:01.439 I mean, I needed a way to vest for those headlines. 77 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:04.840 That's how big today's blog is. Today's blog is a masterpiece, 78 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:07.319 if I do say so myself, I mean, it's really 79 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:09.400 really good. We've got some great video on the blog today. 80 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:12.560 But I want to start out my touching base about 81 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:15.000 what happened yesterday in Minnesota. And now I have seen 82 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:20.480 multiple angles of the incident that unfolded thusly. There was 83 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:25.000 a woman who, in protest, had parked her car across 84 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:28.519 a road in order to stop ICE. Now her wife 85 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:32.120 is caught on camera saying I should have never made 86 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:38.519 her come down here. ICE agents rolled up on her 87 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:41.399 vehicle and in order to get her out of the roadways. 88 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:43.800 And part of this speculation, because we don't know all 89 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:45.160 the details, and we'll get to more of that in 90 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:49.560 a second, and one walked up to her driver's side door. 91 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:54.120 One was in front of her vehicle. Rather than obey 92 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:59.040 the commands of the ICE agents and where she would 93 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:02.120 have walked away, she chose to try and get away 94 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:06.360 by gunning her car and in the process did hit 95 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:10.040 an ICE agent who then opened fire and shot her 96 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:14.000 three times and killed her. Those are pretty much the facts, 97 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:17.439 as my own eyeballs have shown me. That is what 98 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:22.040 I believe to be true. Now, when I really look 99 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:25.560 at this from the lens of being consistent, you have 100 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:28.839 to think. And I realized that it's very easy to say, well, 101 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:30.680 you know, you mess around, what do you expect? But 102 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:34.839 this was the mother of three children. This was a 103 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:38.959 woman who probably, and I'm just speculating here, probably really 104 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:43.040 believed that she was doing the morally right thing. Because 105 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:46.120 of the rhetoric around ice agents, she probably really believed 106 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:50.720 she was doing something good and valuable and upright and upstanding. 107 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:53.720 And I can look at this differently, but I do 108 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:56.839 believe that that is where her heart was. And one 109 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:59.319 has to wonder, like, at what point do you say 110 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:02.519 it is not right that someone was killed, even for 111 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:03.199 being an idiot. 112 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:05.439 You know, that's a tough call. I wasn't the one 113 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:06.160 being run over. 114 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:08.560 Now. 115 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:10.800 I don't know how this all gets adjudicated, but I'm 116 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:12.199 going to say this, and I said this to a 117 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:15.560 Rod before the show. I don't think anything we're going 118 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:19.079 to see or anything we're going to say, is going 119 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:21.680 to move people off the positions they decided on based 120 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:27.920 on their political ideology. If you believe that ICE is bad, 121 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:31.240 you are never going to believe that this shooting was. 122 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:33.879 Justified in any way, shape or form. And I could 123 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:34.920 make the argument that you. 124 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:37.959 Are probably correct based on the fact that I truly 125 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:42.079 believe that Ashley Babbitt, who was crawling through a window 126 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:44.040 at the Capitol when she got shot in the face, 127 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:49.199 didn't deserve to die for that either. But the reality 128 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:53.959 is I wasn't that Capitol police officer either. I don't 129 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:57.360 know if they truly, in their hearts, believe that their 130 00:06:57.439 --> 00:06:58.360 lives were in danger. 131 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:01.759 I don't know. All this stuff happened so fast. 132 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:04.480 We're talking in like one and a half seconds, right 133 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:10.199 when decisions were made that unfortunately had life and death consequences, And. 134 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:11.800 It wasn't just made by the ICE agent. 135 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:15.279 That driver made a life and death consequence decision that 136 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:16.480 ended badly for her. 137 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:21.199 So this is this I said it yesterday. 138 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:23.160 This is going to be one of those things that 139 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:26.279 could turn into something really, really, really significant, and in 140 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:28.800 fifty years we may look back and go, oh yeah, yeah, 141 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:31.759 between Charlie Kirk and that, Yeah, those are the things 142 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:32.879 that really set things off. 143 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:36.519 Now, what's interesting is that Tom Homan, the Borders Are. 144 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:41.720 Was sitting down for an interview and I want to 145 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:45.199 play this is what Tony Decoppolis from CBS News, who 146 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:46.920 by the way, we're going to have to talk about 147 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:49.360 how Tony's doing. He teared up on the air and 148 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:53.120 everybody's making fun of him. But I want you to 149 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:57.319 hear Tom Holman and Tony Decopolis talk about this and 150 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:02.839 this strategy by Tom Homan is the right one. 151 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:04.879 I think the city of Minneapolis is on edge. I 152 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:08.120 think the country is on edge right now. You say 153 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:09.160 the investigation is. 154 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:12.000 Ongoing, investigations just started, just started. 155 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:14.360 You say you can't comment on the video which many 156 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:16.240 Americans are seeing and reacting to. 157 00:08:16.839 --> 00:08:19.240 I'm not going to make a judgment call on one 158 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:22.560 video when there's one hundred videos out there. I wasn't 159 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:24.839 on the scene. I'm not an officer that may have 160 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:33.120 bodycam video, I'd be the unprofessional or comment I'm when 161 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:36.639 I think happened in that situation. Let the investigation play 162 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:40.399 out and hold people accountable based on the investigation. 163 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:43.840 I think many members of the public are calling for 164 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:46.399 the same thing, and so they're confused. Maybe you can 165 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:49.919 help me understand how the Department of Homeland Security could 166 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:53.799 conclude so swiftly that this is a quote active domestic 167 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:57.480 terrorism that this woman quote weaponized her vehicle by the 168 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:58.960 very same standard you describe. 169 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:01.159 This investigtion is just getting started. 170 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:04.720 That's the question for Homeland Security on the borders are well, 171 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:07.080 I can't tell you what I've seen on my airplane 172 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:10.919 ride here, looking at numerous videos, seeing numerous social media posts, 173 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:14.440 statements from the Homeland Security, statements from Secretary. 174 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:16.039 No, I'll leave it at that. And the law enforce 175 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:18.600 What good is it to do right now to. 176 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:23.159 Me prejudge the facts what happened today without giving law 177 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:25.879 enforced professional for the j FPI or the local police there, 178 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:28.480 give them time to look at all the videos, talk 179 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:31.360 to all the witnesses, talk to the officers, and make 180 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:37.279 an educated decision on what occurred today. That's what needs 181 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:39.639 to happen. I've been a cop since nineteen eighty four. 182 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:42.759 That is a process we must go through, and. 183 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:46.639 That is what needs to happen. And by the way, 184 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:49.919 I am still inclined, and I just retweeted. I'm retweeting 185 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:52.879 every video of this that I can find. I just 186 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:55.279 think that it is better for us all to see 187 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:58.000 every single thing and then we can decide who's full 188 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:00.559 of crap and who's not right. And I believe that 189 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:03.559 this woman did indeed hit an ICE agent with her car. 190 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:07.159 There is video that's pretty clear that shows her hitting 191 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:09.879 this ICE agent with her car. Now, is there something 192 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:11.080 else the ICE agent could have done? 193 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:11.600 I don't know. 194 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:15.039 I'm not a train law enforcement officer. I'm really not. 195 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:17.840 But if somebody tried to run over me with their car, 196 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:22.559 somebody that was blocking the road, somebody that was obstructing. 197 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:27.320 Law enforcement, I would probably already be on edge. I 198 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:28.879 don't know. I Like I said, I think that this 199 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:29.360 is one. 200 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:32.120 Of those incidents that the right and left are never 201 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:35.679 going to agree on ever, kind of like January sixth. 202 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:38.759 You know, we all look at it from our own perspective, 203 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:45.200 but this one is tragic. You know, nobody wishes that 204 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:50.600 someone's mother was killed. But at the same time, this 205 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:54.120 is sort of what happens when you have people out 206 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:57.919 calling ice agents Nazis and telling them to get the 207 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:01.240 f out of their cities and be openly defiant and 208 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:04.279 saying horrible things. This is how things end. People get 209 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:06.240 shot at softball games. I mean, these are the things 210 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:11.279 that happen, right, These are the things that happen. Got 211 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:14.240 some text messages on the Common Spirit Health text line, Hi, Mandy, 212 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:16.480 police have a right to protect themselves, but I wish 213 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:18.720 the cop had not stood in front of her car 214 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:22.240 while drawing his gun. I like told Tom Holman's response, 215 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:26.240 you know, I again, I don't know if they are like, look, 216 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:29.360 make sure this person doesn't get away, or I have 217 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:30.000 no idea. 218 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:32.159 I don't know why he drew his gun on her 219 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:34.679 in the first place. That is a valid question that 220 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:35.519 needs to be answered. 221 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:36.799 Now. 222 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:37.440 I do know this. 223 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:40.519 I do know that any kind of traffic stop, any 224 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:43.799 kind of situation where law enforcement is walking up to 225 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:47.960 a vehicle not knowing who's in that vehicle, right, not 226 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:51.320 knowing what the intentions of the person in that vehicle are, 227 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:54.240 it is one of the most dangerous situations that a 228 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:57.279 law enforcement officer can find themselves in I personally know 229 00:11:57.440 --> 00:11:59.879 someone who was murdered in a traffic stop. He worked 230 00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:02.480 for the Florida Highway Patrol And why I no his son. 231 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:06.559 He was murdered and left small children behind, you know, 232 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:08.919 because he walked up to do a speeding stop and 233 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:10.360 the guy just shot him when he walked up to 234 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:10.639 the car. 235 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:13.159 So it's a very dangerous situation. 236 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:16.240 And as you know, citizens who are in that car, 237 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:18.240 we know, like I know, if I get pulled over, 238 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:21.759 I'm not There's no Shenanigan's going on, Like, I'm just 239 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:23.600 gonna be like, can I have my ticket? Thank you, sir, 240 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:26.039 I'm on my way. I don't even try to get 241 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:28.039 out of it anymore. I haven't been pulled over in 242 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.440 a really long time. But at this it's just like, dude, 243 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:31.840 just can I I got places to go? 244 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:33.720 Can I just have the ticket? Let's just get this 245 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:34.120 over with. 246 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:36.600 So we know we're not going to do anything, and 247 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:40.039 I think that we then project that onto how we 248 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:45.559 think an officer should respond, right, Except this officer didn't 249 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:48.519 know that this was a thirty seven year old woman 250 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:51.440 you know, who just came to the protest because she 251 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:52.720 thinks she's doing God's work. 252 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:55.600 So this is an entirely dangerous situation. 253 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:57.240 Manby. 254 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:59.360 If she had run over and killed the ICE sag, 255 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:01.919 will we be talking about it like this. Nope, it 256 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:03.840 would have been buried by the liberal media because it 257 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:04.840 doesn't fit their narrative. 258 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:07.519 You know, I think that, and I'm gonna say it. 259 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:09.399 I hate to say it, but I think when an 260 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:11.840 ICE agent gets killed, and I do believe that is 261 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:15.360 where we're headed, it will have an impact, but it 262 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:18.759 won't stop the rhetoric. Those on the hard left will 263 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:21.759 simply say it's a good beginning, right, and the news 264 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:23.600 media will cover it, but they will cover it quickly 265 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:27.320 and it will just go away, and then they'll start 266 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:29.240 platforming all the people who are saying, you know, that's 267 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:31.200 sad that that guy died, but I mean, look at 268 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:34.399 what they were doing, right, There's always the look at 269 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:36.840 It's like the Charlie Kirk thing. Sorry he's dead, but 270 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:39.440 he wasn't a nice man. Sorry he's dead, but oh 271 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:41.960 he was awful. Sorry he's dead, but he was a 272 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:42.840 hate mongers. 273 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:46.480 That's what they do. That's how it works, that's the 274 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:48.559 way it goes. Mandy the cop, this shot. 275 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:51.399 He was previously drug by another car three months ago. 276 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:53.960 He received like thirty stitches from it. I heard and 277 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:57.039 read that as well, and that would explain a heightened 278 00:13:57.200 --> 00:14:02.159 state of response for sure. Now this Texter said, Mandy, 279 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:05.600 She's dead because she was stupid. She did a stupid thing. 280 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:10.080 And the reality is is that for many on the left, 281 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:13.159 she will become a martyr to this cause. And here's 282 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:14.639 the thing, you guys, I said at the beginning of 283 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:17.960 the show. I can look at both perspectives and see 284 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:20.919 how you could feel that way, right, I could look 285 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:25.600 at both sides and say, I understand your position. This 286 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:30.679 is going to be a very divisive issue because it's inconclusive. 287 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:35.480 People who are really honestly believe that Ice are Nazis, 288 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:38.480 that Ice are in here rounding up people and throwing 289 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:41.679 them out of the country, you know, just sumarily, they 290 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:45.519 really believe that this woman was doing something morally right 291 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:47.240 and that you. 292 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:48.919 Know, just. 293 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:50.840 Good. 294 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:55.679 And people like me who look at ICE as people 295 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:58.000 who are enforcing the laws as the United States of 296 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:01.519 America has passed them to solve a problem that was 297 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:04.399 created by ignoring the laws of the United States of America. 298 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:10.919 I don't wish her dead, But I understand how it happened, Mandy. 299 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:13.919 We have an epidemic of white liberal women. Certainly seems 300 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:17.519 that way, Mandy. The woman that had been had been 301 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:19.159 stalking these agents all day. 302 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:19.840 Didn't you know that? 303 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.039 No? 304 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:21.879 I did not know that. Where'd you get that? Ralph? 305 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:22.360 Send it to me? 306 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:25.919 Email Mandy Connell at iHeartMedia dot com. What I'm seeing, 307 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:27.960 the coverage that I'm seeing so far of this woman 308 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:32.440 is she's originally from Colorado Springs. She moved from here 309 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:36.399 to Kansas City, and most recently moved to Minneapolis. If 310 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:39.279 you see the video that was taken right after the event, 311 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:43.080 her wife or her partner is sitting on the curb crying, saying, 312 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:44.039 I shouldn't. 313 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:45.360 Have brought her here. I shouldn't have brought her here. 314 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:49.080 All of her family members are saying she wasn't particularly 315 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:57.080 politically active. But you know, I don't know where this is, Mandy. 316 00:15:57.120 --> 00:16:00.120 It's just like the United Health CEO being murdered. So 317 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:04.120 many just shrug, yeah, I mean in a way, except 318 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.279 this was involving the federal government, so it is slightly different. 319 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:09.720 Uh. 320 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:13.000 The fact that it was a mother is immaterial, says 321 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:14.879 this text her. It always bothers me that being a 322 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:18.759 mother somehow exculpates justifies behavior. I know you're being sensitive 323 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:20.720 to the fact she's a mother, rather than excusing it, 324 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:24.039 but it gets perceived as an excuse or justification. You 325 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:27.360 often hear a lot of the same wording around Jeanette VISGERA. No, 326 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:30.519 I'm not excusing anything. I please don't take it that way. 327 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:34.559 She made a dumb choice that eventually led to her death. Right, 328 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:37.159 that's just that is the fact of the matter. Had 329 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:39.799 she not done what she did, had she not hit 330 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:43.679 the gas, she would be alive right now. So I'm 331 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:46.159 not excusing anything she did. I just think it's tragic 332 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:48.919 that we now have three kids who don't have a mom. 333 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:51.919 I feel the same way about Faith Winter's kids. We 334 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:54.600 now know that Faith had indeed been drinking when she 335 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:56.600 got into the accident that took her life, and that's 336 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:59.360 on her right. Those are her choices that got are there. 337 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:01.440 But it's still to me that there are now three 338 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:04.039 kids without their mother. I feel bad when somebody loses 339 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:07.799 their father as well, to be clear, but it's just 340 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:12.319 it's a tough situation. Did you hear Ross's interview today 341 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:15.640 where she was antagonizing ice prior to that. Won't make 342 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:17.720 a judgment on who was at fault, But I tell 343 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:20.480 my children, don't put yourself in a position to create 344 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:20.960 an issue. 345 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:26.400 Correct. That is so correct. And by the way, it 346 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:27.400 doesn't matter if you're. 347 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:30.160 Black or white, or brown, or green or purple, or 348 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.279 an alien from Mars. If you have kids and you 349 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:36.079 have not had a conversation with them about how to 350 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:39.839 behave in an interaction with police, you are doing a 351 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:43.119 lousy job as a parent if you have not explained 352 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:45.920 to them. Look, if you ever are in a situation 353 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:47.799 where you are being hassled by a police or you 354 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:50.920 feel like you're being treated unfairly, let it play out 355 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:53.599 and I will come get you and we will take 356 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:56.839 care of it, you know, because that's. 357 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:00.240 It's absurd some. 358 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:03.440 Of the things that have happened that have led to 359 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:05.920 the deaths of people that otherwise should still be alive, 360 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:07.599 some of whom were criminals. 361 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:10.079 Don't get me wrong, but. 362 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:14.039 It's all at the feet of the tension in the 363 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:18.119 system that exists because of the unknown for the officers 364 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:23.640 and the unwillingness of people to simply work the process through. Right, 365 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:26.519 I don't understand it. I was raised, you know, back 366 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:29.319 in the day in the seventies. My father is an attorney. 367 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:33.359 He told me exactly how to behave He told me, yes, sir, no, sir, 368 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.839 you put your hands where they can see him. You 369 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:38.240 don't move anything without announcing what you're doing and why 370 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:39.839 you're doing it to the police officer. 371 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.400 And I mean we he was. 372 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:44.519 That was from the time I was little. So the 373 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:47.200 notion that only black people have that conversation is just wrong. 374 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:50.279 Now they may have it for a much different reason. 375 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:53.039 But we were also talked to respect authority. 376 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:55.160 And here's the thing. If you're not doing anything wrong, if. 377 00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:57.039 Everything's even, if you're going to get a ticket for 378 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:00.119 a misdemeanor for blocking the road, take the ticket you 379 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:04.720 earned it. Like I said, this is going to be 380 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:06.599 a story that we're going to keep talking about in 381 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:09.839 some way, shape or form for a very long time 382 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.440 to come. 383 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:12.240 Now, I've got a couple guests coming up on the show. 384 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:15.839 I've got the latest from the Consumer Electronics show underway 385 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:18.559 in Las Vegas. This used to be about stereo equipment 386 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:21.359 and now it's about robotics. It's amazing the stuff that's 387 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:23.119 coming out of it. Will do that at one and 388 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:26.559 then our good friend Michelle Zelner is back. Her annual 389 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:29.640 Vision Board event is coming up this Saturday, and it 390 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:31.160 looks like it's going to be a barnburner. If you 391 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:34.160 want help sort of solidifying your vision for the year, 392 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:36.680 you want to hear that interview at two thirty. 393 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:39.000 When we get back. I talked earlier in the week 394 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:40.240 with Sheriff Steve A. 395 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:43.960 Reims about our GOP debate that's coming up on Saturday, 396 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:46.279 and we had a great meeting about it today and 397 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:47.640 I want to ask you guys a question. 398 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.680 We're gonna ask you. 399 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:51.960 I'm gonna focus group you and get some information about 400 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:53.880 what you'd like to see when you're trying to make 401 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:56.880 up your mind about voting for a candidate. Ryan Schooling, 402 00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:59.440 my colleague from k howl across the hall. You've heard 403 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:01.839 him many times on this station. We are going to 404 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:04.119 be moderating a debate that was put together by Welsh 405 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:07.920 County Sheriff Steve Reems and sponsored by Steve Wells. 406 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:09.079 And as Deep Wells Organization. 407 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:14.039 And I am absolutely thrilled that we've gone from six 408 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:16.200 candidates invited down to three. 409 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:16.519 Now. 410 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:19.559 Two of those candidates have left the race. One just 411 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:21.480 simply said no, I can't make it, and that is 412 00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:23.680 Victor Marx. He's just like, no, you can't do it. 413 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.119 Now. 414 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:30.759 We had a meeting Steve and Ryan and I this 415 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:32.799 morning and we were kind of talking about this, and 416 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:37.640 we we just we were unanimous in our decision to 417 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:42.160 sort of jennison the formal debate, Like, here's the same 418 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:44.720 question for all three candidates, and now you have thirty 419 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:50.079 seconds to respond, and and Ryan and I are going 420 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:51.599 to be given a bit of freedom because Ryan and 421 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:53.599 I are knowledgeable. 422 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.920 About different subjects. 423 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:57.319 I mean, I think we're probably knowledgeable about all the 424 00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:59.559 subjects we're going to be talking about, but more knowledgeable 425 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:02.039 about some subjects than others. And we're going to be 426 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:04.839 asking very specific questions. And I'm super excited about this. 427 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:07.759 But it got me thinking, like, are we do we 428 00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:10.519 really have our finger on what people care about in 429 00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:15.039 this state? Because here's what I think people care about. Well, okay, 430 00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:17.240 I'll just say this is what I care about. I 431 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:21.599 care about transportation. I'm sick of having our money to 432 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:26.079 fix the roads diverted into mass modal projects that nobody wants, 433 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:29.599 nobody wants to ride. I'm tired of having just the 434 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:33.039 drain of light rail on our transportation budget. I'm tired 435 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:35.440 of having people running Sea Dot whose goal is to 436 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:39.480 get us out of our cars. Right, That's not at 437 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:42.519 all what I'm looking for. I'm looking for someone who 438 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:44.680 wants to do with the citizens of Colorado need which 439 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.759 is fixed the damn roads. 440 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:50.319 So transportation is at the top of my list. Newly 441 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:54.720 on my list is I would like to see a full. 442 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:58.240 Audit by an outside source. Bring in one of the 443 00:21:58.279 --> 00:22:00.599 big four accounting firms. I'd like to see a full 444 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.720 audit and an investigation to make sure that we don't 445 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:06.319 have the kind of medicaid fraud that we're seeing in Minnesota, 446 00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:08.240 in Ohio and in other places. 447 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.519 More stuff is popping up now. 448 00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:13.000 Now I'm going to be perfectly clear, I have zero 449 00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:16.920 evidence that any kind of corruption is taking place in 450 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:19.920 the medicaid system. But what I do know now, especially 451 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:22.599 over the last few weeks, is that the system is 452 00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:27.960 so ripe for corruption that it would be irresponsible to 453 00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:31.119 not ensure that we are making sure that people are 454 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:33.759 not being paid improperly. That we're not you know, we 455 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:36.160 don't have fake agencies set up like they did in 456 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:41.400 Minnesota because Medicaid dollars are precious and they make up 457 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:44.559 a huge part of the budget, massive part of the budget. 458 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:47.119 So I want to make sure that if we're spending 459 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:49.119 this massive part of the budget, I want to make 460 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:51.119 sure that the money is going to the people that 461 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:54.039 it is supposed to go to. I want to make 462 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:56.599 sure that people on Medicaid are going to be able 463 00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:59.839 to get the doctors that they need, because we can 464 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:04.000 actually reimburse the doctors at a reasonable level. And if 465 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:06.440 we're spending I mean, even if it is only ten 466 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:10.279 percent of the Medicaid budget is in fraud, right, maybe 467 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:14.240 just ten percent. Some estimates overall in the medicaid system 468 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:18.359 are closer to thirty percent. But we need to make 469 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:20.559 sure that those tax dollars are protected, not just for 470 00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:22.079 the taxpayers, but for people who. 471 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:25.799 Actually rely on Medicaid. So transportation is mine. 472 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:29.279 Medicaid is number two, but only in the sense that 473 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.359 I just want to say, look, I just want to 474 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:32.440 make sure we don't have those problems because the system 475 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:35.160 is sort of set up to abuse, so we got 476 00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.759 to make sure of that. 477 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:38.119 What else do we need to talk about? 478 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:40.839 What are the topics that are near and dear to 479 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:45.680 your heart, the competency issue must be fixed, right, the 480 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:48.079 competency issue where we have a law now that says 481 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:50.799 if someone a criminal gets arrested for something that then 482 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:53.599 is declared incompetent, they're just going to be let out. 483 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:55.359 That has to be taken care of. 484 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.160 Now. 485 00:23:56.319 --> 00:24:00.960 I do believe that every politician, regardless of their party affiliation, 486 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:03.960 is on that particular issue, like every I don't think 487 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:06.279 there's a person in Colorado that's like, no, we don't 488 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:08.960 need to do anything to fix that because it's just 489 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:10.240 been so disastrous. 490 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:13.279 But do you even care about the Medicaid thing? Is 491 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.720 that just a me thing? Or is that a me 492 00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:16.799 thing and a you think text us. 493 00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:19.960 At Common Spirit Health's the Common Spirit Health text line 494 00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:22.759 five six six nine zero. I would love to hear 495 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:24.599 from you guys on this because Ryan and I really 496 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:27.480 want to ask the questions on the topics that you 497 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:30.759 would like answered. Because I'm hoping this debate is going 498 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:33.279 to be recorded and you'll be able to watch it 499 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:37.279 even if you can't make it. So this texter said, 500 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:39.279 as for the GOP debate, I would like to see 501 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:43.160 festivist style feats of strength be performed. Ideally, with an 502 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:46.839 aluminum poll without tinsil, I find tinsel distracting. 503 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:52.119 I'm with you on that, I too find tinsel distracting. 504 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:57.400 This texter said Mandy. I'm so excited to see the 505 00:24:57.440 --> 00:25:00.319 debate on Saturday. Should I bring my thirteen year old daughter. 506 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:02.599 Not many events like this come to Greeley, and I 507 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:05.039 want to teach her how important these types of events are. 508 00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:07.440 But I do feel this might be over her head. 509 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:10.359 I promise you your thirteen year old daughter will be 510 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:12.480 able to follow along. And here's what I want you 511 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:14.559 to tell your thirteen year old daughter, since you're actually 512 00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:17.519 coming to debate, I want you to tell her watch 513 00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:20.960 these people before they start the debate. Watch how they 514 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:24.359 interact with the crowd. Walk up and say hello. If 515 00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:26.319 you see the candidates and you know them, walk up 516 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:29.400 and say hello. We've got Representative Scott Bottoms, We've got 517 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:32.400 Barb Kirkmeyer, and we've got a sheriff Jason Mike Sehl 518 00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:35.519 from Telller County. If you see the candidates, watch how 519 00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:38.200 they interact with the crowd. You get a lot of 520 00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:42.240 information from just watching that. Mandy, I think you should 521 00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:46.599 lead the number crunching to smart people. I mean, yeah, Okay, Mandy, 522 00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:48.839 if you've seen the Freedom Care commercials about having a 523 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:51.960 family member be your caregiver paid by medicaid, I actually 524 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.839 have no problem with that. 525 00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.839 I truly don't. 526 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:57.359 And now I realize you're like, that's ripe for abuse, 527 00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:00.599 and it is, but we have there are too many 528 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:03.400 people that have been taken out of the workforce who 529 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:06.759 are willing to give better care in most cases, to 530 00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:12.079 their loved one, and they are basically being forced to choose, 531 00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:14.000 am I gonna be able to take care of my 532 00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:16.079 loved one or am gonna go out and make money. 533 00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:18.839 I don't have that problem, especially if you're gonna pay 534 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:21.759 someone else for that care. And that, my friends, is 535 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:24.039 what medicaid is for, right making sure that our elderly, 536 00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:27.440 the people who are physically or mentally unable to take 537 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:31.079 care of themselves, have the care that they need. This 538 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:33.720 texter said, you already sound out of touch. Okay, this 539 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:39.039 is why I'm asking, This is why I'm asking. Maybe 540 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:41.880 we have free childcare and free lunches in Colorado. Are 541 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:47.559 those funds being monitored? What's really interesting about the fund 542 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:51.759 that we just voted on, the lawmaker who wrote that 543 00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:55.839 new one that we just passed because Colorado's love to 544 00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:59.799 give other people's money away is that they now ask 545 00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:03.240 for too much money and they're gonna have to do 546 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:05.799 a taper refund because they're going to take in too 547 00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:08.119 much money. They didn't spend enough of what was coming in. 548 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:13.200 I mean, it's just it's insane, absolutely insane. Mandy, I 549 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:15.599 think you should speak about the taper situation and those 550 00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:17.799 fees that the politicians are using to get around it. 551 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:21.119 It's fees are actually taxes in disguise, and it needs 552 00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.720 to be addressed. 553 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:23.880 That is a great question. Oh geez, let me check 554 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.240 the time. 555 00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:27.640 Five six six nine zero five six six nine Oho. 556 00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:30.079 I really want to hear your thoughts. What do you 557 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:33.680 want to hear the Republican candidates talk about Colorado Republican 558 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:36.960 debate on Saturday. And Ryan Shuling and I are going 559 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:40.319 to be moderating the debate, and I think that everyone 560 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:44.200 involved wants this to be a substantial debate, and it's 561 00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:45.519 not really going to be a debate. We've kind of 562 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:50.599 ditched a classic debate format to have a bigger discussion 563 00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:53.160 about some of these issues. And we had a bunch 564 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.720 of issues that we wrote down that we thought were 565 00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:57.000 really important. And I'm just asking you as a voter 566 00:27:57.119 --> 00:28:00.200 in Colorado, as a resident of Colorado, is what's the 567 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:02.839 most important thing to you right now? Like, what do 568 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:04.920 you think to yourself? Dang, and I wish they would 569 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:08.920 fix blah whatever that is. This Texter said, I'd like 570 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:11.160 to ask the Republican candidates if they're going to sue 571 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:14.400 the administration forty seven times. I think that gets fairly 572 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:17.480 expensive and monotonous. I would also like them to address 573 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:19.119 the fact that the current leadership wants to. 574 00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:20.359 Get away from natural gas. 575 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:22.680 Going to electric for heat is going to be not 576 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:26.119 only expensive, but unattainable with the current electrical grid the 577 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:29.160 way it is. Many Oh, that's from Marty and Lovelin. Marty, 578 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:32.279 I have energy and energy security already written. 579 00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:34.359 Down on this list. Mandy. 580 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:37.480 I appreciate you guys having the Governor Forum in place. However, honestly, 581 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:40.440 I mean this, honestly, do you really believe a Republican 582 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:42.920 will get elected in the state at this time? I 583 00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:46.599 really don't believe that will happen. Sadly, Barbara Kirkmeyer's kind 584 00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:49.000 of a rhino, which I think may be a little 585 00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:51.000 bit of a chance, But we're a solid blue state 586 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:54.000 from here on out. I don't see that changing. I'm 587 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:56.240 going to be honest, I'm going to be shocked if 588 00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:59.480 a Republican wins in this cycle. And I happen to think, 589 00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:04.880 you know, it's going to be challenging for Republicans to 590 00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:08.759 get elected in Colorado until Trump is gone and out 591 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.279 of office. 592 00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:13.279 I really do. I I had this. This state has 593 00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:17.799 a growing distaste for Donald Trump. I don't know if 594 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.200 it's growing. 595 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:21.400 It grew from twenty sixteen to twenty twenty to twenty 596 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:26.720 twenty four. But as long as he is, you know, 597 00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:30.559 attached to the Republican Party, it's going to be hard. 598 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:32.960 It's going to be really hard. But that being said, 599 00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:38.039 people are super frustrated. They're super frustrated about housing affordability, 600 00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:42.039 They're super frustrated about you know how the traffic in 601 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:44.960 this area is just getting worse and worse and worse. 602 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:47.359 By the way, if you're a regular two seventy six driver, 603 00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:49.839 you need to go to sea Dot's website and way 604 00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:52.920 in on the two seventy six expansion. A lot of 605 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:55.200 you are measure. I have a story on the blog 606 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:57.440 today about how you can do that. A lot of 607 00:29:57.480 --> 00:30:01.119 you were talking about TABOR. This this one says, uh, 608 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:08.400 let me find that very quickly. Remove the fees they're 609 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:11.000 using to avoid having to get a tax passed, redo 610 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:13.480 them or remove them from vehicle licenses and such. 611 00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:19.839 Make sure TABER isn't going away. I agree. I'd like 612 00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:21.319 to know, because honestly. 613 00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:24.440 Taber is almost dead anyway, because the Democrats have voted 614 00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:28.440 to take our money and give it to people that 615 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:31.880 they think need it more. That's so they can both 616 00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:35.519 buy votes and secure voting block and they can also 617 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:38.440 eventually get us to the point where we're never getting 618 00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:40.880 a table refund, so then they can argue, well, we 619 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:42.319 just need to take this whole thing. 620 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.839 Off the books. 621 00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:46.079 That's you know how I told you yesterday that whatever 622 00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:49.960 healthcare bill the left and the Democrats put forward is 623 00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:52.720 with one purpose and one purpose only, and that is 624 00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:55.279 to make health care so bad that we'll call for 625 00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:58.319 a single payer system in Colorado. That's what they do 626 00:30:58.480 --> 00:31:01.039 with TABOR refunds, right, They just chipping away and chipping 627 00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:03.960 away and shipping away and giving those refunds to people 628 00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:07.880 that are not you and not me, and then eventually 629 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:09.839 they're just going to say, well, we need to just take. 630 00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:12.640 This thing off the books. Anyway, Just watch me, watch it, 631 00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.160 watch it happen. 632 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:19.079 Mandy asks the candidates how they feel about Trump's vetos 633 00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:21.680 on Colorado or denial of funding. Guys, I'm just going 634 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:23.880 to say this now, I'm not asking one single question 635 00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.720 about Donald Trump. 636 00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:30.440 I don't care. I really don't. I want to know 637 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:32.319 all Colorado centric questions. 638 00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:34.720 And to the point of this text, they did say, 639 00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:37.279 how do you feel about Trump's vetos on Colorado or 640 00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.240 the denial of funding? 641 00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:41.680 That would be a fair question. But the last thing 642 00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.400 I want is for. 643 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:45.960 The Republican candidates to be closely attached to the Trump administration. 644 00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:47.319 For the reasons that I just said. 645 00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.640 It's one of the reasons I'm so tired of the 646 00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:53.480 Tina Peters question because that does not help a single 647 00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.400 person get elected. 648 00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:57.720 It really doesn't. And for the people on the right 649 00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:59.799 who say, well, if you don't say you're going to partente, 650 00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:03.920 if you're out, you're an non starter. Really, do you 651 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:07.480 really think Phil Wiser or Michael Bennett is going to 652 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:13.000 pardon Tita Peters Like I, okay, shoot yourself in the foot. 653 00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:15.160 I don't care this Texter said. 654 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:17.519 The other thing I've added Mandy, I'm really sick of 655 00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:21.359 giving illegals free healthcare, free housing, and feeding. I hope 656 00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:25.400 they address this. That's on the list as well. And 657 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:28.039 I have questions on transportation and fixing the roads. That 658 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.000 was like the first thing that. 659 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:31.039 I did, Mandy. I wish they would fix the cost 660 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:32.119 of living in Colorado. 661 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:34.400 I'm about eight years older than you and starting staring 662 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:36.880 retirement in the face. I'm not sure we'll have the 663 00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:38.599 money to continue to live here, and I don't know 664 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.880 where we would go. 665 00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:42.920 And I feel for you, Texter. I've already started. 666 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:46.319 Making my plans, so I just think this place is 667 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:48.079 going to be impossible to retire in, and that's going 668 00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:52.759 to be such a such a shame. Last one, Mandy, 669 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:55.759 for me, I would like answers on pardoning Tita Peters 670 00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:58.720 should never be Tabor. There's a reason we voted for it, 671 00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:01.680 sanctuary city or state status. We need to follow a 672 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.279 federal law. 673 00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.440 So there you go. 674 00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:06.160 That person doesn't want Tinas is just a loser question. 675 00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:08.000 We're not doing it. When we get back. 676 00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:11.799 The Consumer Electronics Show is the biggest electronics show of 677 00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:14.160 the year, probably in the world. It's happening right now 678 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:16.519 and it's where you go to see all of the 679 00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:20.319 next level technology coming forward in Right now, it's all 680 00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:25.279 about robotics. We'll talk to Jennifer Doug Dragas. She's the 681 00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:27.359 vice president of Global Entertainment Communications. 682 00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:30.880 Next, The Mandy Connell Show is sponsored by Belle and 683 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:32.839 Pollock Accident and Injury Lawyers. 684 00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:37.480 No, it's Mandy Connell, Mandy Ton. 685 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:40.319 On KOA. 686 00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:44.200 Ninety one FMA. 687 00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:51.960 Got Way study the Nicey's through three, Andy Connell, Keith. 688 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:55.400 Sad bab welcomelncle. 689 00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:58.480 Welcome to the second hour of the Very Snowy Show. 690 00:33:58.640 --> 00:34:00.920 I don't know where you guys are, but it is 691 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:03.400 snowing like the Dickens here in the Denver Tech Center. 692 00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:06.920 But you know where. It's not snowing Las Vegas, unless. 693 00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:10.639 You consider the Consumer Electronics Show to be a weather 694 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:13.960 a vein of its own, because they're pointing right to 695 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:17.119 the future of tech. This is the largest trade show, 696 00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:19.159 I think, probably of its kind, maybe in the world. 697 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.000 I don't know. 698 00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:22.119 It's been going on for years, and I have to 699 00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:24.440 say this, for many, many years I followed the Consumer 700 00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:27.199 Electronics Show because I wanted to know about the latest, 701 00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:31.920 coolest stereo equipment and audio visual equipment and flat screen TVs. 702 00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:34.440 But boy, are we in a different world with this now. 703 00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:38.639 And joining me now the vp CTAVP of Global Events 704 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:44.039 and Communication, she's Jennifer Drogas with the Consumer Electronics Show. Jennifer, 705 00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:47.320 I'm looking online at the coverage of this show and 706 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:51.119 what I'm seeing is you are surrounded by robots right now. 707 00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:55.760 Well, first of all, Mandy, thanks so much for having 708 00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:58.280 me on, and it's so great to be here at 709 00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:01.960 the super Bowl of Tech in your robots are everywhere. 710 00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:07.039 You can't take two steps without seeing a robotics booth, 711 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:09.960 and it's just been really excellent to see how robotics 712 00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:13.880 has been a standout, not just your sci fi robots, 713 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:16.079 not your cute boxing robots that you maybe see on 714 00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:20.159 social media, but practical robots that are helping farmers, builders, 715 00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:23.360 and manufacturers really work more safely and efficiently. 716 00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:25.960 Well, I was going to ask because and I asked 717 00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:28.239 Jennifer off the year is like, Okay, what other things 718 00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:30.280 do we want to talk about? I kind of want 719 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:34.639 to ask questions about the the unconventional tech first, because 720 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:38.239 we have a ton of farmers and ranchers in our 721 00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:41.239 listening audience. We cover a huge metro area, but then 722 00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:43.679 we also go way out into the planes. What are 723 00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:46.920 some of the interesting tech pieces that are coming to agriculture, 724 00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:49.840 Because I know that farmers have to deal with things 725 00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:52.159 like labor shortages, how to get their crops in in 726 00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:55.360 a timely fashion. What are you guys seeing that we're 727 00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:57.239 going to be seeing in the fields at some point soon. 728 00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:01.920 There is so much tech in agriculture. It's absolutely one 729 00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:05.639 of my favorite categories to watch out for. And we 730 00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:08.920 have the big agg companies at the show, including John 731 00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:13.159 Deere and Caterpillar. In fact, the CEO of Caterpillar. 732 00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:15.519 Joe Creed, was one of our keynote speakers this year. 733 00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.239 He was up on the. 734 00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:20.280 Stage talking about the future of agriculture thanks to AI, 735 00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:25.159 and he unveiled an AI assistant that is helping operators 736 00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:28.280 of machinery do their jobs more efficiently and faster. And 737 00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:31.760 we have the giant combines and everything on the floor. 738 00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:36.159 It's just really really awesome to see how this technology 739 00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:40.280 is going to make agriculture more precise, safer, and it's 740 00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:42.280 going to it's going to make our food taste better. 741 00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:43.239 It's going to be awesome. 742 00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:44.840 One of the things that I'm waiting for and this 743 00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:46.920 might be too deep in the weeds for this conversation. 744 00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:51.800 Is there are challenges with getting ripe fruits and vegetables 745 00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:54.480 out of the ground using robotics, and it has to 746 00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:57.159 do with their ability to have a soft touch, right, 747 00:36:57.280 --> 00:37:00.719 there are human things about that that have to be overcome. 748 00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:03.800 Are we seeing that yet? Are we moving that direction yet? 749 00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:05.159 For harvesting as well? 750 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:09.559 Tech is evolving and it's really exciting to see where 751 00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:11.559 it's going to take us next. And all I can 752 00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:13.599 say is that the tech that I'm seeing on the 753 00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:16.400 show floor, I think it's it's closer to uh, to 754 00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:18.719 reality for many of us than we realize. 755 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:21.920 So are you guys seeing my new robot made? Is 756 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:23.199 that in the show this year? 757 00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:25.719 Like I mean, because I've seen some robots washing dishes 758 00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:28.639 and it warms my heart, it really does, Jennifer, So 759 00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:30.760 are you are we seeing that as well? 760 00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.880 It's uh. 761 00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:36.079 I think we're officially entering the jetson space. We're starting 762 00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:38.119 to see robots that can help you get your makeup 763 00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:42.119 on in the morning. I love the ruma that has 764 00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:44.840 a little arm that picks up socks while it's while 765 00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.480 it's vacuuming. 766 00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:48.039 It's the little things, but they add up to be 767 00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:50.960 big game changers. So let's talk about an area that 768 00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:51.519 I love. 769 00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:54.840 I'm super excited about where AI is going for healthcare 770 00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:56.679 and longevity. 771 00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:59.760 In those things. Where are we seeing advances, what sort 772 00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:01.440 of an advances you have in that area. 773 00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:06.519 AI is everywhere, It's in all of the technology. It's 774 00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:10.079 not just a hype anymore. It's really a tool. It's 775 00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:14.039 helping make everything smarter, more intelligent. I'm actually on the 776 00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:17.400 table next to me is a transparent knee that has 777 00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:21.119 AI built into it, and it helps monitor your movements 778 00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:23.920 and the health of your joints. And that's something that 779 00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:27.199 plays into the longevity narrative, like tech is going to 780 00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:29.840 help us live better lives. It's going to help us 781 00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:32.079 when we want to walk with our kids through Disney 782 00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:37.280 World and for long days, or or just maintain an 783 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:39.599 understanding of where we are in terms of our health. 784 00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:42.440 This show, for a very long time, and I'm talking 785 00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:45.719 like twenty five thirty years ago, was so much about audio, 786 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:49.920 visual equipment and sort of entertainment. What is there interesting 787 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:51.920 in the entertainment aspect that you guys are. 788 00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.480 Seeing this year. 789 00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:57.199 Entertainment is so immersive And at CEES, one of our 790 00:38:57.239 --> 00:39:01.480 main halls is filled with all of this immersive entertainment tech. Again, 791 00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:06.039 there's so much AI that's informing how people consume their entertainment, 792 00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:09.280 from the sound, from the visual quality. Right when I 793 00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:13.039 think it won't get better, it gets leaps and bounds better. 794 00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:15.679 So again we continue to see our minds blown with 795 00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:18.599 really cool immersive like you're actually there entertainment. 796 00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:20.920 So the products that you guys have at the Consumer 797 00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:23.920 Electronics Show, when will we the consumer? Because this is 798 00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:26.639 a trade show, when will we the consumer? When should 799 00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:29.719 we expect to see this stuff become widely available? 800 00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:31.679 And you know, I don't know how. 801 00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:35.280 The first time I ever saw a flat screen TV 802 00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:38.639 was at the Consumer Electronics Show, and I feel like 803 00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:41.920 it took like two years for it to become available 804 00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:44.559 at an extremely high price. But when is this stuff 805 00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:46.239 coming to market? Is it ready to go or is 806 00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:48.079 it already in the market? And this just allows them 807 00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.679 to showcase it. 808 00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:52.119 Some of the tech is already in the market and 809 00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:54.679 that's really exciting to see. But like you say, a 810 00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:57.119 trade show is really about showcasing the future, and that's 811 00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:59.920 exactly what CES does. It is a portal to the future. 812 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:01.679 So a lot of the tech that. 813 00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:03.760 You're seeing, yes, it's still on the concept phase, but 814 00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:06.880 we're innovating so quickly now I think the timelines are 815 00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:07.400 getting shorter. 816 00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:10.159 Has there been anything in this year's show that made you, 817 00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:11.559 jennifergo what? 818 00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:17.320 I can't even begin to account. But my favorite part 819 00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:20.280 of the show always is our Eureka Park floor because 820 00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:22.840 that's where our startups are, and so that's where the 821 00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:25.960 problems that you didn't know needed solving are getting solved. 822 00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:28.679 And these are the hungry small businesses that are looking 823 00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:31.360 for that investor funding, and so I see the most 824 00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:34.039 creative pitches when I'm down there. 825 00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:37.239 Jennifer Krogus is with the Consumer Electronics Show, Thank you 826 00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:40.079 so much. I do an interview with this quite often 827 00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:42.800 because you know, we can't get there, we can't go 828 00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:45.760 and hit the floor, but I would. There are some great, great, 829 00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:49.239 great tech journalists that cover this show so well, So 830 00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:52.159 if you have any interest, use the Google you know, 831 00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:55.280 use the Consumer Electronics Show tech coverage, and it is 832 00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:57.199 some of the stuff is crazy. So I kind of 833 00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:59.639 I have a little bit of envy for your job, Jennifer, 834 00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:02.400 because you get to go and see what's coming and 835 00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:04.920 see the next level, and it just it's something that 836 00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:07.559 that always looks like, you know, walking through the future 837 00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.960 in Jetson's world. 838 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:12.639 To your point earlier, well, certainly follow us on on 839 00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:15.800 all of your social media. We're constantly updating and you 840 00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:18.239 can you can immerse yourself that way, all right. 841 00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:21.480 Jennifer Krogus from the Consumer Electronics Show, Oh, thank you 842 00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:24.239 for your time. I just accidentally hung up on Jennifer, 843 00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:27.480 So that was rude of me that being said. Oh no, 844 00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:32.760 she's still there, Jennifer, thank you for your time today. Obviously, 845 00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:34.719 I don't know how to work tech. That's my problem. 846 00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:36.719 You know, when you get old, is ay Rob would 847 00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:44.880 say it, it gets hard future of tech. Let's see one, two, three, three. 848 00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:48.159 I hope I did it justice. Mandy. 849 00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:53.840 Listening to you earlier on how to tell your kids 850 00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:55.760 to interact with police. There was a video put out 851 00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:58.400 by Chris Rock years ago. It's really funny, but it's 852 00:41:58.480 --> 00:42:01.159 on point. It's called how not get your bleep kicked 853 00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:05.559 by the Police. I have seen it many times. The 854 00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:07.519 problem is it shouldn't be funny. It should just be 855 00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:09.599 like normal, normal behavior. 856 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.400 That's all. 857 00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:13.639 Now, got a bunch of stuff on the blog today, 858 00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:19.679 but I want to talk right now about the veto 859 00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:24.679 that President Trump issued against a water project in southeast Colorado. 860 00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:28.679 Southwest Colorado. Represented Lauren Bobert ran the bill. It's for 861 00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:31.599 a water project that's been needed, I mean for decades, 862 00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:35.400 and the problem has been is that this is going 863 00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:37.599 to take water to a part of the state that 864 00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:39.800 doesn't have a lot of money. There's not a lot 865 00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:43.119 of cash money in that area, so cost was prohibitive. 866 00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:47.159 Represented Lauren Bobert passed a bill in a bipartisan fashion, 867 00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:49.960 both in the House and the Senate, and it would 868 00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:53.159 have provided federal money upfront, and it would have allowed 869 00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:57.119 a very very very very slow repayment rate for the 870 00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:59.599 area that was going to be impacted. There was nothing 871 00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:03.000 out just against about this bill, and it passed in 872 00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:06.280 a bipartisan fashion, and then President Trump vetoed it, and 873 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:10.119 I believe he vetoed it. He says because of the 874 00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:12.079 cost of the program. And I mean, you could veto 875 00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:14.559 every single government program out there if you just want 876 00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:16.440 to make it about the cost of the program. But 877 00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:18.519 the reality is is, I think in many other people, 878 00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:22.119 including Representative Lauren Bobert, now believe that this was just. 879 00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:26.599 Payback. 880 00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:31.239 He's still super salty and is demanding that Tina Peters 881 00:43:31.280 --> 00:43:33.519 be released because he pardoned her for state crimes, which 882 00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:38.039 he cannot do, and I believe this was punitive. But 883 00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:40.280 it looks like the House of Representatives is going to 884 00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:43.360 vote to override the VETO. Now I don't know the 885 00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:46.960 voting situation here. I don't know if Democrats would vote 886 00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:50.239 against overriding the veto just to make Trump supporters in 887 00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:53.159 that part of the state angry. I don't know, but 888 00:43:53.239 --> 00:43:55.000 I would hope that if they voted for it the 889 00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:57.079 first time, they would vot vote for it the second time. 890 00:43:58.519 --> 00:44:01.400 But I have to say, in this situation, I have 891 00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:05.119 to give Lauren Vobert a lot of credit because Lauren 892 00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:08.800 Vobert is calling it like she sees it and is like, well, 893 00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:10.559 I had no idea that the president was going to 894 00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:12.519 crap all over his supporters in that part of the state, 895 00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:15.599 because that part of the state is Trump supporters. 896 00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:18.360 You know, there are parts of this state that do 897 00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:19.519 have a lot of Trump supporters. 898 00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:22.280 I realize that's remarkable for some people, but it's really true, 899 00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:24.559 and this happens to be one of those parts of 900 00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:28.360 the state. So what's going to be really interesting is 901 00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:33.159 to see how many Republicans vote to override the veto. 902 00:44:34.119 --> 00:44:37.000 The other veto, by the way, that he issued, had 903 00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:41.039 to do with allowing the Mikasuki tribe in Florida to 904 00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:44.079 have sort of take control of part of the management 905 00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:47.000 of the Everglades. This all goes back to the Mikasuk 906 00:44:47.159 --> 00:44:52.320 tribes suing President Trump's administration for the Alligator Alcatraz. The 907 00:44:53.920 --> 00:44:56.719 penitentiary facility, I don't know if penitentiary is the right word. 908 00:44:57.440 --> 00:45:00.719 The holding facility for ICE to put people that were 909 00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:01.880 in the process of being deported. 910 00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:03.199 It's in the middle of the Everglades. 911 00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:08.719 If you've never been to the Everglades, imagine standing in 912 00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:16.679 a slightly earthy smelling shower that has just run. It's 913 00:45:16.719 --> 00:45:19.599 not running now, but you just have that humidity. And 914 00:45:19.719 --> 00:45:22.840 now add in about seventy thousand mosquitoes. That's pretty much 915 00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:26.199 the Everglades in a nutshell. But it's the Everglades is 916 00:45:26.239 --> 00:45:30.559 a fascinating ecological system. If you have an interest in 917 00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:32.239 ecological systems, take. 918 00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:34.599 A trip to the Everglades. It is incredible. 919 00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:39.159 It's this giant filtration system that covers the entire bottom, 920 00:45:39.320 --> 00:45:41.440 most of the bottom of the state of Florida, and 921 00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:43.920 the Army Corps of Engineers years ago cut it in 922 00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:47.280 half and disrupted the entire ecology of the system. 923 00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:49.159 But that's neither here north there. It has nothing to 924 00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:49.440 do with it. 925 00:45:49.559 --> 00:45:51.920 But the Miskissoki tribe, which is part of the Seminole 926 00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:52.840 tribe in Florida. 927 00:45:53.199 --> 00:45:55.119 They are a very powerful voting block. 928 00:45:55.159 --> 00:45:57.800 But I have to say the Mikisokie tribe and the 929 00:45:57.840 --> 00:46:02.440 Seminole tribes in Florida are really, really, really good at 930 00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:09.880 navigating with the government. They've never had a confrontational relationship. 931 00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:13.559 Well I can't say never, that's ridiculous in recent memory. 932 00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:17.920 In recent years, they have not had the controversial relationship 933 00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:22.519 or headbutting relationship that other tribes have had with local governments. Right, 934 00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:25.199 and that's not every tribe, I'm not saying it is. 935 00:46:26.639 --> 00:46:28.480 But the Mikisuki said, look, you know what, you guys 936 00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:29.760 are going to put this in here. We want to 937 00:46:29.800 --> 00:46:31.960 be able to have a say in this because the 938 00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:35.800 Everglades are part of our native lands and they're not wrong, 939 00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:41.360 and because they sued the Trump administration. Trump also vetoed 940 00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:46.000 that bill as well, And now both of these vetos 941 00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:49.440 are up, and it's going to depend on which Republicans 942 00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:53.119 decide that they're going to do the right thing instead 943 00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:56.320 of the Trump thing. Now I can make the argument, 944 00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:58.400 and I could probably make it pretty compellingly that I 945 00:46:58.440 --> 00:47:02.320 don't think that water projects, local water projects other responsibility 946 00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:03.480 of the federal taxpayers. 947 00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:04.199 I really don't. 948 00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:07.840 However, I have to recognize that I'm sure other water 949 00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:10.480 projects are getting built all over the place, and if 950 00:47:10.480 --> 00:47:12.119 we're gonna say no to this, then say no to 951 00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:13.360 all of them. And if you're not going to say 952 00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:15.400 no to all of them, then figure out a way. 953 00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:19.239 To get this done. But ultimately, I don't know. 954 00:47:19.320 --> 00:47:21.239 I think this is kind of interesting, and you're seeing 955 00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:24.760 people Lauren Bobert has been such a staunch supporter of 956 00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:28.280 this administration. It has to feel very personal for her 957 00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:31.760 that the president has taken something that she has worked 958 00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:35.159 really hard on and just use it as a political 959 00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:38.960 bludgeon against people who all honestly, do you really think 960 00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:41.440 that Jared Police cares about this? 961 00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:42.079 No? 962 00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:45.280 Why witty he doesn't care about this? 963 00:47:45.400 --> 00:47:47.639 I mean, you look at the way that the legislature 964 00:47:47.719 --> 00:47:50.199 treats people outside the metro areas. 965 00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:53.840 I mean, this isn't how you punish them. There's no 966 00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:54.599 punishing here. 967 00:47:56.239 --> 00:48:01.159 So Bobert has also fallen out of favor with Donald 968 00:48:01.199 --> 00:48:04.880 Trump because she voted for the discharge petition to force 969 00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:07.400 a vote on the bill directing the Justice Department to 970 00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:11.159 release the Jeffrey Epstein materials, something that did eventually happen. 971 00:48:12.280 --> 00:48:16.159 So it's you know, but when you throw your allegiance 972 00:48:16.239 --> 00:48:21.559 against someone who has no allegiance, unless you're actively doing 973 00:48:21.639 --> 00:48:26.920 his bidding, you know, what are you doing? This is 974 00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:30.920 what happens when people show you who they are. 975 00:48:31.719 --> 00:48:34.000 Pay attention. Isn't that the old adage? It should be? 976 00:48:34.320 --> 00:48:38.920 Now a couple of things, I guess it's probably over now, 977 00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:41.360 you know, the snow in the Denver Tech Center is 978 00:48:41.360 --> 00:48:44.599 finally tapered off with the Stock Show? Have you when 979 00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:46.440 you were a kid was the Stock Show? Did you 980 00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:48.639 guys like go every year? Was that a thing that 981 00:48:48.760 --> 00:48:51.079 you did because you're kind of a city kid, right. 982 00:48:51.199 --> 00:48:54.679 Yeah, I am, And the first time I went I 983 00:48:54.760 --> 00:48:56.199 was an adult. It was only a couple of years ago. 984 00:48:57.119 --> 00:49:00.719 Fun, you're a city kid or you have city kids, 985 00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:04.480 it is such a great way to allow your kids 986 00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:07.159 to get up close and personal with farm animals, and 987 00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:10.119 usually the people that are standing there will answer questions 988 00:49:10.199 --> 00:49:13.280 like we took Q right after we got here, so 989 00:49:13.440 --> 00:49:16.119 she was like four, right, four or five when we 990 00:49:16.199 --> 00:49:19.280 took her. She at that age, this kid would come 991 00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:22.840 up with these questions that were like no question an 992 00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:25.519 adult would ever ask, but also the best question ever. 993 00:49:25.599 --> 00:49:27.239 And I wish I could think of an example right now, 994 00:49:27.440 --> 00:49:30.119 but she would ask a question like the lady with 995 00:49:30.199 --> 00:49:31.719 the bunnies. There was a lady with a bunch of 996 00:49:31.800 --> 00:49:34.679 rabbits and she stood there and talked to this woman 997 00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:38.599 for like twenty minutes about rabbits. And they're super excited 998 00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:40.559 to talk about it. It's a great learning experience, it's 999 00:49:40.599 --> 00:49:42.199 a great way to go. They have a rodeo, they 1000 00:49:42.239 --> 00:49:44.320 have all these events, and I just think there's a 1001 00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:46.800 lot of transplants in our area of probably don't even 1002 00:49:46.840 --> 00:49:48.440 think about it as something they might do. 1003 00:49:48.840 --> 00:49:50.880 There's a bunch of things that can all come in 1004 00:49:50.960 --> 00:49:53.440 second place to the coolest thing, which is always the 1005 00:49:53.480 --> 00:49:54.199 Mexican rodeo. 1006 00:49:54.719 --> 00:49:56.599 Why is the I've never been to the Mexican rodeo? 1007 00:49:56.639 --> 00:49:57.480 What makes that especially? 1008 00:49:57.480 --> 00:50:01.079 She justst a spectacle of so much fun in heritage 1009 00:50:01.320 --> 00:50:05.320 and camaraderie and just exactly what is that? Literally, put 1010 00:50:05.360 --> 00:50:07.599 on a Mexican rodeo do a bunch of crazy things. 1011 00:50:07.599 --> 00:50:08.159 I don't even know. 1012 00:50:08.800 --> 00:50:10.679 But what what are you watching? Tell me what the 1013 00:50:10.760 --> 00:50:13.440 experience was like, because I don't know what the difference is. 1014 00:50:13.559 --> 00:50:15.760 So they don't do like barrel racing and stuff like that. 1015 00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:16.719 They do something different. 1016 00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:20.760 No, gosh, what do they do? 1017 00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:23.000 I mean, they do all the typical stuff that you 1018 00:50:23.079 --> 00:50:24.800 see in a normal rodeo, but then they have the. 1019 00:50:26.719 --> 00:50:29.960 Uh, what is it? The oa? You know, I don't 1020 00:50:29.960 --> 00:50:31.480 even know you what even call it? Wait, let's see 1021 00:50:31.679 --> 00:50:35.000 what makes a Mexican Mexican. 1022 00:50:35.519 --> 00:50:38.559 Every time you say Mexican radio or rodeo, in my mind, 1023 00:50:38.599 --> 00:50:41.679 I go, I'm on a Mexican radio. 1024 00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:48.199 Oh, Mexican audio corrected auto corrected for me. 1025 00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:50.480 Okay, here we go. 1026 00:50:50.719 --> 00:50:55.760 Marioti music, bull riding, roping, synchronized female riding, which was 1027 00:50:55.880 --> 00:50:59.079 really cool. I remember that standing up on the backs 1028 00:50:59.079 --> 00:51:02.559 of the horses and stuff. I think, so beautiful costumes. 1029 00:51:02.599 --> 00:51:04.880 I don't know, it's just it's just art. It's just 1030 00:51:05.039 --> 00:51:09.119 really nice, very festive radio, very very very very special. 1031 00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:12.639 According to this a charea is a Mexican rodeo and 1032 00:51:12.760 --> 00:51:17.119 in Jalisco, Yellisco. It is very popular. In some ways, 1033 00:51:17.400 --> 00:51:18.800 it is Mexican for NASCAR. 1034 00:51:19.360 --> 00:51:22.159 Both men and women can bete wearing colorful Mexican cowboy 1035 00:51:22.199 --> 00:51:25.480 costume trimmed in silver studs. The horsemen show off their 1036 00:51:25.599 --> 00:51:28.440 lasso ability and make their mounts dance to a live 1037 00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:31.760 Mariazi ban while vendors go through the stands selling drinks 1038 00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:32.360 and snack. 1039 00:51:32.400 --> 00:51:35.320 It was by far my favorite. I'm gonna have to 1040 00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:37.440 check that out. Now you have done this how many 1041 00:51:37.519 --> 00:51:39.079 years the socks show. 1042 00:51:39.079 --> 00:51:41.320 I've only been like three times. None of the three 1043 00:51:41.360 --> 00:51:43.559 you even to play Mexican rodeo. 1044 00:51:43.840 --> 00:51:46.840 I don't really go to rodeos overall. 1045 00:51:47.239 --> 00:51:49.880 It's not my thing. I don't hate it, it's just 1046 00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:53.719 not my thing. Mexican rodeo is different. It'll make you 1047 00:51:53.840 --> 00:51:56.800 go every year. Chuck loves rodeos, I mean he loves them, 1048 00:51:57.320 --> 00:51:59.800 so I don't have to. I probably would have twist 1049 00:51:59.840 --> 00:52:02.679 his at all to go to on Mexican radio. But 1050 00:52:02.800 --> 00:52:05.880 the stock show is happening now, it goes on for 1051 00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:08.280 the next few weeks, and at that point, after it's. 1052 00:52:08.199 --> 00:52:12.480 Over, then you need to take down your Christmas lights. Okay, 1053 00:52:13.559 --> 00:52:16.000 after it's over, then the Christmas lights come down. I 1054 00:52:16.039 --> 00:52:18.119 always get so depressed, by the way, the last day 1055 00:52:18.159 --> 00:52:20.320 is the twenty fifth, so you can plan accordingly. I 1056 00:52:20.320 --> 00:52:23.039 always get so depressed when the stock show's over, because 1057 00:52:23.079 --> 00:52:29.039 then we fall into darkness, nothing bright and shiny, nothing 1058 00:52:29.079 --> 00:52:32.360 to look forward to except the latest setting of the 1059 00:52:32.519 --> 00:52:37.719 sun January January. 1060 00:52:38.840 --> 00:52:40.519 One more quick thing that's on the blog today that 1061 00:52:40.559 --> 00:52:43.199 I just saw, and I just want to mention I 1062 00:52:43.519 --> 00:52:45.519 I got to tell you a rod, I don't know 1063 00:52:45.599 --> 00:52:48.960 what to do with the fact that Bonix doesn't like dogs. 1064 00:52:49.119 --> 00:52:50.400 I was about to say there's one thing to look 1065 00:52:50.400 --> 00:52:56.559 forward to two weeks after that, Oh yeah, saying I didn't. 1066 00:52:56.320 --> 00:52:59.239 Know Bicks didn't like dogs, that the audacity for him 1067 00:52:59.280 --> 00:53:00.440 to run with under dogs. 1068 00:53:00.840 --> 00:53:04.280 I well, you know, I mean or over dogs. 1069 00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:08.119 But I, generally speaking, don't trust people who don't like dogs, 1070 00:53:08.360 --> 00:53:10.559 although I do know people that have been I was 1071 00:53:10.599 --> 00:53:11.960 actually attacked twice by dog. 1072 00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:13.480 I had to go to the emergency room. The second 1073 00:53:13.480 --> 00:53:14.360 time the kid the same. 1074 00:53:14.280 --> 00:53:17.880 Dog as a kid. And well not only that, I 1075 00:53:17.920 --> 00:53:20.719 got attacked by chow chow and then the first dog 1076 00:53:20.800 --> 00:53:22.760 that I ever got, Yeah, the first dog that I 1077 00:53:22.920 --> 00:53:26.800 ever got was half chow half shepherd. Yeah, so I 1078 00:53:26.880 --> 00:53:28.400 kind of like I just went head on. I was 1079 00:53:29.719 --> 00:53:32.360 like Gordon Lyddy biting the head off a bat or 1080 00:53:32.400 --> 00:53:35.159 whatever he did a rat. Actually he ate a rat 1081 00:53:35.239 --> 00:53:37.280 from this, that's right to get over his fear of rat. 1082 00:53:37.360 --> 00:53:40.360 Did you watch his full interaction with Kirk curb Street. Oh, 1083 00:53:40.400 --> 00:53:42.800 I know, and Kirk Curbstreet's dog is a golden retreat, 1084 00:53:42.840 --> 00:53:44.599 but you got and he tried to. 1085 00:53:44.719 --> 00:53:47.519 Like, He's like, I'm sorry, I wish I could ch 1086 00:53:48.239 --> 00:53:50.960 I know, justify and all those teammates are like, yeah, 1087 00:53:50.960 --> 00:53:55.400 you don't like dogs. He knows it's weird. It's like 1088 00:53:55.480 --> 00:53:57.639 that person that admits, like, I know it's not a 1089 00:53:57.719 --> 00:53:58.960 normal things. 1090 00:53:59.679 --> 00:54:02.000 You know what, great point, Just like me, I don't 1091 00:54:02.079 --> 00:54:04.519 like fruit and there's nothing I can do about it. 1092 00:54:04.639 --> 00:54:05.360 I know it's weird. 1093 00:54:05.599 --> 00:54:05.800 I know. 1094 00:54:06.639 --> 00:54:08.360 That just made me feel better about bo Thank you 1095 00:54:08.440 --> 00:54:11.840 for that. They're about to do the vote to override 1096 00:54:12.840 --> 00:54:15.159 the veto on the water project, and I'm hopefully going 1097 00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:17.000 to have that for you as soon as possible because 1098 00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:21.599 it's supposed to happen today and apparently Representative Lauren Bobert 1099 00:54:22.000 --> 00:54:24.239 took to the floor of the House to call out 1100 00:54:24.320 --> 00:54:29.039 Donald Trump for supporting the water bill before he vetoed it. 1101 00:54:29.199 --> 00:54:33.760 So this is interesting. Oh wait, oh, the veto override 1102 00:54:33.920 --> 00:54:37.599 failed several dozen Republicans to five President Trump. This by 1103 00:54:37.679 --> 00:54:41.000 the way, from Kyle Clark, but not enough to reach 1104 00:54:41.079 --> 00:54:44.639 the two thirds needed for an override. Colorado's Arkansas Valley 1105 00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:48.239 Conduit project is in limbo. It is not in limbo. 1106 00:54:48.480 --> 00:54:51.199 One hundred and seventy six Republicans voted against it, and 1107 00:54:51.320 --> 00:54:54.039 this is from what I understand, they voted for it 1108 00:54:54.679 --> 00:54:58.679 the first time, So I don't know, you got to 1109 00:54:58.719 --> 00:55:02.320 give I'm gonna give reper Lauren Bobert credit for trying. 1110 00:55:03.960 --> 00:55:06.840 Unfortunately, you know, didn't work out. 1111 00:55:07.079 --> 00:55:09.920 So this is a little disheartening for people that have 1112 00:55:10.119 --> 00:55:14.280 chosen to use GLP ones to lose weight. And I've 1113 00:55:14.320 --> 00:55:15.960 talked pretty openly about the fact that I've known a 1114 00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:19.079 ton of people who have lost weight with GLP ones 1115 00:55:19.239 --> 00:55:23.639 and most of them have regained the weight, and keeping 1116 00:55:23.679 --> 00:55:24.840 the weight off is the hardest part. 1117 00:55:24.920 --> 00:55:26.280 I mean, that is the hardest part. 1118 00:55:27.719 --> 00:55:29.920 I'm back on my soda eating plan this week, you know, 1119 00:55:30.079 --> 00:55:31.800 trying to get my holiday pounds off. 1120 00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:33.719 I've already lost three of them, thank you very much. 1121 00:55:35.119 --> 00:55:38.960 But now now a landmark study has found that most 1122 00:55:39.119 --> 00:55:42.159 users regain the weight inside of two years of stopping 1123 00:55:42.280 --> 00:55:47.280 the drugs. And now doctors are saying, look, especially obesity doctors, 1124 00:55:47.360 --> 00:55:50.039 and I actually think this is a valid point, But 1125 00:55:50.159 --> 00:55:52.400 obesity doctors are saying, like, you have to look at 1126 00:55:52.719 --> 00:55:57.039 obesity as a chronic condition, because again, keeping the weight, 1127 00:55:57.119 --> 00:56:01.760 once your body starts making your fats grow and your 1128 00:56:01.800 --> 00:56:04.239 fat cells get all plump and happy, they don't want 1129 00:56:04.320 --> 00:56:06.239 to go back to being thin and starved. 1130 00:56:06.320 --> 00:56:07.039 They don't want to do that. 1131 00:56:07.320 --> 00:56:11.400 What these researchers found was that your fat cells retain 1132 00:56:12.239 --> 00:56:15.000 that knowledge of what it was like to be fat. Right, 1133 00:56:15.880 --> 00:56:18.920 so if you can lose weight and keep it off 1134 00:56:19.239 --> 00:56:22.239 for ten years, in that ten years, all of those 1135 00:56:22.320 --> 00:56:25.880 fat cells with that memory will be gone, and then 1136 00:56:25.920 --> 00:56:28.280 your new set weight should be easier to stick with. 1137 00:56:28.920 --> 00:56:32.159 Now that's encouraging to know that at some point your 1138 00:56:32.199 --> 00:56:34.960 body can reach some kind of equilibrium. But then you're 1139 00:56:35.079 --> 00:56:40.199 like good gravy ten years. Yes, people, this is the problem. 1140 00:56:40.679 --> 00:56:41.679 This is where we are. 1141 00:56:43.559 --> 00:56:46.480 But gop ones and now they're trying to figure out 1142 00:56:47.400 --> 00:56:50.440 how to create an off ramp because what happens. 1143 00:56:50.159 --> 00:56:51.960 In a lot of these cases. And this has been 1144 00:56:52.519 --> 00:56:53.920 true of a lot of my friends. 1145 00:56:54.400 --> 00:56:57.320 They went on golp ones which killed their appetite, just 1146 00:56:57.920 --> 00:57:02.920 killed their appetite. They didn't change anything about their habits. 1147 00:57:03.599 --> 00:57:05.960 They didn't change their diet, they didn't change the amount 1148 00:57:05.960 --> 00:57:09.320 of exercise they were doing, they didn't change anything. So 1149 00:57:09.440 --> 00:57:11.159 as soon as you go off the drugs, and some 1150 00:57:11.400 --> 00:57:14.519 say that your your appetite does come back, you know 1151 00:57:14.559 --> 00:57:17.519 it comes comes right back for most people. And not 1152 00:57:17.639 --> 00:57:21.599 only that, it appears and this has not been absolutely proven, 1153 00:57:21.639 --> 00:57:23.760 but it appears that it. 1154 00:57:24.480 --> 00:57:28.280 Messes with that that thing that makes you feel satiated. 1155 00:57:28.960 --> 00:57:31.800 So at the same time your appetite returns, that mechanism 1156 00:57:31.880 --> 00:57:34.880 that is supposed to tell you you're full isn't working 1157 00:57:35.159 --> 00:57:38.039 as effectively as it should. So not only are you 1158 00:57:38.159 --> 00:57:40.679 hungry again, your body's not telling you that you're full. 1159 00:57:41.880 --> 00:57:44.880 So there's a there's things that we need to work 1160 00:57:44.920 --> 00:57:47.480 on with these drugs, but most of them are lifestyle things. 1161 00:57:47.599 --> 00:57:51.360 Right, I'm gonna be honest. 1162 00:57:51.679 --> 00:57:55.599 I have said to the Sota people, if you paired 1163 00:57:56.239 --> 00:57:58.960 a GLP one with the Sota weight loss plan and 1164 00:57:59.039 --> 00:58:02.360 the knowledge that you get, you would allow people to 1165 00:58:03.440 --> 00:58:06.039 lose the weight without stress, while at the same time 1166 00:58:06.280 --> 00:58:08.639 learning about how to eat and how to fuel their body. Right, 1167 00:58:08.719 --> 00:58:11.119 I mean that you have to make the changes or 1168 00:58:11.159 --> 00:58:13.159 you're just gonna end up back where you were in 1169 00:58:13.199 --> 00:58:13.800 the first place. 1170 00:58:14.239 --> 00:58:17.840 And sometimes those changes suck. Arod, let me ask you this, 1171 00:58:18.480 --> 00:58:22.440 how much weight did you lose? Total? One? Eight eight? 1172 00:58:22.480 --> 00:58:25.440 And a Rod has done a magnificent job of staying 1173 00:58:25.519 --> 00:58:28.639 on top of his weight loss. Like I have to 1174 00:58:28.679 --> 00:58:30.039 give you a lot of credit for that, a Rod, 1175 00:58:30.079 --> 00:58:31.360 You're constantly working. 1176 00:58:31.119 --> 00:58:31.960 On it always. 1177 00:58:32.119 --> 00:58:34.760 But what have you learned? What foods, if any, have 1178 00:58:34.880 --> 00:58:37.559 you learned? I probably should never eat that again. 1179 00:58:37.760 --> 00:58:38.719 Do you have any foods like that? 1180 00:58:39.039 --> 00:58:39.280 For me? 1181 00:58:40.079 --> 00:58:40.519 Pasta? 1182 00:58:41.000 --> 00:58:43.519 Forget about it. I can eat a quarter cup of 1183 00:58:43.559 --> 00:58:46.400 pasta and gain six pounds. It is absurd, It doesn't 1184 00:58:46.400 --> 00:58:49.320 make any sense. There's certain foods that I just should 1185 00:58:49.440 --> 00:58:52.960 never eat again. And that's a hard thing to understand. 1186 00:58:53.079 --> 00:58:55.119 Like that is not a good food for me. Or 1187 00:58:55.199 --> 00:58:58.280 foods make me feel really lousy, you know what I mean? 1188 00:58:58.639 --> 00:59:00.320 Like now, if I eat a bunch of fried foods, 1189 00:59:00.360 --> 00:59:04.280 I just feel horrible, horrible, But God I love them still, 1190 00:59:04.519 --> 00:59:04.840 dang it. 1191 00:59:05.199 --> 00:59:07.800 Yeah, why do French fries have to hurt you so seriously, why. 1192 00:59:07.719 --> 00:59:10.440 Do they have to take They're like the Jezebel of food, 1193 00:59:10.559 --> 00:59:13.280 Like they just they look at you and they seduce 1194 00:59:13.400 --> 00:59:18.000 you with their delicious crunchy outside and soft inside a 1195 00:59:18.039 --> 00:59:18.559 little bit. 1196 00:59:18.519 --> 00:59:21.920 Of salt, and they're just horrible for you. Yeah, it's 1197 00:59:21.920 --> 00:59:25.760 always fries, just the just the one thing, just fries. Now, 1198 00:59:25.800 --> 00:59:28.119 have you given up all potato products because I love 1199 00:59:28.199 --> 00:59:31.159 a good baked potato. No, I mean, I'll still do 1200 00:59:31.280 --> 00:59:34.519 fringe fries. It's not as much. Yeah, as often, very 1201 00:59:34.800 --> 00:59:35.480 very rarely. 1202 00:59:35.559 --> 00:59:39.199 Actually, I find myself in a position where I cannot 1203 00:59:39.360 --> 00:59:42.440 order fries. But if Chuck does, I always say, can 1204 00:59:42.519 --> 00:59:44.800 I have like three of your fries? I'm not one 1205 00:59:44.840 --> 00:59:47.639 of those Why have just three fries? If there's someone else, 1206 00:59:48.320 --> 00:59:50.559 if there's someone else's fries, I'll have those three. 1207 00:59:50.559 --> 00:59:51.719 I'm like, okay, three more. 1208 00:59:51.679 --> 00:59:55.639 No, no, no, no, because well, two things are happening 1209 00:59:55.679 --> 00:59:57.920 with me. Mentally, I'm like, I'm not gonna eat Chuck's food, 1210 00:59:58.639 --> 01:00:01.239 you know that's rude. And number two, I'm going to 1211 01:00:01.320 --> 01:00:02.960 order like I'll order a burger with a salad on 1212 01:00:03.039 --> 01:00:04.719 the side if I really want a burger I'll get 1213 01:00:04.719 --> 01:00:06.400 a salad on the side, which is perfectly fine with me, 1214 01:00:07.000 --> 01:00:10.639 but I just need three fries. But by mentally going 1215 01:00:10.719 --> 01:00:14.159 I'm having three fries, I have my three, I enjoy them, 1216 01:00:14.480 --> 01:00:16.079 and then I'm not gonna eat the rest of Chuck's food. 1217 01:00:16.199 --> 01:00:16.920 I'm not going to do that. 1218 01:00:17.320 --> 01:00:19.239 When we first started dating, I would, but now not. 1219 01:00:19.360 --> 01:00:23.360 Now you know that, just just kidding. No, not when 1220 01:00:23.440 --> 01:00:25.519 Chuck and I first started dating. If you've ever met Chuck, 1221 01:00:26.239 --> 01:00:29.679 you know that he is a storyteller. Okay, So when 1222 01:00:29.719 --> 01:00:32.440 we first started dating, we would go out to dinner. 1223 01:00:32.480 --> 01:00:35.760 We would order an appetizer, and right has the appetizer arrived, 1224 01:00:35.800 --> 01:00:38.159 I would ask him a question about himself and he 1225 01:00:38.199 --> 01:00:41.679 would start talking and I would start eating, which is 1226 01:00:41.719 --> 01:00:43.119 probably why I ended up needing the soda. 1227 01:00:43.119 --> 01:00:44.599 Wee lost plan. Then finally he. 1228 01:00:44.599 --> 01:00:48.159 Got hip to it, and one day the appetizer arrived 1229 01:00:48.360 --> 01:00:51.679 and I asked the question, and he literally took an 1230 01:00:51.679 --> 01:00:55.159 appetizer plate, scraped off half the appetizer onto the plate. 1231 01:00:55.239 --> 01:00:56.559 And put it in front of him and said, do 1232 01:00:56.639 --> 01:00:58.480 you want to ask that question now? And I was like, no, 1233 01:00:58.599 --> 01:01:02.480 I'm good that my friends is a true story, and 1234 01:01:02.559 --> 01:01:04.159 yet we're still married. 1235 01:01:04.480 --> 01:01:06.400 See, Chuck and I really do a lot of you 1236 01:01:06.559 --> 01:01:10.000 get this, I'll get this, and then we do Havesi's right, 1237 01:01:10.840 --> 01:01:11.440 so I like this. 1238 01:01:11.559 --> 01:01:14.079 That way you get to try something new with the restaurants. 1239 01:01:15.039 --> 01:01:17.000 Mandy, how the Dickens did you get big enough that 1240 01:01:17.000 --> 01:01:19.599 you needed sota besides appetizers? Yeah, I haven't had an 1241 01:01:19.599 --> 01:01:24.000 appetizer except as a meal in a long time. Joey 1242 01:01:24.159 --> 01:01:27.519 doesn't share food. Took my wife's years to get me 1243 01:01:27.599 --> 01:01:28.840 to share my friends. Okay, I got to tell you 1244 01:01:28.880 --> 01:01:31.639 guys a quick story about my oldest son. My oldest 1245 01:01:31.679 --> 01:01:34.599 son for many, many years was a prison eater, meaning 1246 01:01:34.800 --> 01:01:36.360 you'd put his plate down and he would kind of 1247 01:01:36.440 --> 01:01:38.920 wrap one arm around the outside of the plate and 1248 01:01:38.960 --> 01:01:41.079 then kind of, you know, like hunch over, like he 1249 01:01:41.199 --> 01:01:44.000 was gonna be you know, shanked to get his macaroni 1250 01:01:44.039 --> 01:01:44.800 and cheese or whatever. 1251 01:01:44.920 --> 01:01:45.159 I mean. 1252 01:01:45.639 --> 01:01:47.880 It was kind of a running joke between me and Chuck. 1253 01:01:47.880 --> 01:01:51.760 It's like, oh, yeah, Ryan's prison easing again. Well, fast forward. 1254 01:01:51.880 --> 01:01:55.000 Ryan has been dating his girlfriend for a good like 1255 01:01:55.079 --> 01:01:55.880 a little while now. 1256 01:01:56.000 --> 01:01:56.800 We have not met her. 1257 01:01:57.800 --> 01:02:01.000 He is at Fort Benning doing his off training, and 1258 01:02:01.159 --> 01:02:03.960 we were all meeting at Fort Benning to go to 1259 01:02:04.039 --> 01:02:06.360 his graduation, including the girlfriend. 1260 01:02:06.440 --> 01:02:08.320 Her name is Courtney. We had not met her yet. 1261 01:02:09.440 --> 01:02:12.440 Well, we're sitting at there's this restaurant outside Fort Benning 1262 01:02:12.559 --> 01:02:16.960 that after all the officers graduate, everybody goes over and 1263 01:02:17.039 --> 01:02:18.000 has this giant burger. 1264 01:02:18.079 --> 01:02:19.639 It's some kind of thing whatever. 1265 01:02:19.719 --> 01:02:20.280 So there we go. 1266 01:02:20.599 --> 01:02:22.800 So we're all sitting there and it's this big, long 1267 01:02:22.920 --> 01:02:25.159 table full of people and all of his classmates and 1268 01:02:25.480 --> 01:02:27.039 all their families, and it was just like a big 1269 01:02:27.039 --> 01:02:29.599 group of people and Ryan is sitting right next to Courtney, 1270 01:02:29.639 --> 01:02:33.880 and Courtney casually reached over and took a fry off 1271 01:02:34.000 --> 01:02:34.639 Ryan's plate. 1272 01:02:35.599 --> 01:02:38.599 And Ryan didn't even blink. And I looked at Chuck 1273 01:02:38.639 --> 01:02:41.679 and went, oh, my gosh, he likes her a lot 1274 01:02:43.039 --> 01:02:44.840 because he was sharing his fit. He will deny this, 1275 01:02:45.000 --> 01:02:45.400 by the way. 1276 01:02:45.679 --> 01:02:49.360 He's like that I never was concerned about. 1277 01:02:49.440 --> 01:02:51.559 I'm like, oh, yeah, you didn't. And here's the thing, 1278 01:02:51.639 --> 01:02:52.000 you guys. 1279 01:02:52.480 --> 01:02:55.440 I don't like the automatic assumption of sharing. I'm a 1280 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:57.119 sharer of food. Like if you want to buy my 1281 01:02:57.159 --> 01:02:59.440 food in a restaurant and we're asked me, I'll give 1282 01:02:59.440 --> 01:03:00.840 it to you, You're not a sharer. 1283 01:03:01.280 --> 01:03:04.559 No, I literally no, I'm not doing a pet peeve. 1284 01:03:04.760 --> 01:03:08.719 I'm a I'm a one plate restaurant guy. I Tapa's 1285 01:03:09.320 --> 01:03:12.559 Mandy Like, I can't do it. No, I hate the 1286 01:03:12.599 --> 01:03:14.719 con you can't share it. I hate the concept of 1287 01:03:14.760 --> 01:03:18.480 sharing a food. Specifically, I'm a sharer, but with food, 1288 01:03:18.599 --> 01:03:20.000 it's just weird to me. 1289 01:03:20.159 --> 01:03:21.480 I know what I want to get. I want to 1290 01:03:21.519 --> 01:03:23.079 make sure I'm gonna be full from that plate in 1291 01:03:23.159 --> 01:03:23.519 front of you. 1292 01:03:24.360 --> 01:03:27.920 You're playing accordingly, right, No, I say, there's only one 1293 01:03:28.079 --> 01:03:31.480 situation where I will not share, and that is if 1294 01:03:31.559 --> 01:03:35.400 I have eaten the amount of my meal that leaves 1295 01:03:35.559 --> 01:03:38.639 me with a good portion for another meal the next day. 1296 01:03:39.119 --> 01:03:41.679 And if I'm at that point where maybe I've even 1297 01:03:41.719 --> 01:03:44.000 stopped eating, I'm just you know, hanging out. If you 1298 01:03:44.119 --> 01:03:45.719 ask me for a bite, then I'm gonna be like, 1299 01:03:45.840 --> 01:03:48.440 I'm sorry, I've saved the perfect amount for lunch tomorrow. 1300 01:03:48.639 --> 01:03:48.800 Yeah. 1301 01:03:48.840 --> 01:03:50.320 The worst part is I won't say no. I'm just 1302 01:03:50.360 --> 01:03:53.679 gonna be pissed about it. Of course I won't say it. No, 1303 01:03:53.960 --> 01:03:55.920 I'm gonna say yes, but I'm gonna be really angry. 1304 01:03:56.159 --> 01:03:57.880 No, I don't find I mean, it's like, here you go. 1305 01:03:58.159 --> 01:04:00.119 I come from a family of sharers, you know, we 1306 01:04:00.400 --> 01:04:02.679 all like throwing food across the table kind of thing, 1307 01:04:03.519 --> 01:04:05.599 and I have no problem with that, but I do 1308 01:04:05.719 --> 01:04:07.639 respect you if you're not a sharer. Like when we 1309 01:04:07.679 --> 01:04:10.800 go to sushi with a new friend and I'm like, okay, 1310 01:04:11.239 --> 01:04:14.199 are we all going to order our individual things or 1311 01:04:14.239 --> 01:04:15.920 are we just going to order a bunch of sushi 1312 01:04:16.360 --> 01:04:19.719 and have at it? And for sushi, I'm down with that, 1313 01:04:19.960 --> 01:04:22.239 just like, let's have at it and then just divide 1314 01:04:22.280 --> 01:04:23.159 the check in half. 1315 01:04:23.239 --> 01:04:25.320 Right, the only place for me? It works like k 1316 01:04:25.480 --> 01:04:29.159 pot what oh like a hot Yeah, like hot pot 1317 01:04:29.559 --> 01:04:32.559 and barbecue like that. It works because that's what it is. Yeah, 1318 01:04:32.719 --> 01:04:34.320 So kind of that way with sushi too. It's just 1319 01:04:34.800 --> 01:04:37.559 any other concept. No, Now I'm ordering. When i'm ordering, 1320 01:04:37.840 --> 01:04:40.880 I'm eating when i'm ordering. You eat what you ordered, yeah, 1321 01:04:40.920 --> 01:04:41.719 and then we're doing well. 1322 01:04:41.760 --> 01:04:43.599 It's like when I get like shrimp pad tie or 1323 01:04:43.639 --> 01:04:45.760 something like that, and you have X amount of shrimp 1324 01:04:46.320 --> 01:04:48.519 in the thing, and if there's not a lot, depending 1325 01:04:48.559 --> 01:04:50.119 on the restaurant and checks, like can have one of 1326 01:04:50.159 --> 01:04:50.480 your shrimp. 1327 01:04:50.519 --> 01:04:52.800 Sometimes I'll be like, no, you can have a bat. 1328 01:04:52.639 --> 01:04:54.239 Of the pad tie, but you can't have the shrimp 1329 01:04:54.639 --> 01:04:56.880 because there's only like four of them, and I, you know, 1330 01:04:57.199 --> 01:04:59.559 not sharing that. I don't And and truth be told, 1331 01:04:59.599 --> 01:05:02.000 he's always he's like, oh, no problem, he's not like 1332 01:05:02.159 --> 01:05:04.079 mad about it. And I do the same, like can 1333 01:05:04.119 --> 01:05:07.559 I have a bite? Well, I will never forget. I 1334 01:05:07.639 --> 01:05:10.639 had a friend once and I was when you eat 1335 01:05:10.679 --> 01:05:12.760 a burger, do you just blaze a trail throat or 1336 01:05:12.760 --> 01:05:14.840 do you kind of like eat a couple bites around 1337 01:05:14.880 --> 01:05:16.599 the edges so you get that big middle bite. You 1338 01:05:16.679 --> 01:05:17.440 know what I'm talking about. 1339 01:05:17.559 --> 01:05:19.239 Yeah, that's normal. Yeah, that's what I thought too. 1340 01:05:19.440 --> 01:05:22.280 Yeah, except I have done the first like three four 1341 01:05:22.360 --> 01:05:23.840 bytes around the burger. 1342 01:05:23.760 --> 01:05:25.760 And she says, can I have a bite? I assume. 1343 01:05:25.920 --> 01:05:27.440 And by the way, the burger was going to all 1344 01:05:27.480 --> 01:05:28.920 the sides of the bun. It's not like there was 1345 01:05:28.960 --> 01:05:31.079 a big area of bun that was just fun. And 1346 01:05:31.360 --> 01:05:33.519 and she takes that burger and takes the big bite 1347 01:05:33.559 --> 01:05:35.360 out of the middle, and I looked at her and 1348 01:05:35.480 --> 01:05:36.599 was like, what are you doing? 1349 01:05:37.679 --> 01:05:41.119 Who does that? We are not friends anymore, not because 1350 01:05:41.119 --> 01:05:44.039 of that, but that was just an indication of her character. Yeah, 1351 01:05:44.079 --> 01:05:46.360 don't share burgers? Who cares? 1352 01:05:46.719 --> 01:05:46.960 I do? 1353 01:05:47.760 --> 01:05:49.079 Mandy share food? 1354 01:05:49.360 --> 01:05:53.400 I eat like I'm on the way to the electric chair, Mandy, 1355 01:05:53.480 --> 01:05:56.239 spit on your food. It solves the sharing problem. See 1356 01:05:56.360 --> 01:05:59.159 my little brother when he would want something, he would 1357 01:05:59.199 --> 01:06:01.119 lick his hand and then smack your food with it, 1358 01:06:01.239 --> 01:06:03.639 and I didn't care. My sister was like who I mean, 1359 01:06:03.760 --> 01:06:05.400 she was just but then she'd give him his food. 1360 01:06:05.440 --> 01:06:07.920 It worked every time. I can't share appetizers, that's it. 1361 01:06:08.760 --> 01:06:12.800 Oh, now you would die like sharing fondue in Switzerland 1362 01:06:12.840 --> 01:06:16.719 where everybody's sticking a stick the fo the okay, because. 1363 01:06:16.559 --> 01:06:17.719 It is a shareable by des. 1364 01:06:19.159 --> 01:06:22.119 Like you said, Mandy, The youngest of nine kids, prison 1365 01:06:22.199 --> 01:06:24.440 feeding was like a blood sport. Don't reach across the 1366 01:06:24.599 --> 01:06:27.679 arm or risk being stabbed. Now that that is out 1367 01:06:27.679 --> 01:06:30.119 of necessity, right like that. But now I'm at that 1368 01:06:30.199 --> 01:06:32.440 point in life where it's like, oh, we ate all 1369 01:06:32.440 --> 01:06:34.039 the crab rangoons, order some more. 1370 01:06:34.599 --> 01:06:37.280 You know we can do that. We're there. 1371 01:06:37.960 --> 01:06:40.039 I don't mind, you know what I now, if you're 1372 01:06:40.039 --> 01:06:42.559 a total stranger, don't ask to come up and have 1373 01:06:42.679 --> 01:06:44.519 a bike, because I'm gonna say no because that's weird. 1374 01:06:45.679 --> 01:06:47.760 But if we know they only give you four shrimp, 1375 01:06:47.840 --> 01:06:49.880 says this Texter. Yes, at a Thai restaurant, I will 1376 01:06:49.920 --> 01:06:51.559 not be returning to just. 1377 01:06:51.599 --> 01:06:54.679 Saying, imagine you really like shrimp, I love you, and 1378 01:06:54.719 --> 01:06:57.280 you got one of those four only one. 1379 01:06:57.719 --> 01:07:01.119 Now, I wouldn't do that if I if I want to, 1380 01:07:01.239 --> 01:07:03.440 if I want for shrimp, I'm ordering two appetizers. 1381 01:07:03.639 --> 01:07:06.440 That's the way to go. When we get back, don't share. 1382 01:07:07.480 --> 01:07:11.239 Will Donald Trump's latest move to prevent corporate ownership of 1383 01:07:11.400 --> 01:07:13.599 housing make a dent in the market. 1384 01:07:15.599 --> 01:07:16.760 Not as much as you might think. 1385 01:07:17.599 --> 01:07:20.199 The Mandy Connell Show is sponsored by Belle and Pollock 1386 01:07:20.280 --> 01:07:21.719 accident and injury lawyers. 1387 01:07:22.440 --> 01:07:27.000 No, it's Mandy Connell, Mandy Dona. 1388 01:07:28.280 --> 01:07:33.840 KOAM ninety more one FM said. 1389 01:07:34.679 --> 01:07:41.400 Study the nicety us through three Mandy Coronald Keith Nor 1390 01:07:41.960 --> 01:07:44.360 Sad Bab Welcome. 1391 01:07:44.039 --> 01:07:46.719 Welcome, Welcome to the third hour of the show. Coming 1392 01:07:46.800 --> 01:07:48.719 up at about two thirty. We're gonna talk to our 1393 01:07:48.840 --> 01:07:52.400 friend and fitness guru, Michelle Zelder. We're not talking about fitness, 1394 01:07:52.440 --> 01:07:54.840 although we are going to talk about the new HHS 1395 01:07:55.559 --> 01:07:59.559 USDA guidelines. The food Pyramid is out and I am 1396 01:07:59.719 --> 01:08:01.559 still First of all, it's super pretty. 1397 01:08:01.960 --> 01:08:03.679 Okay, I put a picture of it on the blog today. 1398 01:08:03.679 --> 01:08:06.960 You can see it for yourself. It's gorgeous, but it's 1399 01:08:07.000 --> 01:08:11.239 also sensible, makes sense, good sense, good sense being made 1400 01:08:11.280 --> 01:08:14.440 by all. But we're really talking about her annual Vision 1401 01:08:14.480 --> 01:08:17.600 Board event, which is so good. And if you want 1402 01:08:17.680 --> 01:08:18.279 to sort of. 1403 01:08:19.960 --> 01:08:22.840 Crystallize what you want to focus on in twenty twenty six, 1404 01:08:22.960 --> 01:08:26.000 set some goals, decide what you're going to accomplish, this 1405 01:08:26.119 --> 01:08:27.960 is a great way to do it. So that's coming 1406 01:08:28.039 --> 01:08:31.399 up at two thirty. I want to play some audio 1407 01:08:31.479 --> 01:08:37.840 from Scott Jennings real quick. This is about the situation 1408 01:08:38.000 --> 01:08:40.479 in Minnesota, and we talked. I talked about it earlier 1409 01:08:40.479 --> 01:08:43.880 in the show, and I'm going to stand on this statement. 1410 01:08:44.600 --> 01:08:46.600 You are going to be able to see whatever you 1411 01:08:46.680 --> 01:08:48.720 want to see in the videos that are out about 1412 01:08:48.760 --> 01:08:52.199 the shooting of a woman in Minneapolis. You're going to 1413 01:08:52.239 --> 01:08:55.039 be able, depending on what your political viewpoints are, You're 1414 01:08:55.079 --> 01:08:57.920 going to be able to justify those political viewpoints based 1415 01:08:57.960 --> 01:08:59.720 on the videos that are out there. It's a terrible 1416 01:08:59.760 --> 01:09:04.000 track that this woman is dead. But I'm finding myself 1417 01:09:04.199 --> 01:09:08.359 in the camp of a woman made a very very 1418 01:09:08.520 --> 01:09:12.000 bad series of choices, probably because she believed she was 1419 01:09:12.079 --> 01:09:17.039 doing the moral and right thing to do, and the 1420 01:09:17.199 --> 01:09:20.960 ice agent, who apparently had had a similar incident where 1421 01:09:21.000 --> 01:09:23.880 he was dragged by a car by a driver three 1422 01:09:23.920 --> 01:09:27.399 months ago made a life and death decision based on 1423 01:09:27.520 --> 01:09:30.399 his own fear for his own life. Two people in 1424 01:09:30.479 --> 01:09:33.880 a high pressure situation both made bad choices. 1425 01:09:36.640 --> 01:09:37.600 That's where I am right now. 1426 01:09:37.640 --> 01:09:39.600 But listener what Scott Jennings has to say about this, 1427 01:09:39.680 --> 01:09:42.119 because I think this is an incredibly interesting point. 1428 01:09:42.439 --> 01:09:45.560 But it strikes me that we are undergoing an epidemic 1429 01:09:45.680 --> 01:09:50.600 of political vigilanteism right now. Why are people showing up 1430 01:09:50.640 --> 01:09:55.119 in vehicles and convoys not just in Minneapolis, but all 1431 01:09:55.159 --> 01:09:59.199 over the country in an effort to obstruct lawful federal 1432 01:09:59.479 --> 01:10:03.079 law enforce activities. This is not an isolated incident. We 1433 01:10:03.159 --> 01:10:06.439 have had hundreds of car rammings against ICE agents all 1434 01:10:06.520 --> 01:10:09.640 over the country. According to DHS, this lady in this 1435 01:10:09.760 --> 01:10:13.039 car today, along with other vehicles, had been tracking ICE 1436 01:10:13.079 --> 01:10:17.560 agents around. Why are people believing that they can drive 1437 01:10:17.640 --> 01:10:20.640 their car into a federal law enforcement situation and that 1438 01:10:20.840 --> 01:10:23.159 is an appropriate thing to do. I understand they don't 1439 01:10:23.600 --> 01:10:27.399 like the fact that these agents are enforcing existing immigration law, 1440 01:10:27.760 --> 01:10:29.800 but that's not how we change laws in this country. 1441 01:10:29.840 --> 01:10:32.399 If you don't like a law, you talk to the politicians. 1442 01:10:32.479 --> 01:10:35.079 You don't drive your car into the middle of a 1443 01:10:35.159 --> 01:10:38.600 building or a law enforcement situation that's being occupied by 1444 01:10:38.600 --> 01:10:41.159 the people who are simply there to enforce the law. 1445 01:10:41.159 --> 01:10:43.000 If I don't like how much the IRS is charging 1446 01:10:43.079 --> 01:10:45.600 me in taxes, I don't drive my car into the 1447 01:10:45.640 --> 01:10:47.479 Treasury Department try to run somebody over. 1448 01:10:47.600 --> 01:10:48.720 I call my congressman. 1449 01:10:49.079 --> 01:10:54.039 Political vigilanteism is being encouraged by Democratic officials like the 1450 01:10:54.079 --> 01:10:57.319 Lieutenant governor of Minnesota Peggy Flanagan, who earlier this year 1451 01:10:57.399 --> 01:11:00.880 told people to quote put your bodies on the line, 1452 01:11:01.000 --> 01:11:04.279 and Tim Walls calling these guys gestapo all year. What 1453 01:11:04.479 --> 01:11:07.000 do you think happens when you radicalize a base of 1454 01:11:07.119 --> 01:11:09.399 people as He's not wrong. 1455 01:11:11.000 --> 01:11:11.840 He's not wrong at all. 1456 01:11:11.880 --> 01:11:14.520 I Mean, what's been interesting about this is that a 1457 01:11:14.640 --> 01:11:17.279 lot of people that are currently very very very very 1458 01:11:17.439 --> 01:11:22.000 upset about this situation are the same people that were 1459 01:11:22.079 --> 01:11:24.720 willing to hold Donald Trump accountable for his rhetoric on 1460 01:11:24.840 --> 01:11:28.279 January sixth. They blame him one hundred percent for they 1461 01:11:28.640 --> 01:11:30.520 say he ordered people to go to the Capitol. He 1462 01:11:30.560 --> 01:11:32.720 did not, but that this is what they believe, right. 1463 01:11:33.039 --> 01:11:35.359 They believe that Donald Trump is responsible for what happened 1464 01:11:35.359 --> 01:11:37.880 on January six because of his rhetoric. But then when 1465 01:11:37.920 --> 01:11:42.399 you ask, is Tim Walls partially responsible for calling Ice agents, 1466 01:11:42.479 --> 01:11:45.079 the Gestapo and nazis there. 1467 01:11:45.319 --> 01:11:46.439 If there's culpability on. 1468 01:11:46.479 --> 01:11:48.520 One side, there has to be culpability on the other 1469 01:11:48.600 --> 01:11:52.680 side as well, Right, So I thought that was a 1470 01:11:52.800 --> 01:11:56.199 very interesting take, a very very interesting take. Another very 1471 01:11:56.239 --> 01:12:04.760 interesting thing was the movements that we're seeing on Greenland. 1472 01:12:04.960 --> 01:12:07.479 You guys, I'm at the point now where trying to 1473 01:12:07.560 --> 01:12:12.000 follow the Trump administration is so exhausting because of the 1474 01:12:12.199 --> 01:12:13.520 very speed with which. 1475 01:12:13.399 --> 01:12:14.119 Things are happening. 1476 01:12:15.359 --> 01:12:19.399 So in the past week alone, we have arrested Maduro, 1477 01:12:20.079 --> 01:12:23.640 We have negotiated with the remaining Socialist vice president to 1478 01:12:23.680 --> 01:12:28.159 buy millions of bears of oil and therefore fund Venezuela's 1479 01:12:28.199 --> 01:12:32.079 rebuilding legitimately and not with drug proceeds, which is what 1480 01:12:32.199 --> 01:12:35.199 Maduro was doing. And although he wasn't rebuilding Venezuela, he 1481 01:12:35.279 --> 01:12:35.960 was just getting. 1482 01:12:35.840 --> 01:12:39.119 Rich, right. But we've also seen. 1483 01:12:40.479 --> 01:12:43.560 Such a slew of activity they don't even know where 1484 01:12:43.600 --> 01:12:47.279 to start, not the least of which is that Rubio 1485 01:12:47.479 --> 01:12:50.239 is now headed to Danish leaders. 1486 01:12:49.920 --> 01:12:52.720 To talk about Greenland. Are we gonna buy Greenland? 1487 01:12:52.920 --> 01:12:53.079 Now? 1488 01:12:53.199 --> 01:12:55.600 It's been bandied about, and Trump has made some comments 1489 01:12:55.640 --> 01:12:57.720 that have led people to say, oh my god, Trump 1490 01:12:57.840 --> 01:13:00.680 is gonna invade Greenland. He's gonna take Greenland by when 1491 01:13:00.720 --> 01:13:03.279 in reality, he's just looking to say, yeah, we'd like 1492 01:13:03.359 --> 01:13:05.800 to buy that from you, Denmark. You guys aren't using 1493 01:13:05.840 --> 01:13:08.760 it really, so we'd like to buy it now. I 1494 01:13:08.880 --> 01:13:12.600 do think that the fifty six eight hundred residents of 1495 01:13:12.720 --> 01:13:14.079 Greenland deserves some say. 1496 01:13:13.960 --> 01:13:14.880 In this, I really do. 1497 01:13:16.279 --> 01:13:19.600 But what if we were to say, hey, Denmark, We're 1498 01:13:19.640 --> 01:13:21.920 going to give you X amount of dollars for this land, 1499 01:13:22.119 --> 01:13:23.600 and hey, Greenland, is that cool? 1500 01:13:24.359 --> 01:13:25.279 Are you good with that? 1501 01:13:25.720 --> 01:13:27.920 And if I'm Greenland, I would say, okay, do we 1502 01:13:27.960 --> 01:13:30.359 get to be a state? What kind of representation do 1503 01:13:30.439 --> 01:13:33.319 we have? Are we just going to be another outlying 1504 01:13:33.560 --> 01:13:36.239 you know, like Guam that nobody talks about. Are we 1505 01:13:36.279 --> 01:13:38.239 going to be like a part of the United States 1506 01:13:38.279 --> 01:13:41.479 of America? How does his work for us? All valid questions, 1507 01:13:42.800 --> 01:13:45.760 all valid questions. So I just think it's super interesting 1508 01:13:45.840 --> 01:13:48.720 and I think it's very interesting to see Secretary of 1509 01:13:48.760 --> 01:13:52.039 State Mark Rubio navigate the kind of rhetoric that we're 1510 01:13:52.039 --> 01:13:54.640 seeing in the press from the President at the same 1511 01:13:54.720 --> 01:13:56.399 time trying to go meet with these people in a 1512 01:13:56.479 --> 01:14:01.039 serious way and say, look, strategically, Greenland is very important. 1513 01:14:01.880 --> 01:14:05.760 It is extremely important. Just where it's located. The amount 1514 01:14:05.800 --> 01:14:10.479 of Greenland's in the Arctic is incredibly important. So yeah, 1515 01:14:10.520 --> 01:14:12.199 it would be pretty good for the United States to 1516 01:14:12.279 --> 01:14:15.239 have access to that fully and completely as part of 1517 01:14:15.359 --> 01:14:19.760 the United States or a territory. Dated Foreign Minister Lars 1518 01:14:19.920 --> 01:14:24.840 Loch Rasmussen and his Greenland counterpark Vivian Mottsfeldt had requested 1519 01:14:24.880 --> 01:14:27.079 a meeting with Ruvio, this from the Denver Gazette. 1520 01:14:27.079 --> 01:14:28.600 According to a statement posted. 1521 01:14:28.359 --> 01:14:32.119 Tuesday to Greenland's government website, previous requests for a meeting 1522 01:14:32.239 --> 01:14:35.880 or not successful. Rubio told a select group of US 1523 01:14:35.960 --> 01:14:40.159 lawmakers that it is the Republican administration's intention to eventually 1524 01:14:40.279 --> 01:14:43.760 purchase Greenland, as opposed to using military force. 1525 01:14:45.119 --> 01:14:48.279 So, I you know, that'd be another place we could 1526 01:14:48.319 --> 01:14:49.159 go without a passport. 1527 01:14:49.199 --> 01:14:51.720 I'm trying to think of the upside for the citizens, 1528 01:14:52.159 --> 01:14:54.640 like other than national security concerns, and the upside for 1529 01:14:54.680 --> 01:14:55.560 the American citizen. 1530 01:14:56.079 --> 01:15:00.479 We could go there without a passport. That'd be pretty cool. Mandy. 1531 01:15:00.720 --> 01:15:03.600 The idea has been floated around about Greenland paying each 1532 01:15:03.640 --> 01:15:06.319 resident one hundred thousand dollars that was just announced today. 1533 01:15:07.159 --> 01:15:10.640 What do you I mean, that's pretty fair, that's a 1534 01:15:10.680 --> 01:15:15.279 pretty good offer, Mandy. I asked my wife and she 1535 01:15:15.319 --> 01:15:18.119 said she would share her for shrimp. Well, your wife 1536 01:15:18.199 --> 01:15:20.640 is a better wife than I am. By the way, 1537 01:15:21.520 --> 01:15:23.840 after I talked about sharing food, I will tell you 1538 01:15:23.960 --> 01:15:28.720 I got a ton a ton of text messages and 1539 01:15:28.800 --> 01:15:31.199 they're like fifty to fifty from those of you who 1540 01:15:31.279 --> 01:15:33.880 are food sharers and then those of you who were like, 1541 01:15:34.000 --> 01:15:35.520 if you try to touch my food, I'm gonna stab 1542 01:15:35.600 --> 01:15:35.880 your hand. 1543 01:15:37.920 --> 01:15:39.520 I'm not going to try and convince you otherwise. 1544 01:15:39.520 --> 01:15:41.640 Although I will say I got several text messages from 1545 01:15:41.720 --> 01:15:46.880 former non sharers who are now enthusiastic sharers and enjoy that. 1546 01:15:48.760 --> 01:15:51.399 About the Minnesota shooting, Mandy, where's her child out of 1547 01:15:51.439 --> 01:15:52.199 some Holi daycare? 1548 01:15:52.439 --> 01:15:57.319 I don't know, I don't know, Uh, Mandy, Yeah, imagine. 1549 01:15:56.880 --> 01:15:59.520 The people who celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk don't 1550 01:15:59.520 --> 01:16:01.760 have a problem with somebody trying to run over law enforcement. 1551 01:16:02.199 --> 01:16:02.920 I'm going to see this. 1552 01:16:03.039 --> 01:16:06.399 I have seen some text messages who are calling the 1553 01:16:06.520 --> 01:16:09.039 woman who was shot a lot of vile names. She 1554 01:16:09.199 --> 01:16:11.000 might have been a vile person I don't know, but 1555 01:16:11.119 --> 01:16:14.000 we certainly don't know enough about her. What we know 1556 01:16:14.279 --> 01:16:16.359 is that she's a woman who made very bad choices, 1557 01:16:16.840 --> 01:16:18.359 extremely bad choices. 1558 01:16:19.199 --> 01:16:23.840 So let's just ratchet back the nasty talk and let 1559 01:16:23.960 --> 01:16:24.640 things play out. 1560 01:16:24.760 --> 01:16:28.800 So Donald Trump sent out a post on X or 1561 01:16:28.880 --> 01:16:31.720 truth Social or whatever he posts, and it says, for 1562 01:16:31.840 --> 01:16:34.079 a very long time, buying and owning a home was 1563 01:16:34.159 --> 01:16:37.119 considered the pinnacle of the American dream. It was a 1564 01:16:37.199 --> 01:16:39.760 reward for working hard and doing the right thing. But now, 1565 01:16:39.920 --> 01:16:42.279 because of the record high inflation caused by Joe Biden 1566 01:16:42.359 --> 01:16:46.399 and the Democrats in Congress, that American dream is increasingly 1567 01:16:46.520 --> 01:16:50.560 out of reach for far too many people, especially younger Americans. 1568 01:16:50.880 --> 01:16:52.920 It is for that reason and much more, that I'm 1569 01:16:52.920 --> 01:16:58.000 immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying 1570 01:16:58.079 --> 01:17:01.479 more single family homes. I will be calling on Congress 1571 01:17:01.560 --> 01:17:05.479 to codify it people live in homes, not corporations. I 1572 01:17:05.560 --> 01:17:10.039 will discuss this topic, including further housing and affordability proposals, 1573 01:17:10.199 --> 01:17:13.359 and more, at my speech in Davos in two weeks now. 1574 01:17:13.399 --> 01:17:17.279 What he's talking about is companies like Blackstone not black 1575 01:17:17.399 --> 01:17:22.720 Rock Blackstone that buy up residential properties and then they 1576 01:17:22.800 --> 01:17:26.199 rent them out, and they are accumulating assets, you know, 1577 01:17:26.319 --> 01:17:27.119 asset growth. 1578 01:17:26.960 --> 01:17:27.840 And things of that nature. 1579 01:17:27.880 --> 01:17:30.640 But at the same time, many worry that they are 1580 01:17:31.000 --> 01:17:33.720 diluting the housing market that's available for people to either 1581 01:17:33.840 --> 01:17:37.479 buy or fixing rents at an unreasonable rate. So I 1582 01:17:37.560 --> 01:17:42.800 did a little digging this morning and realistically the numbers 1583 01:17:42.960 --> 01:17:46.439 for how much housing is actually owned by these corporations 1584 01:17:47.399 --> 01:17:50.600 very very small amounts in the grand scheme of things. 1585 01:17:50.680 --> 01:17:51.880 I mean very small amounts. 1586 01:17:52.720 --> 01:17:55.479 Just five point five percent of single family homes are 1587 01:17:55.520 --> 01:17:57.399 owned by corporate investors. 1588 01:17:58.520 --> 01:17:59.920 Now that number is not the. 1589 01:18:00.159 --> 01:18:03.520 Big now, but I do think it is a reasonable 1590 01:18:03.600 --> 01:18:09.399 thing to be concerned about the continued accumulation of homes 1591 01:18:09.720 --> 01:18:12.319 by large corporations. Now, can you go ahead and invest 1592 01:18:12.439 --> 01:18:15.880 in a corporation that does real estate exchange traded funds? 1593 01:18:15.920 --> 01:18:18.680 You absolutely can. So there are ways for the common 1594 01:18:18.800 --> 01:18:21.520 person to make money in this way. But the reality 1595 01:18:21.680 --> 01:18:23.800 is is that we also have to make sure we 1596 01:18:23.920 --> 01:18:26.800 have enough housing for me. And I've said this before 1597 01:18:26.840 --> 01:18:28.359 on the show. You guys know how I feel about it. 1598 01:18:28.399 --> 01:18:30.600 I think we need to start by looking at how 1599 01:18:30.640 --> 01:18:32.920 government regulations drive up the cost of housing. 1600 01:18:33.039 --> 01:18:33.760 In Colorado. 1601 01:18:34.279 --> 01:18:37.560 We have so many absurd regulations that they're only getting worse, 1602 01:18:38.000 --> 01:18:40.560 that are going to drive up the cost of building 1603 01:18:40.600 --> 01:18:43.520 a home in Colorado. And that's by design, you know, 1604 01:18:43.720 --> 01:18:48.199 it really is. So it's time to start looking at 1605 01:18:48.359 --> 01:18:51.640 how to prevent this from happening. Because if a large 1606 01:18:51.680 --> 01:18:54.680 corporation comes into any area buys up a bunch of 1607 01:18:54.760 --> 01:18:57.319 the property and makes it short term rentals, especially and 1608 01:18:57.439 --> 01:19:01.359 I have no ill will towards short term rents, none whatsoever. 1609 01:19:02.680 --> 01:19:05.159 But you know, if you are if you are in 1610 01:19:05.239 --> 01:19:07.520 a situation where you know you have a housing shortage 1611 01:19:07.520 --> 01:19:09.800 and you have an obscene amount of short term rentals, 1612 01:19:10.159 --> 01:19:12.239 what do you do with that? Now, I'm also a 1613 01:19:12.279 --> 01:19:15.359 free market person, so all of these things are coming 1614 01:19:15.479 --> 01:19:17.840 to a head when it comes to the housing market. Now, 1615 01:19:17.960 --> 01:19:21.119 if corporations by fifteen percent of the houses in a 1616 01:19:21.159 --> 01:19:24.520 market twenty percent of the houses in a market, is 1617 01:19:24.560 --> 01:19:28.079 that where we're headed. This is a very difficult problem 1618 01:19:28.159 --> 01:19:30.000 to solve. This is not something that you can have 1619 01:19:30.079 --> 01:19:32.079 a pat answer to. One of the things that I 1620 01:19:32.439 --> 01:19:35.960 want to correct about the President's statement about why housing 1621 01:19:36.039 --> 01:19:40.640 is so expensive right now. Housing is so expensive right 1622 01:19:40.720 --> 01:19:44.359 now because the Fed kept rates too low for too long. 1623 01:19:45.079 --> 01:19:48.720 So the federal government could continue spending like out of 1624 01:19:48.760 --> 01:19:53.680 control drunken monkeys during the pandemic. Two percent mortgage rates 1625 01:19:53.880 --> 01:19:57.399 are not normal, They've never been normal. 1626 01:19:58.119 --> 01:19:59.199 They were record low. 1627 01:19:59.319 --> 01:20:02.560 Interest rates on mortgages. They were insane, they were absolutely nuts. 1628 01:20:02.600 --> 01:20:08.199 And what they did was people often buy based on payment, right, like, okay, 1629 01:20:08.239 --> 01:20:12.520 what's my house payment going to be? So as as 1630 01:20:12.640 --> 01:20:16.279 interest rates dropped to these crazy low levels, then people 1631 01:20:16.319 --> 01:20:18.359 who are selling were like, well, look now I can 1632 01:20:18.479 --> 01:20:20.920 ask for more money and you can still make that 1633 01:20:21.079 --> 01:20:24.520 payment because your mortgage rate is so low. Back in 1634 01:20:24.560 --> 01:20:26.680 the nineteen seventies, I love it when people are like, 1635 01:20:26.840 --> 01:20:29.680 I can't buy a home. Luggage rates had six percent. Well, 1636 01:20:29.720 --> 01:20:31.039 some of them are in the fives right now, but 1637 01:20:31.239 --> 01:20:33.920 luggage rates are too high. My parents bought a house 1638 01:20:34.039 --> 01:20:37.640 in the nineteen seventies and they had a seventeen percent 1639 01:20:38.359 --> 01:20:39.000 mortgage rate. 1640 01:20:39.800 --> 01:20:42.960 Seventeen percent. It was insane. 1641 01:20:43.159 --> 01:20:46.000 But of course the house costs seventy two thousand dollars, right, 1642 01:20:46.199 --> 01:20:48.279 so it was cheaper to start with that. 1643 01:20:48.399 --> 01:20:51.680 All of these things go in concert. The Federal Reserve 1644 01:20:51.760 --> 01:20:53.039 really screwed up a lot of stuff. 1645 01:20:53.159 --> 01:20:55.600 During COVID, the federal government really screwed up a lot 1646 01:20:55.640 --> 01:20:59.239 of stuff during COVID, and now they're expecting us to 1647 01:20:59.359 --> 01:21:01.079 believe that they're to fix the problem when they are 1648 01:21:01.079 --> 01:21:02.920 a huge part of the problem from the jump. 1649 01:21:02.960 --> 01:21:04.560 I mean, it's just super frustrating. 1650 01:21:05.199 --> 01:21:08.079 I will say this, if you've been sitting on the 1651 01:21:08.159 --> 01:21:11.439 sidelines right now, you're looking to buy a home. Maybe 1652 01:21:11.680 --> 01:21:13.359 you know you've got your down payment, you're ready to go, 1653 01:21:14.079 --> 01:21:16.079 and you've just been waiting and waiting and waiting for 1654 01:21:16.199 --> 01:21:17.920 interest rates to drop down to where you think they're 1655 01:21:17.960 --> 01:21:19.640 going to go again, Like the Force. I don't think 1656 01:21:19.640 --> 01:21:22.600 we're going to see the Force anytime in the next 1657 01:21:22.640 --> 01:21:25.760 few years. But I will tell you this, right now, 1658 01:21:25.840 --> 01:21:29.079 mortgage rates are pretty dang good, but not many people 1659 01:21:29.119 --> 01:21:32.560 are paying attention. And when people do start realizing this 1660 01:21:32.920 --> 01:21:35.680 is really good for a mortgage rate, then the buying 1661 01:21:35.760 --> 01:21:39.079 frenzy begins and you're in bidding wars again. If you're 1662 01:21:39.119 --> 01:21:40.800 ready to buy a home, I'm telling you right now, 1663 01:21:40.880 --> 01:21:43.319 I would buy the home. I would go ahead and move. 1664 01:21:43.439 --> 01:21:45.359 I would I would take advantage of the fact that 1665 01:21:45.479 --> 01:21:47.399 there are more homes on the market in the Denver 1666 01:21:47.520 --> 01:21:49.279 metro now than there have been in a long time. 1667 01:21:49.680 --> 01:21:52.760 They're sitting a lot longer, and buyers are starting to 1668 01:21:52.840 --> 01:21:55.319 recognize if I want to sell this house, I'm going 1669 01:21:55.359 --> 01:21:58.399 to have to drop the price. Not a lot, but 1670 01:21:58.520 --> 01:22:00.840 I think there are more negotia well now than they've 1671 01:22:00.840 --> 01:22:03.760 been in a very very long time. When we get back, 1672 01:22:04.039 --> 01:22:07.119 we're going to talk about two things. Number One, HHS 1673 01:22:07.199 --> 01:22:10.640 has released a new food pyramid and in it with 1674 01:22:10.800 --> 01:22:13.920 one Fell Swoop, OURFK Junior makes real. 1675 01:22:13.800 --> 01:22:17.680 Food great again and creating a vision for twenty twenty 1676 01:22:17.760 --> 01:22:18.720 six will be right back. 1677 01:22:18.800 --> 01:22:21.319 And it's that time of year where everybody's like new Year, 1678 01:22:21.520 --> 01:22:23.359 New Me, but the reality is I just want to 1679 01:22:23.399 --> 01:22:25.760 be a better me and joining me now to talk 1680 01:22:25.760 --> 01:22:27.800 about not just that we are going to get to 1681 01:22:28.159 --> 01:22:30.880 creating a vision for twenty twenty six, but Michelle Zelner, 1682 01:22:31.199 --> 01:22:34.680 our fitness guru, is back, and Michelle, let's talk about 1683 01:22:34.880 --> 01:22:38.680 making real food great again. I got a text message 1684 01:22:38.680 --> 01:22:42.239 from Michelle almost immediately about we have to talk about 1685 01:22:42.239 --> 01:22:43.880 the new food pyramid when I come on the show, 1686 01:22:43.880 --> 01:22:46.800 and I'm like, heck, yeah, what is RFK Junior done 1687 01:22:46.920 --> 01:22:47.800 to the food pyramid? 1688 01:22:49.640 --> 01:22:51.880 Well, I mean he's just gone back to common sense 1689 01:22:51.960 --> 01:22:55.399 and basics, which I know it's like earth shattering, right, 1690 01:22:55.520 --> 01:22:58.119 eat real food something I don't know if your listeners 1691 01:22:58.159 --> 01:23:01.119 have listened to me have heard me say, probably since 1692 01:23:01.159 --> 01:23:05.319 the very first time was on your show. So yeah, 1693 01:23:05.760 --> 01:23:09.840 just gone back to basics. Eat real food. Prioritizing protein. 1694 01:23:09.920 --> 01:23:13.079 That's like a huge catchphrase these days, prioritize your protein. 1695 01:23:13.600 --> 01:23:16.439 Most people don't even know what that means, right, So 1696 01:23:16.680 --> 01:23:20.520 prioritizing protein means you need to make sure you're getting 1697 01:23:20.760 --> 01:23:23.439 enough and not just enough to not waste away, which 1698 01:23:23.520 --> 01:23:26.680 is what the old guidelines were based on. The minimum 1699 01:23:26.840 --> 01:23:31.960 recommendation to simply not die, but actually to eat enough 1700 01:23:32.199 --> 01:23:35.920 protein to support and optimize your well being. 1701 01:23:36.199 --> 01:23:39.880 But that's like the most perfect government standard, right, The 1702 01:23:40.000 --> 01:23:42.520 government standard is, here's what you can. 1703 01:23:42.439 --> 01:23:46.079 Do to not die. Okay, it's not optimal performance, it's not. 1704 01:23:46.560 --> 01:23:48.760 I mean, it's just like this will keep you alive, 1705 01:23:49.000 --> 01:23:49.159 you know. 1706 01:23:49.439 --> 01:23:53.119 So protein now takes its rightful place at the top 1707 01:23:53.159 --> 01:23:54.359 of this inverted pyramid. 1708 01:23:54.479 --> 01:23:54.600 Right. 1709 01:23:54.680 --> 01:23:56.560 The pyramid is kind of upside down in the way 1710 01:23:56.600 --> 01:23:58.359 it looks. And I have to say, I put the 1711 01:23:58.359 --> 01:24:01.600 picture of the pyramid on my blo today. It's gorgeous. 1712 01:24:01.920 --> 01:24:06.199 It's like this beautiful illustration of all of these beautiful, 1713 01:24:06.399 --> 01:24:09.319 real foods. And you know what's not on here, Michelle, 1714 01:24:09.960 --> 01:24:13.479 anything ultra process. There's not a single thing that comes 1715 01:24:13.520 --> 01:24:16.880 in a box on this food pyramid. Let's talk for 1716 01:24:16.920 --> 01:24:20.760 a second about why this food pyramid was probably created 1717 01:24:21.439 --> 01:24:24.760 in a much different way than previous food pyramids have 1718 01:24:24.920 --> 01:24:29.439 been created. Those food pyramids were created by lobbyist, food lobbyist, 1719 01:24:31.039 --> 01:24:33.560 and yeah, this pyramid, well go ahead. 1720 01:24:34.399 --> 01:24:38.119 Not to get political, but everything's political. And you know 1721 01:24:38.439 --> 01:24:40.800 this one, I don't know, maybe big broccoli got in 1722 01:24:40.880 --> 01:24:43.279 there and it was like, wait a minute, what about. 1723 01:24:43.079 --> 01:24:47.079 Us a big broccoli, as if there was such a thing. No, 1724 01:24:47.239 --> 01:24:49.760 this looks like it's just based on nutrition, and that's 1725 01:24:49.800 --> 01:24:51.840 a refreshing change. Now I want to share with the 1726 01:24:51.880 --> 01:24:54.760 audience some of the basically, like this is the vertbal 1727 01:24:54.920 --> 01:24:58.640 version of the food pyramid. Number one, prioritize protein at 1728 01:24:58.640 --> 01:25:02.079 every meal. As Michelle just said, consume full fat dairy 1729 01:25:02.199 --> 01:25:04.159 with no added sugars. I think this is going to 1730 01:25:04.199 --> 01:25:06.840 be a shocking one for people because most people don't 1731 01:25:06.880 --> 01:25:09.640 realize that when you take the fat out of dairy, 1732 01:25:10.039 --> 01:25:13.800 they're putting sugar in to maintain the mouthfeel and maintain 1733 01:25:14.319 --> 01:25:18.640 the taste. This list kind of goes after sugar in 1734 01:25:18.720 --> 01:25:21.800 a big way, but without going after sugar right. The 1735 01:25:21.920 --> 01:25:24.520 next is eat vegetables and fruits throughout the day, focusing 1736 01:25:24.560 --> 01:25:28.119 on whole forms, incorporating healthy fats from whole suits for 1737 01:25:28.119 --> 01:25:32.039 the whole foods such as meats, seafood, eggs, nuts, seeds, olives, 1738 01:25:32.079 --> 01:25:37.840 and avocados. Focus on whole grains while sharply reducing refined carbohydrates, 1739 01:25:38.199 --> 01:25:42.279 limit highly processed foods, added sugars, and artificial additives. Eat 1740 01:25:42.359 --> 01:25:45.600 the right amount for you based on age, sex, size, 1741 01:25:45.640 --> 01:25:49.560 and activity level. Choose water and unsweetened beverages, and limit 1742 01:25:49.680 --> 01:25:53.039 alcohol consumption. I don't know if you saw this. Another 1743 01:25:53.119 --> 01:25:55.479 thing came out of HHS today. They are going to 1744 01:25:55.640 --> 01:26:03.079 mandate nutrition classes at medical school. That's amazing, finally, finally, right. 1745 01:26:03.640 --> 01:26:06.199 And the thing that I really appreciate about this, it 1746 01:26:06.319 --> 01:26:10.439 is very comprehensive. It doesn't say eliminate ultra processed foods 1747 01:26:11.079 --> 01:26:13.159 because people are going to eat them. I ate them 1748 01:26:13.319 --> 01:26:16.800 over the holiday, for sure, and they are delicious. That's 1749 01:26:16.920 --> 01:26:19.119 why we eat them. So to think we're going to 1750 01:26:19.239 --> 01:26:23.159 eliminate all these things is just not realistic for most people. 1751 01:26:23.720 --> 01:26:26.119 And it's that all or nothing mindset that tends to, 1752 01:26:27.000 --> 01:26:28.640 you know, get us really gung ho with the New 1753 01:26:28.680 --> 01:26:32.039 Year's resolutions, and then by week two we're out of 1754 01:26:32.079 --> 01:26:34.239 the game already. I do want to say one thing 1755 01:26:34.279 --> 01:26:37.239 about the full fat dairy. So you know, when you 1756 01:26:37.399 --> 01:26:40.079 eat non fat Greek yogurt, they have not added sugar 1757 01:26:40.199 --> 01:26:43.079 back in unless the manufacturer has decided to do right. 1758 01:26:43.479 --> 01:26:45.840 So it really is critical for people to read labels 1759 01:26:45.920 --> 01:26:49.159 because you can see something that seems to look healthy 1760 01:26:49.279 --> 01:26:51.239 on the surface, but unless you're reading that label in 1761 01:26:51.319 --> 01:26:54.079 the ingredient list, you know there might be something's hidden 1762 01:26:54.119 --> 01:26:57.760 in there. But that's why, you know, it's so important 1763 01:26:57.800 --> 01:27:02.119 that we understand what we're looking for. And yeah, like 1764 01:27:02.560 --> 01:27:05.840 whole foods, right, it's so basic. So let's give some 1765 01:27:06.039 --> 01:27:10.359 real numbers. So when when we say prioritize protein, one 1766 01:27:10.520 --> 01:27:14.239 gram per pound of your target body weight. So if 1767 01:27:14.279 --> 01:27:17.079 you're out of body weight and composition that you're happy with, 1768 01:27:17.279 --> 01:27:19.359 let's just pull a number one hundred and fifty pounds, 1769 01:27:20.439 --> 01:27:23.760 one hundred and fifty one five zero grams of protein. 1770 01:27:24.079 --> 01:27:26.319 Most people have no clue what that even looks like 1771 01:27:26.439 --> 01:27:29.960 in terms of food. It's it's all in a little 1772 01:27:29.960 --> 01:27:33.439 bit of context. Right, an egg has six grams, so 1773 01:27:33.520 --> 01:27:36.079 they're like, well, I had two eggs this morning, Awesome, 1774 01:27:36.520 --> 01:27:38.039 that's twelve grams of protein. 1775 01:27:38.439 --> 01:27:39.640 That's not that much. 1776 01:27:40.760 --> 01:27:46.720 So it's also people starting to really understand how where 1777 01:27:46.800 --> 01:27:49.600 do these nutrients come from, how much of each nutrient 1778 01:27:49.720 --> 01:27:52.359 is actually the food you're eating, and that they, you know, 1779 01:27:52.520 --> 01:27:55.720 put the message in there to eat the appropriate amount 1780 01:27:56.399 --> 01:27:58.960 for your needs and your goals. Most people have no 1781 01:27:59.079 --> 01:28:03.000 clue what number even is right, because you've never figured 1782 01:28:03.039 --> 01:28:03.359 it out. 1783 01:28:04.239 --> 01:28:08.359 I'm hoping that we're moving towards a place where education 1784 01:28:08.479 --> 01:28:11.199 when it comes to nutrition becomes a thing. And I 1785 01:28:11.319 --> 01:28:13.880 remember being a kid and we got the four food 1786 01:28:13.920 --> 01:28:16.199 groups right, You had your four food groups and you 1787 01:28:16.279 --> 01:28:18.399 had to learn the basics. But I think I was 1788 01:28:18.560 --> 01:28:24.039 probably thirty years old before I understood the mechanism of 1789 01:28:24.119 --> 01:28:26.880 how insulin is produced in our bodies and what that 1790 01:28:27.079 --> 01:28:28.520 fires and what that means. 1791 01:28:29.039 --> 01:28:29.960 And people have no. 1792 01:28:30.159 --> 01:28:32.800 Understanding of how they work, how their body is actually 1793 01:28:32.840 --> 01:28:35.760 designed to function. And once you have a better understanding 1794 01:28:35.800 --> 01:28:39.359 of that, it gets easier to understand why prioritizing things 1795 01:28:39.399 --> 01:28:43.079 with fiber is important and why prioritizing protein is important. 1796 01:28:43.479 --> 01:28:45.600 I was working with a longevity. 1797 01:28:45.079 --> 01:28:46.880 Doctor a long time ago, and he said something to 1798 01:28:46.960 --> 01:28:49.880 me that I found so ridiculous. But I have since 1799 01:28:50.039 --> 01:28:52.640 and this was probably fifteen years ago, I have since 1800 01:28:53.640 --> 01:28:56.119 seen so much research to back this up. If you 1801 01:28:56.319 --> 01:29:00.359 never ate another carbohydrate again in your life, you could 1802 01:29:00.399 --> 01:29:03.000 live for forever. It doesn't matter. You don't need to 1803 01:29:03.319 --> 01:29:06.840 consume a single carbohydrate. And I think for most people 1804 01:29:07.560 --> 01:29:10.279 that is the exact opposite messaging that we've been getting 1805 01:29:10.319 --> 01:29:13.960 since the eighties, when coincidentally or not, we all started 1806 01:29:14.000 --> 01:29:17.279 getting super fat. So I think some of these things 1807 01:29:17.319 --> 01:29:19.680 are going to be almost like a create a cognitive 1808 01:29:19.720 --> 01:29:21.880 dissonance for what people think they know, you know what 1809 01:29:21.960 --> 01:29:22.239 I mean. 1810 01:29:24.199 --> 01:29:25.680 Well, for sure, there's going to have to be a 1811 01:29:25.720 --> 01:29:28.880 lot of unlearning and then relearning, and that is really hard. 1812 01:29:28.960 --> 01:29:32.079 And that's something that I figured out for myself almost 1813 01:29:32.119 --> 01:29:34.960 thirty years ago. Like this whole just you know, don't 1814 01:29:35.000 --> 01:29:38.560 eat fat, Well okay, except I'm doing that and I'm 1815 01:29:38.600 --> 01:29:42.359 getting fat, so's. 1816 01:29:40.920 --> 01:29:41.880 There's something wrong here. 1817 01:29:42.439 --> 01:29:45.479 And that's when I decided to stop listening to the 1818 01:29:45.560 --> 01:29:48.800 guidelines and just learn how to feed a human body. 1819 01:29:49.000 --> 01:29:52.399 And that's the thing, Mandy, is it's not hard eat 1820 01:29:52.439 --> 01:29:52.920 real food. 1821 01:29:53.319 --> 01:29:56.520 Yeah, I think it's a little bit of hubris throughout 1822 01:29:56.640 --> 01:29:59.079 our history. I mean, I look back at how we 1823 01:29:59.159 --> 01:30:02.920 all started eating more margarine. Right, Margarine is an absolute 1824 01:30:03.079 --> 01:30:04.119 chemical poop storm. 1825 01:30:04.239 --> 01:30:05.920 It is not a food product. 1826 01:30:06.039 --> 01:30:09.319 It was a byproduct of another experiment, and we started 1827 01:30:09.359 --> 01:30:11.479 eating it and we were told this is better for 1828 01:30:11.600 --> 01:30:14.840 you than butter. And there's such a level of ego 1829 01:30:15.000 --> 01:30:17.680 there to think that human beings are going to create 1830 01:30:17.840 --> 01:30:20.079 something better than God created. That's the way I look 1831 01:30:20.119 --> 01:30:23.439 at it, Like God gave us everything we need to 1832 01:30:23.520 --> 01:30:26.640 be healthy. We don't need Dorito's or margarine or all 1833 01:30:26.720 --> 01:30:28.960 of these fake foods to be healthy. If you just 1834 01:30:29.079 --> 01:30:31.720 focus on the food that God made in the closest 1835 01:30:31.840 --> 01:30:34.000 form to the way God made it, you're gonna be 1836 01:30:34.039 --> 01:30:38.279 fine or whatever, or you know, evolution or whatever whatever 1837 01:30:38.319 --> 01:30:41.000 you believe. I just think it's easier to just go, Okay, 1838 01:30:41.039 --> 01:30:43.359 how close can I get to how it either grew 1839 01:30:43.600 --> 01:30:45.720 or came out of the ground or was grown in 1840 01:30:45.800 --> 01:30:46.159 the ground. 1841 01:30:46.279 --> 01:30:46.439 You know. 1842 01:30:46.640 --> 01:30:48.119 I just think that's the easiest way to do. It 1843 01:30:48.199 --> 01:30:51.880 doesn't have to be complicated. It really doesn't. Okay, let's 1844 01:30:52.039 --> 01:30:52.880 oh go ahead. 1845 01:30:52.560 --> 01:30:55.359 It doesn't. Yeah, that was to say and that's why 1846 01:30:55.399 --> 01:30:58.119 I came up with PFF as your BFF. How many 1847 01:30:58.199 --> 01:30:59.479 years ago did I come up with that? 1848 01:30:59.720 --> 01:30:59.840 Right? 1849 01:31:00.119 --> 01:31:03.439 Protein fat fiber is your best friend forever because these 1850 01:31:03.479 --> 01:31:05.319 are whole foods that are going to allow your body 1851 01:31:05.399 --> 01:31:09.560 to function correctly, absorb your nutrients, keep your blood sugar steady, 1852 01:31:09.640 --> 01:31:12.840 avoid the spikes and crashes, help you feel full, help 1853 01:31:12.880 --> 01:31:18.000 you be satisfied. And it is it's just PFF, PFF. 1854 01:31:18.079 --> 01:31:20.600 Protein fat fiber PFF is your BFF. And now your 1855 01:31:20.640 --> 01:31:23.359 hair of the shell's voice like I do all the time, 1856 01:31:23.600 --> 01:31:25.279 do you Let's have a moment on fiber and then 1857 01:31:25.279 --> 01:31:27.399 we're going to talk about the vision stuff because it's 1858 01:31:27.439 --> 01:31:31.319 so good. Fiber is now being there's a connection. They're 1859 01:31:31.359 --> 01:31:34.119 finding out that there are certain gut issues for people 1860 01:31:34.159 --> 01:31:38.399 with multiple sclerosis, and they are experimenting now with the 1861 01:31:38.520 --> 01:31:41.640 roll of fiber in how our guts can lead to 1862 01:31:41.680 --> 01:31:44.359 all of these other things. And Americans, we do not 1863 01:31:44.479 --> 01:31:47.800 eat enough fiber on the standard American diet. If you're 1864 01:31:47.800 --> 01:31:50.520 making a little health resolution, make it eat more fiber, 1865 01:31:50.960 --> 01:31:54.479 whatever that looks like. And let's talk about resolutions because 1866 01:31:54.520 --> 01:31:59.640 on Saturday, Michelle has her annual Virtual Vision Board event 1867 01:32:00.039 --> 01:32:03.319 and This thing is so flip and good. If you're 1868 01:32:03.399 --> 01:32:06.600 looking for focus for twenty twenty six, what can people 1869 01:32:06.640 --> 01:32:07.479 expect from this event? 1870 01:32:09.640 --> 01:32:11.680 So if you've come before, you're going to get a 1871 01:32:11.680 --> 01:32:14.840 little different, a little different experience. I think you'll like it, 1872 01:32:15.399 --> 01:32:18.079 so please come again. If you've never come, you don't 1873 01:32:18.119 --> 01:32:21.800 know what you were missing, so come anyway. It's just 1874 01:32:22.560 --> 01:32:24.600 so much more than making a vision board. This is 1875 01:32:24.680 --> 01:32:28.319 going to be a whole reflect and reset workshop. It's 1876 01:32:28.359 --> 01:32:31.399 going to basically be like one of my trainings that 1877 01:32:31.520 --> 01:32:35.119 I do for corporate or for private groups, and you 1878 01:32:35.279 --> 01:32:38.239 get to have all of me, just me, no speakers, 1879 01:32:38.439 --> 01:32:40.840 just me. But it's going to be an opportunity for 1880 01:32:41.000 --> 01:32:44.279 people to really dig in to define what matters to them, 1881 01:32:45.000 --> 01:32:47.760 and then we're going to spend time creating strategies to 1882 01:32:47.840 --> 01:32:50.960 help you accomplish what you say you want to accomplish. 1883 01:32:51.439 --> 01:32:53.359 And there's going to be plenty of time for lots 1884 01:32:53.399 --> 01:32:56.880 of conversations. So I've actually, since the new Food Pyramid Drop, 1885 01:32:57.000 --> 01:32:59.439 decided that this isn't just going to be about twenty 1886 01:32:59.520 --> 01:33:02.119 twenty six vision. I want people to come who have 1887 01:33:02.319 --> 01:33:06.600 questions about anything, any health well being related thing. It 1888 01:33:06.760 --> 01:33:09.560 is an open forum to pick my brain hear what 1889 01:33:09.720 --> 01:33:11.520 I think. I know a lot of your listeners have 1890 01:33:12.039 --> 01:33:14.319 heard little, you know, bits and pieces here and there, 1891 01:33:14.439 --> 01:33:17.279 but it's really an opportunity for anyone to come and 1892 01:33:17.880 --> 01:33:20.039 just you know, maybe hear it from a different perspective. 1893 01:33:20.640 --> 01:33:23.960 I've got to say, Michelle, the aspect of creating a 1894 01:33:24.079 --> 01:33:28.239 framework to actually bring these things to life, that part 1895 01:33:28.399 --> 01:33:30.520 is very interesting to me because I think that that 1896 01:33:30.680 --> 01:33:35.520 is going to force people to either figure out how 1897 01:33:35.680 --> 01:33:37.960 to make these things happen, which is what you're saying 1898 01:33:38.039 --> 01:33:41.119 is the ultimate goal, or recognize that they don't really 1899 01:33:41.199 --> 01:33:44.680 want those things. Because if you think you want something 1900 01:33:44.720 --> 01:33:46.760 and you're like, you know what, I'm going to use 1901 01:33:46.760 --> 01:33:49.680 the perfect example. I want to I want to be thin, 1902 01:33:49.840 --> 01:33:52.119 I want to be fit, I want to be athletic. Okay, 1903 01:33:52.199 --> 01:33:54.319 are you going to cut out the garbage that you're 1904 01:33:54.319 --> 01:33:54.920 eating in your diet? 1905 01:33:54.960 --> 01:33:56.399 Well, I don't want to do that. Are you going 1906 01:33:56.479 --> 01:33:58.399 to exercise more? Well, I don't really have time to 1907 01:33:58.479 --> 01:34:00.399 do that. Or what are you going to do? 1908 01:34:00.520 --> 01:34:02.439 And when the answer is I'm not going to do 1909 01:34:02.560 --> 01:34:05.319 anything that I have to do to achieve these goals, 1910 01:34:05.720 --> 01:34:07.920 it may be time to recognize that that needs to 1911 01:34:08.000 --> 01:34:09.760 come off your vision board, and you need to stop 1912 01:34:09.800 --> 01:34:13.119 diluting yourself about that being an actual thing that you want. 1913 01:34:13.600 --> 01:34:16.039 Because if you're not willing to put any effort in 1914 01:34:17.000 --> 01:34:20.520 actions speak way louder than words do, and especially when 1915 01:34:20.560 --> 01:34:22.720 it comes to what we say we want to do, 1916 01:34:23.159 --> 01:34:24.920 because if you say you want to do something, but 1917 01:34:25.000 --> 01:34:28.439 you're not willing to do any of the proven strategies 1918 01:34:29.119 --> 01:34:30.920 to make it happen, you need to let it go 1919 01:34:31.039 --> 01:34:33.560 and move on. And there's some free there's something freeing 1920 01:34:33.600 --> 01:34:37.079 about that, right, I mean, there's something good about saying, Okay, 1921 01:34:37.159 --> 01:34:38.880 I have to be real about what I really want 1922 01:34:38.920 --> 01:34:39.399 out of life. 1923 01:34:41.920 --> 01:34:45.399 Well, it's what we say is the outcome that we want. 1924 01:34:46.199 --> 01:34:48.600 We don't want to do it. We just want the outcome, 1925 01:34:48.840 --> 01:34:52.279 right right, And that's where the disconnect is, like, Okay, well, 1926 01:34:52.359 --> 01:34:54.399 let's talk the realities of what it's going to require 1927 01:34:54.479 --> 01:34:57.000 to have that outcome, and very often it's going to 1928 01:34:57.079 --> 01:34:59.760 require doing things you don't want to do. That's just 1929 01:34:59.800 --> 01:35:00.640 the reality of it. 1930 01:35:00.880 --> 01:35:01.760 Hard things are hard. 1931 01:35:01.920 --> 01:35:05.399 But my father always said most things worth doing are hard, right, 1932 01:35:05.520 --> 01:35:07.840 I Mean, that's just if it was easy, everyone would 1933 01:35:07.880 --> 01:35:10.279 do it. So what are some of the things that 1934 01:35:10.840 --> 01:35:14.439 you have found or learned from the people that attend 1935 01:35:14.520 --> 01:35:14.920 these events. 1936 01:35:15.000 --> 01:35:16.600 Now, the first one that I did with you, it 1937 01:35:16.720 --> 01:35:19.119 was in person, and it was wild. 1938 01:35:18.960 --> 01:35:21.399 Because it was really it was kind of even before 1939 01:35:21.479 --> 01:35:24.279 we started using internet photos, and there was magazine cutting 1940 01:35:24.319 --> 01:35:27.720 and gluen sticks flying, and there was crying as people 1941 01:35:27.760 --> 01:35:30.760 were trying to sort things out. What have you learned 1942 01:35:30.840 --> 01:35:33.079 over the years of doing these events that maybe you've 1943 01:35:33.159 --> 01:35:35.760 taken to heart or that you see a common pattern. 1944 01:35:37.600 --> 01:35:39.600 Yeah. I think a lot of people come in with 1945 01:35:39.760 --> 01:35:42.720 an idea and maybe they leave with a different idea 1946 01:35:42.760 --> 01:35:46.119 of because when we get into discussion and conversation, they 1947 01:35:46.199 --> 01:35:48.800 start to get some real clarity, and you know, it 1948 01:35:48.920 --> 01:35:51.560 is maybe about letting go of some things or solidifying 1949 01:35:51.600 --> 01:35:55.560 that actual strategy that has been you know, maybe preventing 1950 01:35:55.640 --> 01:35:58.720 them from accomplishing what they say they want to accomplish. 1951 01:35:58.760 --> 01:36:02.199 It's identifying obstacle and then figuring out, all, right, well, 1952 01:36:02.239 --> 01:36:04.640 what are you willing and able to do about this obstacle? 1953 01:36:05.319 --> 01:36:09.800 And I think for some people it it is maybe 1954 01:36:10.159 --> 01:36:12.520 like that kind of come to Jesus moment for them, 1955 01:36:12.760 --> 01:36:15.720 like okay, right, you know, I have to take ownership 1956 01:36:15.760 --> 01:36:17.000 of myself and my life. 1957 01:36:17.119 --> 01:36:17.840 I'm in charge. 1958 01:36:17.920 --> 01:36:19.840 I can only do what I can do, and so 1959 01:36:20.000 --> 01:36:22.199 for a lot of people, it is a reframing of things, 1960 01:36:22.720 --> 01:36:26.079 and it's a big mindset shift. And once you shift 1961 01:36:26.119 --> 01:36:29.640 your mindset, it doesn't usually go back to the way 1962 01:36:29.680 --> 01:36:32.800 it used to be. So even just leaving from something 1963 01:36:32.920 --> 01:36:35.439 like this, if you haven't created a vision board, that's fine, 1964 01:36:35.600 --> 01:36:39.000 Like that's kind of the cherry on top. It's all 1965 01:36:39.079 --> 01:36:42.199 of the different thought patterns that you're having, or the 1966 01:36:42.279 --> 01:36:44.600 ideas or that you've been open to a new idea 1967 01:36:44.680 --> 01:36:47.199 or a new way of thinking about something that's then 1968 01:36:47.279 --> 01:36:50.319 going to carry you through to maybe making some of 1969 01:36:50.359 --> 01:36:52.399 those changes that have been difficult for you to make. 1970 01:36:52.279 --> 01:36:52.760 In the past. 1971 01:36:53.079 --> 01:36:54.760 And you and I were chatting off here about this, 1972 01:36:54.920 --> 01:36:58.039 and you said you're going to start with having some 1973 01:36:58.199 --> 01:37:01.319 time for reflection about five And I got to tell 1974 01:37:01.359 --> 01:37:04.520 you that has given me pause, because I don't think 1975 01:37:04.640 --> 01:37:06.800 that I have taken a moment to look back at 1976 01:37:06.840 --> 01:37:09.720 twenty twenty five and really reflect on what worked for me, 1977 01:37:09.920 --> 01:37:11.600 what didn't work for me, and what I need to 1978 01:37:11.640 --> 01:37:13.800 pull forward and what I need to leave behind. So 1979 01:37:13.960 --> 01:37:15.800 that is something that I'm going to take, you know, 1980 01:37:16.199 --> 01:37:16.399 you know. 1981 01:37:16.960 --> 01:37:17.399 To heart. 1982 01:37:17.640 --> 01:37:20.279 On this now, Michelle, I am going to Greeley to 1983 01:37:20.359 --> 01:37:22.479 do a goobernatorial debate during this event. 1984 01:37:22.600 --> 01:37:23.920 But how can people participate? 1985 01:37:26.039 --> 01:37:28.039 They can just go to my website. You'll see the 1986 01:37:28.079 --> 01:37:30.680 link to register and anybody who registers will get a 1987 01:37:30.800 --> 01:37:33.359 recording of the event. So if you can't come live, 1988 01:37:33.520 --> 01:37:35.880 or you can only come for part of it, that's fine. 1989 01:37:35.960 --> 01:37:36.479 Just register. 1990 01:37:36.680 --> 01:37:39.239 Everybody will get the recording afterwards, and then you can 1991 01:37:39.760 --> 01:37:42.199 listen to it over and over and over and take 1992 01:37:42.239 --> 01:37:44.800 your time, invite your friends, do you know, do it 1993 01:37:44.840 --> 01:37:45.439 at your own pace. 1994 01:37:45.640 --> 01:37:47.960 I put a link on the blog, but our website 1995 01:37:48.079 --> 01:37:52.039 is better beings dot net. Better beings dot net. Good 1996 01:37:52.079 --> 01:37:53.840 to see my friend, Happy twenty twenty. 1997 01:37:53.680 --> 01:37:57.079 Six, Happy new Year. All right, that's Michelle Zellner. I'll 1998 01:37:57.079 --> 01:37:58.000 talk to you later, my friend. 1999 01:37:59.479 --> 01:38:02.439 So the vision board thing is Ben Albright in the 2000 01:38:02.520 --> 01:38:05.760 studio in a are you are you headed out on 2001 01:38:05.800 --> 01:38:08.479 a fishing boat with your bulky sweater? 2002 01:38:08.920 --> 01:38:11.880 The rug really tied the room together. And if you 2003 01:38:11.920 --> 01:38:16.159 can see me right now, you get that reference. Anyway, 2004 01:38:16.279 --> 01:38:18.199 you ever done a vision board, then I don't know 2005 01:38:18.279 --> 01:38:21.000 what that is. Okay, it's a it's a board where 2006 01:38:21.039 --> 01:38:23.000 you take pictures of things that you want to accomplish 2007 01:38:23.000 --> 01:38:25.000 in the upcoming year, and you glue them all this 2008 01:38:25.079 --> 01:38:27.760 board kind of keeping inspired, focus and motivated throughout the year. 2009 01:38:28.319 --> 01:38:29.520 I think you can tell by the look. Come on, 2010 01:38:29.600 --> 01:38:31.359 I know I'm gonna take that as a no. Yeah, 2011 01:38:31.359 --> 01:38:33.640 I'm just gonna we're gonna go with that one. That 2012 01:38:33.720 --> 01:38:35.760 sounds like a teenage girl arts and crafts kind of thing. 2013 01:38:36.199 --> 01:38:38.199 I used to think it was stupid, and now I've 2014 01:38:38.239 --> 01:38:41.159 honed my vision board to one word or a small phrase. 2015 01:38:41.600 --> 01:38:44.720 So this year, my word is presence, and my focus 2016 01:38:44.960 --> 01:38:47.720 is being present in my life to try and slow 2017 01:38:47.800 --> 01:38:50.319 down the world as it whips by. So that's you know, 2018 01:38:50.439 --> 01:38:53.279 it just it helps you sort of focus on. For me, 2019 01:38:53.439 --> 01:38:56.479 I can only handle one thing. A vision board was overwhelming. 2020 01:38:56.760 --> 01:38:58.319 It's interesting to say, because like, I don't do a 2021 01:38:58.359 --> 01:39:00.439 vision board, but I do have like a thing that 2022 01:39:00.560 --> 01:39:02.439 I pick for the year that's going to be kind 2023 01:39:02.479 --> 01:39:04.720 of my focus that year and for this year. You 2024 01:39:04.760 --> 01:39:07.239 said presence being present in the real world. Yeah, like, 2025 01:39:07.319 --> 01:39:09.199 I'm so terminally online. 2026 01:39:09.359 --> 01:39:09.399 You. 2027 01:39:09.840 --> 01:39:15.119 Ben's hand actually is Ben's hand is actually turned into 2028 01:39:15.239 --> 01:39:18.600 a cellular telephone. He doesn't even have an extra phone anymore. 2029 01:39:18.760 --> 01:39:20.319 He just holds it up to his ear and then 2030 01:39:20.359 --> 01:39:23.039 types on the others like the cop from Terminator too, 2031 01:39:23.159 --> 01:39:23.600 but it's. 2032 01:39:25.760 --> 01:39:28.680 You know the actor for that, yes, Robert Patrick and 2033 01:39:28.840 --> 01:39:30.720 Richard Patrick, the lead singer of Filter's Brother. 2034 01:39:30.800 --> 01:39:35.760 Right, what that's random? Anyway, next time for the most 2035 01:39:35.800 --> 01:39:38.119 exciting segment on the radio of its kind. 2036 01:39:41.800 --> 01:39:44.680 Well done of the day, All right, what is our 2037 01:39:44.760 --> 01:39:46.640 dad joke of the day, please, Anthony. 2038 01:39:46.840 --> 01:39:51.199 I don't get why bakers aren't wealthier. They make so much. 2039 01:39:51.359 --> 01:39:58.159 Go all that cake too? Yeah, yeah, so much. Today's 2040 01:39:58.520 --> 01:40:03.000 word of the day. Please. It's an adjective adjective. It 2041 01:40:03.359 --> 01:40:07.560 is febrile. Febro means you have a fever. We just 2042 01:40:07.640 --> 01:40:10.600 had that one. Yeah, well, you know what, whatever, we're feverish. 2043 01:40:10.680 --> 01:40:16.039 It doesn't and the only prescription is a different word. Okay, ready, 2044 01:40:16.119 --> 01:40:17.560 what is Can we get a different word? 2045 01:40:17.800 --> 01:40:17.840 No? 2046 01:40:18.279 --> 01:40:20.760 Okay, whatever, because I feel feverish right now? 2047 01:40:21.039 --> 01:40:25.800 What does the adjective pavanine mean? Pavanine p A v 2048 01:40:26.279 --> 01:40:29.079 O N I n E pvinine. I don't know what 2049 01:40:29.159 --> 01:40:30.199 the over pretending to. 2050 01:40:32.560 --> 01:40:33.399 I don't. I don't. 2051 01:40:33.479 --> 01:40:35.079 Well let's find out, because I got no guess. 2052 01:40:35.520 --> 01:40:38.960 Over Relating to peacocks, the word can't describe something that 2053 01:40:39.079 --> 01:40:40.840 is colored like a peacock's tail. 2054 01:40:44.439 --> 01:40:52.159 Havevanine? Okay? What is our Jeopardy category? Homonyms hamon, words 2055 01:40:52.199 --> 01:40:52.840 that sound the same right? 2056 01:40:53.000 --> 01:40:53.119 Yes? 2057 01:40:53.560 --> 01:40:57.479 To switch? Or the dimes and quarters in your pocket? 2058 01:40:57.680 --> 01:40:58.760 Manny man? 2059 01:40:58.960 --> 01:41:02.640 What has changed to throw a fishing net into water? 2060 01:41:02.840 --> 01:41:03.920 Many? What is cast? 2061 01:41:04.439 --> 01:41:08.039 Or the actors in a play correct part of the 2062 01:41:08.199 --> 01:41:12.399 covering of a lizard? Or the minimum wage fixed by 2063 01:41:12.479 --> 01:41:13.840 a performer's contract. 2064 01:41:14.279 --> 01:41:15.279 Mandy? What a scale? 2065 01:41:16.319 --> 01:41:16.479 Yeah? 2066 01:41:16.479 --> 01:41:20.279 I should have that? A heap? Or the loops of 2067 01:41:20.479 --> 01:41:25.439 yarn forming the surface of a carpet. This one's a heap? 2068 01:41:25.800 --> 01:41:29.000 A heap, Mandy? What pile? That is correct? 2069 01:41:30.439 --> 01:41:36.279 The triangular blade on an anchor's arm or an accidental. 2070 01:41:35.800 --> 01:41:41.640 Stroke of good luck? Say that again. The first one 2071 01:41:41.800 --> 01:41:42.439 is not going to help you. 2072 01:41:42.680 --> 01:41:46.880 The triangular blade on an anchor's arm or an accidental 2073 01:41:47.000 --> 01:41:48.159 stroke of good luck. 2074 01:41:48.960 --> 01:41:51.279 The latter is much more useful. I have no idea. 2075 01:41:51.760 --> 01:41:52.319 I mean. 2076 01:41:53.720 --> 01:41:56.760 I should be Mandy. What is a windfall? Dang it? 2077 01:41:57.159 --> 01:41:57.960 What is a fluke? 2078 01:41:58.319 --> 01:41:58.560 Oh? 2079 01:42:00.640 --> 01:42:02.479 Ben, that was not your best performance? You know what 2080 01:42:02.560 --> 01:42:04.600 it is is probably the sweater. It's got you too warm. 2081 01:42:04.720 --> 01:42:09.159 Yeah, I'm off to bundled up. I got to get 2082 01:42:09.199 --> 01:42:11.399 warmed up in the new year. That need to rechange 2083 01:42:11.479 --> 01:42:13.359 my presence to be present to get warmed up with 2084 01:42:13.479 --> 01:42:18.199 the sweater back on. Yeah, are today, I'm doing sports today. 2085 01:42:18.239 --> 01:42:20.399 What do you guys got I don't know. It's just 2086 01:42:20.439 --> 01:42:22.239 a pretty face. You just show up and does all 2087 01:42:22.239 --> 01:42:23.520 the work and then you just show up. 2088 01:42:23.560 --> 01:42:26.840 And many people say that this industry needs more pretty faces. 2089 01:42:27.880 --> 01:42:31.439 Ben Ben, who should the Broncos want to face the most? 2090 01:42:32.079 --> 01:42:35.319 Pittsburgh? Who should they want to face the least? The 2091 01:42:35.640 --> 01:42:36.479 Texans are Chargers? 2092 01:42:36.560 --> 01:42:40.640 Who should the Broncos wish loses the Bills Jags matchup? 2093 01:42:41.039 --> 01:42:41.560 That's tough. 2094 01:42:42.520 --> 01:42:44.800 I personally want the rematch with the Jags, but I 2095 01:42:44.840 --> 01:42:47.600 think most people are going to tell you, Buffalo, there 2096 01:42:47.640 --> 01:42:47.800 you go. 2097 01:42:49.880 --> 01:42:50.399 I don't I don't know. 2098 01:42:50.439 --> 01:42:53.199 I don't have any questions for you at all. Is 2099 01:42:53.239 --> 01:42:54.960 coming up next? This is just arm Candy is going 2100 01:42:55.039 --> 01:42:56.960 to do the show. We'll be back tomorrow for a 2101 01:42:57.039 --> 01:43:00.439 Friday edition of the show. Ask me anything and you guys, Brant, 2102 01:43:00.520 --> 01:43:02.840 we'll do that tomorrow. Keep it right here on KOA