WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:03.200 The Mandy Connell Show is sponsored by Belle and Pollock 2 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:04.759 Accident and injury Lawyers. 3 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:16.320 No, it's Mandy Connell, Manna KOAM, ninety more one FM, got. 4 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:19.960 Saddy and the Noisy. 5 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:25.480 Three Many Connell, Keith your sadding. 6 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:30.079 Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to a Friday edition of the show. 7 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:30.879 I'm your host. 8 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:32.320 All wait a minute, let me try that again. 9 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:34.920 Hello, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. 10 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:36.119 To a Friday edition of the show. 11 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:51.719 All together now, all right, my friends, Oh sorry, I'm Mandy. 12 00:00:53.359 --> 00:01:03.600 That that guy over there is Anthony Uez. And today 13 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:06.079 we'll take you right up until three pm. I have 14 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:09.480 decided to keep my germs at home. I am broadcasting 15 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:12.359 from Southern Command. But nonetheless, we are ready to go. 16 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:16.040 We are connected, we are ready, and we will get 17 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:16.519 you through a. 18 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:18.200 Hopefully fun Friday. 19 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:20.799 I started out, and you'll see when I do the 20 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:23.159 blog here in just a moment I started out, I 21 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:24.840 was like, I don't know how I'm gonna get through 22 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:26.719 this day. One of the things you guys have to 23 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:30.280 understand that's very unique about this program or any talk 24 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:33.159 radio program, is that it's kind of hard to call 25 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:35.680 in sick when you wake up sick, because it's not 26 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:38.200 like you just have all these hosts that are ready 27 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:39.439 to go at a moment's notice. 28 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:42.359 So I will suffer through. 29 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:46.519 I am here for you listeners, and we will together 30 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:49.719 make it through this Friday afternoon. Find the blog by 31 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:52.439 going to mandy'sblog dot com. 32 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:54.560 That's Mandy's blog dot com. 33 00:01:54.599 --> 00:01:57.000 Look for the headline this is ten twenty four to 34 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:01.680 twenty five blog how qualified immunity changes affect law and order. 35 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.079 Click on that and here are the headlines you will 36 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:06.439 find within abs. 37 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:07.799 In office half of American allmerships and clipment of tea 38 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:08.960 that's going to press. 39 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:13.000 Plant today On the blog we put the cops on 40 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:13.479 the hook. 41 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:16.840 I'm sick. Please donate to your local food bank. 42 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:20.199 No more Canadian wolves a How to figure out what 43 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:24.240 candidates really mean? When will the ski resorts open? Someone 44 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:26.000 else is attacked by a guy who should have been 45 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:29.800 in prison. Inflation is still too high, but lower than expected. 46 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:34.719 Stop taking animal meds please. Rush is coming to Denver. 47 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:39.280 The Johnstown Breeze publisher apologized, this idiot deserves more prison 48 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:41.800 time for being an idiot. The DNC may be in 49 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:45.360 Denver next time. Lakewood shady real estate deal has stopped 50 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:49.240 Colorado is doing what ruined Germany? Shack has thoughts on 51 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:52.639 the mill up situation. Why is it Bernie's book free 52 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:57.000 scrolling half of soft cell just died. Southwest AD's free 53 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:00.439 Wi Fi to all flights. Why I'm investing in small 54 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:05.960 modular reactors. Elon University shows good speech beat censorship. Trump's 55 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:09.840 brand of capitalism is really socialism. Fitness app set you 56 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:13.360 up for failure? What is a woman? Anyone with lipstick? 57 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:18.560 This a haunted house for grown ups? See seems nice? 58 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:22.800 This is so freaking cute for Thanksgiving? Here history one 59 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:26.000 more time, dating red flags for the first six months, 60 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:29.159 funniest volunteer gig ever, awesome parenting tricks. 61 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:31.960 And I love this Halloween costume a rod? 62 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:32.800 What else is added? 63 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:37.159 Joe get scared by a rod and get your car 64 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:38.879 washed at the same time. 65 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:42.479 All right, that Joe a winner? 66 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:47.240 That did not make it onto my I'm sorry, Nancy, 67 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:51.000 I was fully expecting. I was fully expecting the said 68 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:54.280 trombone on that one. Sorry about that it didn't update 69 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:56.879 in time. If you checked the blog earlier, Anthony just 70 00:03:56.919 --> 00:03:58.599 added the part about the car wash and it just 71 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:03.560 didn't regenerate. Sometimes our our software whatever. Back in software 72 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.800 for our blog gets tired. Maybe it's sick to a rod. 73 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:08.599 Maybebe that's what it is. 74 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:11.759 Maybe I see it. But you know, yeah, I have just. 75 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:14.680 The group right now that is apparently going around everyone 76 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.720 either they have it, damn their kids have it. 77 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:22.360 Super Bowl to host in a week. You stay the 78 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:26.199 hell away a super Bowl. Your party, thank you, your 79 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:26.959 party is there. 80 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:28.720 You go, well take your vitamin D and your zinc 81 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:29.319 just in case. 82 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:34.480 Yeah, make sure I'm gonna as it. You have it. Yeah, 83 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:35.480 stay away. 84 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:39.199 I last night I had I tried to do an 85 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:43.000 event with my advertisers every so often just to thank 86 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:45.439 them it was awful for supporting the show. 87 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.079 And aren't they like the most awesome people a Rod. 88 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:51.000 The people that that own the businesses that advertise with 89 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:52.959 me are just the best people ever. 90 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:55.079 I'm going to give a special shout out because I 91 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:58.680 have heard their commercials for years and years. I got 92 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:01.199 to meet finally the Gravit in his family. That was, oh, 93 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:02.480 they're super cool. 94 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:05.319 You met three of them, like there's a million of them, 95 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:07.720 first of all, and they're all amazing people. They're all 96 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:10.519 just like the best people. So it's always fun. And 97 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:15.439 we went to thrashing axes in Parker, which is a phenomenal. 98 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:16.920 Thrashing or ax throwing. 99 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:18.839 They have ax throwing, they have duckpin bowling, and then 100 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:20.800 they have like the crash Room where you can just 101 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:22.920 go in and destroy stuff if you're having a bad day. 102 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:25.759 Owned by the nicest guy named Jesse. He is so 103 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:28.519 cool and if you're looking for a fun night out, 104 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:31.199 it is a blast. And they have really freaking great 105 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:34.959 bar food, the massive endorsement, and the thing that I 106 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:37.319 loved the most, my buddy Dan and I loved the. 107 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:39.560 Most was first of all, I don't think I've ever 108 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:41.360 been ax throwing before. I think it did one time 109 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:44.120 at thirteen floor they had like off to the side right. 110 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:46.279 Be'st part about this one different from every other one 111 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:49.959 I've seen online is they have the projector that projects 112 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:53.160 onto where you throw the axes, and they have all 113 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:55.439 these mini games that you then can like click with 114 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:57.800 a mouse, like where you hit on with the axe. 115 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:00.839 So it allows for you to play like a kajillion 116 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:04.439 different versions of ax throwing. That's the coolest part about it. 117 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:08.319 We were locked in. It's like arcade ax throwing, Unlike 118 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.759 arcade ax throwing where it's like the plastic one that's 119 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:14.040 not this. These are full on axes. And the other 120 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:16.519 cool thing is they had like all the different things 121 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:19.399 to throw for those Marvel nerds out there. My buddy 122 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:22.279 loves Gambit and he got to be Gambit last night 123 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:25.720 because they had a little metal playing card and he goes, Mom, 124 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:29.120 I mean, hit right at the thing and it sticks in. 125 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:32.399 Super cool. But they have like little Ninja stars. They 126 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:34.920 have the different axes. There's some in there. I'm like, 127 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:36.360 I don't know if I want to throw that thing. 128 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:37.879 It was the coolest place. 129 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:41.439 So Massive Endorsement Thrashing axes in Parker. It's really really outstanding. 130 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:45.000 It is free for all Friday, especially because I'm sick 131 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:47.120 because I have a bunch of cool stuff on the blog, 132 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:49.160 but I am sick, so I need you guys to 133 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:51.720 pick up the slack and usually my twelve o'clock listeners, 134 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:54.360 you guys usually are like a boss with this. So 135 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:57.199 no cars for Kids was not there because they are 136 00:06:57.199 --> 00:06:59.959 not one of my advertisers. When I say my advertise, 137 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:05.279 I'm talking about the people that I do live endorsements for. Right, So, Mandy, 138 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:07.000 I feel like you're sick a lot. I'm really not 139 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:10.199 it's just when you're on the radio. Every time I 140 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:12.879 am sick, you guys hear about it, right, So it 141 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:15.000 probably does feel like I'm sick of I promise I'm not, 142 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:15.720 and I'm here. 143 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:17.879 I'm here anyway. 144 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:22.000 Mandy. What are the words to Mandy's intro song? Can't 145 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:22.720 make them out? 146 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:23.160 Thanks? 147 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:25.800 Please send me an email because I will send you 148 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:27.879 the entire song, not just the snippet that we use. 149 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:29.439 But that's the easiest way to do it. 150 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:30.879 I do not ruin the day. 151 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.439 I rule the day the day Mandy Connell ruling the 152 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:37.040 day with words that excite. 153 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:38.399 I mean, we can take a poll right now, and 154 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:39.480 I guarantee you'll lose it. 155 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:41.959 It's not well. No, I know what the words are. 156 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:43.240 I have them written. 157 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:43.759 Down all right. 158 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:47.279 Textures five six, sign zero, the commons be health text line. 159 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:51.160 Do you hear rules the day? Stop it or ruins 160 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:53.120 the day? Let's please tell us the day. 161 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:56.319 The Mandy Connall Show is sponsored by Bell and Pollock, 162 00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:57.839 Accident and Lawyers. 163 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:00.800 No, it's Connell. 164 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:06.319 Sounds like. 165 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:13.160 Rolling the day. 166 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:19.639 I know, rolling the day. Ruins are roaming stop it. 167 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:23.279 This texture says, howdy, Mandy, just doing the show from 168 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:25.560 your habitat when you don't feel well, make the show 169 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:26.720 suck less and go faster. 170 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:27.600 Oh darned Tuton. 171 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:31.879 No, actually the opposite, because you have to understand. When 172 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:34.799 I'm broadcasting from Southern Command, I am sitting in a 173 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:37.120 corner of my basement where all of my equipment is 174 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:40.919 because it's quiet down here, and I'm by myself. And granted, 175 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:42.639 when I'm at the studio, I kind of feel like 176 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:46.240 I'm you know, based. I mean, my job is to 177 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:48.480 sit in a room and talk to myself for three hours. 178 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:51.200 That's my job, you guys. So it's already weird. 179 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:53.600 But I like having a Rod there right now, giving 180 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:55.799 you a little window behind the you know, pull back 181 00:08:55.799 --> 00:08:58.440 the curtain. We have a zoom meeting up between a 182 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:00.399 Rod and I, so I can still see him. 183 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:01.399 But it's different. 184 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:04.519 And I would have said I love being at home 185 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:07.440 during COVID, but now I like being back in the office. 186 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:08.639 People are back in the office. 187 00:09:08.679 --> 00:09:11.519 Some of my favorite people work in the office, so 188 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:12.480 I kind of like that. 189 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:14.440 So I don't love it as much as I. 190 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:16.600 Used to in the office. 191 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:19.159 What was No, it's it is not ruins. 192 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:23.639 First three ruins, stop it right now and risking one 193 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:25.039 risking the day? 194 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:28.480 No, no ruling, it is not. 195 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:31.399 Why would I have a theme song that says ruins 196 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:31.919 the day? 197 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:33.200 Why? 198 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.440 Why? Why would I do that? 199 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:37.720 Key's Louise? 200 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:38.799 I mean Ai? 201 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:42.159 I mean, was this before you started being nice to AI? 202 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:44.320 Because AI made that song? They go, oh, that man 203 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:46.960 Becau is a jerk to us. 204 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:51.399 I told Chat GBT today that I that they were 205 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:53.600 the best assistant I've ever had, and Chat was like, 206 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:59.039 oh sucks, thanks so much, thank you, and she is 207 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:04.639 completely anyway, that's not I don't want to get started 208 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:07.000 on that. But we do have a lot of stuff 209 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:11.919 our on the on deck today. Mandy, Sorry, sounds like ruined. 210 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:16.240 Stop it. Maybe you need to get on a firesider regiment. 211 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:18.440 I make my own and I'll keep you well, what 212 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:19.720 the heck is firesider? 213 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:20.639 Now? 214 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:23.440 I have to look that up Firesider. 215 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:25.399 Okay, I'm gonna get to some serious stuff because there 216 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:29.799 is some serious stuff and I sent an email earlier 217 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:34.799 today there's some significant stuff. Let's see what's in a 218 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:37.960 firesider recipe. Okay, I'm looking this up here, we go 219 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:39.679 a rod. I might make this today, you never know. 220 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:45.039 Let's see it is Collie. Can we just stop with 221 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:47.639 the nine years of why you have to tell me 222 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:52.639 why you're riding this recipe? Okay, it's unfiltered apple, cider, vinegar, horseradish, 223 00:10:53.200 --> 00:11:02.360 ginger roots, turmeric, garlic, onion, habanarows a lemon, rosemary, thyme, parsley, 224 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:07.080 a cinnamon stick, black peppercorns, and raw honey. Well, that 225 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:13.240 sounds invigorating. Okay, I'm gonna try it. I'm gonna try it. 226 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:16.440 I'm I'm you know, the only reason I'm sick right 227 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:18.279 now is because my stupid husband got sick. 228 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:18.639 First. 229 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:20.480 I've been sleeping in the guest room while. 230 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:21.039 Wick to avoid it. 231 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:21.840 He was sick too. 232 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:23.679 Oh he's been sick. 233 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:24.879 No, he was fine last night. 234 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:26.720 No, you were about to say he's been sick, and 235 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:28.120 you didn't give me any damn warning. 236 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:30.519 Mandy, Oh my god, he's been sick. 237 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.879 I said that earlier. I heard it sounds like who 238 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:37.120 in the day, Mandy. Hour two All chuck. Oh gosh, 239 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:40.240 you guys are not ready for all chuck. You're just 240 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:43.639 not ready for all chuck. And it's not keeping ignorance 241 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:46.080 in play. It's keeping ignorance at bay. 242 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:51.159 Oh good lord. Oh you people, you people are killing me. 243 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:55.039 You're killing me. Mandy had the cue seen or heard 244 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:57.360 Goodbye Earl by the Dixie Chicks. So twenty four year 245 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:00.679 old I know was recently shook by the friend photoshop 246 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.080 friends you to recreate the music video. 247 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:05.720 So when I don't. 248 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:08.759 Remember how long ago, maybe a year ago, when Miley 249 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:12.000 Cyrus's Flowers came out and it was like the song 250 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:15.639 is basically Miley Cyrus calling out her ex and be 251 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:18.720 like I don't need you, I can buy myself Flowers. 252 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:21.200 And I was like, oh, that's adorable, like that adorable 253 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:23.679 diss song. I was like, back in my day we 254 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:25.919 talked about killing people and burying them. And she was 255 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:27.879 like what And I played Goodbye Earl for her and 256 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:28.960 she loves that song. 257 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.679 Now it's such a good song. I'm so sad that 258 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:33.039 Dixie Chicks are just so stupid. 259 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:35.759 Anyway, Mandy, how do you feel about the White House 260 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:39.519 renovation or the Super Bowl halftime show? I'd like to 261 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:42.320 say ruin the day, and I know it isn't okay. 262 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:44.639 I know this smarty Pants is being a smarty pants, 263 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:47.960 but this particular smarty Pants probably listens to all three 264 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:49.679 hours of the show because I said at the end 265 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:52.320 of the show yesterday that I am not going to 266 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:54.000 talk about the White House renovation. 267 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:56.279 I saw on our show Rundown today that you want 268 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:59.799 to talk specifically about the renovations and the Super Bowl 269 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:02.799 half time show listeners. I'm telling you, I think Manny 270 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:07.039 needs some more of your feedback onto those two topics, 271 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:08.720 specifically and exclusively. 272 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:12.759 No, no, indeed, no. 273 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:14.720 What is your take on both of those Mandy? 274 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:18.360 I take. My take is I don't care about either 275 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:21.240 of those things. I have no desire to talk about 276 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:26.200 either of those things. My goodness, I just don't care. 277 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:29.799 In the grand scheme of important things. They're not even 278 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:33.799 in a blip on the It's not keeping immigrants in 279 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:40.399 the bay. That is not what it is, ruining the day. 280 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:42.919 Not enough people rue the day anymore, says this text. 281 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:47.240 Yes it's rue the day you got me? You got 282 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:49.399 me is one of the lyrics She's a guy, by 283 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:54.039 the way. No, no, it is, it is not. But no, Mandy, 284 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:55.840 I heard you say either last week or the few 285 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:57.639 days ago, that Chuck and the queue were sick and 286 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:59.320 you were hoping to avoid it, and I did not 287 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:03.159 to this text, or Mandy, do you have fever or 288 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:04.399 the squirts feel better? 289 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:04.559 No? 290 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:06.799 I have neither of those things. Thank you for asking. 291 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:08.399 What the hell it's just. 292 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:10.279 I feel like I just have the bad head cold, 293 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:13.720 sore throat, bad head cold. I think the sore throat 294 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:16.480 came from the post nasal drip. I don't know. Whatever 295 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:21.639 I have. I'm staying away from everyone, So there you go. No, 296 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:23.440 we're not talking about either of those things. And let's 297 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:25.399 talk about what we are going to talk about. First 298 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:28.440 of all, earlier this week, when we had the Common 299 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:33.240 Sense Institute on to talk about their recent study about 300 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:37.360 letting violent criminals out of prison and a rising crime rate, 301 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:40.399 I'm sure there's no connection, though. DA Michael Allen from 302 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:43.000 El Paso County reached out to me and he said, Mandy, 303 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:49.399 you are not even talking about the weight that removing 304 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:53.039 qualified immunity from police officers is putting on law enforcement 305 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:55.799 and how it's affecting the way law enforcement is doing 306 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:57.600 their jobs. So we're going to talk to him at 307 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:59.639 two thirty about that. I think that's a really important 308 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:03.480 aspect to look at. But most of all, today we 309 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:06.559 just we just like to have a fun Friday, and 310 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:08.480 I have some really good fun stuff on the blog 311 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:11.120 today that we can talk about. Mandy, honestly, will you 312 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:13.399 watch the Alternative Turning Point halftime show? 313 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:16.440 Eh? You know, I don't know. I don't know. 314 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:19.000 It depends. It depends on where. If I'm watching the 315 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:22.159 super Bowl at home. Generally speaking, I don't watch the 316 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:25.279 halftime show. I think I watched part of Kendrick Lamar 317 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:28.000 last year. Actually, I think I watched all of that 318 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:31.240 one last year waiting to feel like it was something 319 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:35.559 that I wanted to watch. This year, I'll probably watch 320 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:38.679 some of it. I think I watch it now because 321 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:41.120 I'm out of the demo that they're catering to to 322 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:43.720 just be able to have an educated opinion about it. 323 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:45.679 Okay, But Mandy, the question of the day from the 324 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:48.039 texture three six seventy nine, oh right now? 325 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:49.480 From A four or five one to nine? 326 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:51.240 Is bad Bunny going to play in the New White 327 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:52.039 House Ballroom? 328 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:54.840 I don't know. That'd be fantastic. 329 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.480 All topics had ones. 330 00:15:57.080 --> 00:16:00.240 Yeah, Mandy, do you care that the inflation report to 331 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:03.480 three percent beat the three point one percent expectation? I 332 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:05.360 do have that on the blog. That is an important 333 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:08.960 story today. Still too high, you guys. Our inflation is 334 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:12.639 going to continue to be above where it needs to be. 335 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:16.399 Until government spending is brought under control. That's just the 336 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:20.120 reality of it. So yeah, the number came in a 337 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:22.600 bit lower than what is expected, but it still came 338 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:25.919 in at three percent. The target is two percent, and 339 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:31.039 you know, I want my dollars to go far. So anyway, Mandy, 340 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:34.519 at least you don't have hand, foot and mouth disease. 341 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:37.919 My three children grandchildren have it and I haven't seen 342 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:41.600 them in a week. What I didn't know that that 343 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:44.720 was the thing people got. I guess, So hand mouth 344 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:47.159 and foot, Mandy, How do you feel about getting the 345 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:50.320 flu shot this year? Guys, here's the thing about flu shots. 346 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:56.000 They're only effective for a tiny percentage of the flu 347 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:58.639 strains that are out there, and they have to guess 348 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:01.360 because they have to make them a year in advance, right, 349 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:03.399 They can't just whip it up once they know what 350 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:06.759 flu strains are out there. So some flu shots are 351 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:10.640 only thirty forty percent effective at best, and some are 352 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:13.920 even less than that. Now, if you are older and 353 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:17.440 would have trouble beating back the flu, then yeah, absolutely 354 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.000 get a flu. 355 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:20.000 Shot, especially if it gives you some confidence to live 356 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.480 your life. 357 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:22.759 But the last time I got a flu shot was 358 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:24.920 probably twenty years ago, and I got sick from it, 359 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:28.400 So I'm not doing that again. I haven't had the 360 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:30.960 flu flu and I don't even know how long. And 361 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:32.319 I'm knocking on wood on that one. 362 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:33.920 Anyway. 363 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:37.119 No, it's not Mandy shrewing the day. It's not shrewing 364 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:43.319 the day Jaden. It's not what it sounds like anyway, Mandy. 365 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:47.440 The lyric misunderstanding is tied to low five speakers. Perfectly 366 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:51.640 understandable on my computer, hardly understandable on my backup battery 367 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:59.400 powered AM radio. There you go, Mandy, ask you anything. 368 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:01.359 Every once in a while, I run into a liberal 369 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:03.759 that thinks the Trump administration is out for gay and 370 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.519 trans people. 371 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:06.279 Do you see where they get this fear? 372 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:09.400 Well, I see where trans people get it because the 373 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:14.319 administration has been very aggressive in blocking trans people from 374 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:17.680 serving in the military, and has been very aggressive and 375 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:22.559 going after the medical interventions for children. So yeah, trans people, 376 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:24.559 I can see where they'd feel that way. 377 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:28.599 Gay people, I don't get it. I really don't. 378 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:33.000 Donald Trump appointed the first openly gay secretary Cabinet secretary, 379 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:37.000 Permanent Secretary, Scott Besson. He's a Treasury secretary. He is 380 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:41.279 an openly gay man, I just think that gay people. 381 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:44.279 I don't know what they have to worry about. 382 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:46.960 I really don't. I have no idea, Mandy. 383 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:49.400 When I listen to the intro song, I hear Obama 384 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:53.480 ruins the day, which makes much more sense. Mandy. Have 385 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:55.240 you had your sprinklers blown out yet? 386 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:55.559 Yes? 387 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:58.359 I have this week, so we are ready for that. 388 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:00.799 We got to do our final round of yard work 389 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:04.039 this year for the winter I have. If anybody wants 390 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:06.200 a billion pounds of pine needles. 391 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:09.519 Just let me know which piece I have them weather. Yeah, 392 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:13.839 knock on wood. Looks like it's gonna be an awesome Halloween. 393 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:17.200 Well, forget about Halloween. Let's talk about tonight. Let's get 394 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:19.200 this in at the beginning of the show. Actually, we'll 395 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:21.400 do that when we get back a rod a rod 396 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:24.079 after our interview with the car wash folks, the Scary 397 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:26.400 car wash. You have a chance to get the pants 398 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:28.480 scared off. You buy a rod tonight. We'll talk about 399 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:32.519 that after this. Keep it on koa tonight. If you 400 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:34.400 like to be scared, you can be scared by one 401 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:38.880 mister Anthony Rodriguez at the Gleam car Wash Hunted Spooky 402 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:41.640 car Wash in Aurora. Do you have big plans for this, 403 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:43.519 a rod, you got a strategy? What are you doing here? 404 00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:45.759 Yes, my buddy and I hit up the local Spirit 405 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:51.440 Halloween yesterday, got our costumes already. I I mean, I 406 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:54.519 pretty much let a demonic clown take over my soul 407 00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:56.640 anytime I put on a clown costume and share. 408 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:57.640 People so as one does. 409 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:00.640 So I hope that Emily, the owner operator we had 410 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:03.640 on yesterday Gleam, knows what what she's gotten into by 411 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:07.440 inviting me to come and scare people, because yeah, I 412 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:10.759 get a little nutty. So Gleam car wash in Aurar 413 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:12.599 tonight seven to nine, come on down. 414 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:15.920 I would like you to. I would like you to 415 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:20.200 be so scary that she gets complaints. That's Michael for you. 416 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.680 Oh there you go. 417 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:24.519 Why must you issue this challenge upon me? 418 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:27.839 I'm just saying I want somebody to complain that you 419 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.799 were too scary, But. 420 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:30.759 I want to get invited next year. She already said, 421 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:32.799 like the door is open to keep on coming back. 422 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:33.720 So nice. 423 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:37.160 I mean, maybe one solid complaint in ninety nine percent? Wow, 424 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.880 that was awesome. 425 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:41.119 I seriously, just one. I just want one, just a 426 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:43.880 minor complete What the heck is that guy? Like, what 427 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:45.599 does that guy do? And he scared the crap out 428 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:47.079 of me. I will consider that a complaint. 429 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:50.240 I should just have Emily tell everyone he's not with us. 430 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:52.720 He's just not. 431 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:55.759 He's just a guy who strolled up and started doing this. 432 00:20:55.799 --> 00:21:00.680 It's fine. I have a giant it's like a giant. 433 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:04.599 Bat that has a half of a like buzzsaw connected 434 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:07.640 to it as my weapon of choice. And Emily did 435 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:09.119 tell me, and I'm going to say it on air. 436 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:11.599 I called and said, hey, can we bring weapons, like 437 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:14.200 fake weapons and to like where whatever I want? She 438 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:18.960 goes this is an elementary You absolutely can, And I said, Emily, 439 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:19.880 game on. 440 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:22.880 She doesn't know, she doesn't know what she's unleashed. 441 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:28.160 No, say my, yeah, my my clown audition for her. 442 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.759 So this is her fault. 443 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:33.039 So the other thing I want to talk about for 444 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:35.000 tonight is while you're driving over to the car wash 445 00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:38.559 in Aurora, you can also listen to the replay of 446 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:41.200 the fourth quarter of the Broncos game. And we're doing 447 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:44.200 this tonight during Broncos Country tonight at six o'clock. And 448 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:46.759 I have to tell you, guys, I kind of love 449 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:50.559 this because, like you can go back if you've videotaped 450 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:53.000 the game or whatever, but unless your rolling a cassette 451 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:55.680 tape on Dave Logan, you don't get to hear his 452 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.519 call of the game. 453 00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:59.039 And I was we already established. 454 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:01.000 I had taken one for the team and walked away 455 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:03.440 from the game, so I didn't get to hear this. 456 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:06.640 So they're just playing the fourth quarter. I cannot wait 457 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:09.480 because I didn't hear Dave's call. So I want to 458 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:11.359 hear Dave's call of the fourth quarter of the week. 459 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.319 It's gonna happen tonight. 460 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:14.960 We don't always do this. This does not happen often. 461 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:18.240 It's special occasion only this. This is not something you 462 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:21.240 want to miss because it was an awesome call by 463 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:21.680 those two. 464 00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:24.759 Well, I'm looking forward to hearing it tonight at six 465 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:27.759 as you can as well. Now, I'm sure they edited 466 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:29.680 all the extra out. What are we looking at? I mean, 467 00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:32.960 are we looking at fifteen minutes? Twenty minutes, thirty minutes? 468 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:34.119 Do you know how long this is going to be? 469 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.559 I don't know how long it's going to be. 470 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:39.119 I assume they edited it a bit, but I want 471 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:41.319 to guess, and I'm sorry if I'm wrong, but I 472 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:43.559 want to guess we're going to do it without maybe 473 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:45.799 without breaks. We're going to find out, I think so, 474 00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:48.000 I don't know, but it's definitely going to probably be 475 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:51.240 spiced up and ready to rock and roll, can't miss radio. 476 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:53.680 Okay, there you go. So those are two things that 477 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:57.000 you got going on tonight. It is free for all Friday. 478 00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:59.359 And I just got a very good question, Hey, Mandy, 479 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:02.559 what are the household chores does the Connell household undertake 480 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:05.559 before it gets winter? Does Mandy wash your windows, touch 481 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:09.279 up cock and exterior paint, maybe seal the driveway? I 482 00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:12.279 wish I was that motivated. I really do first of all, 483 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:15.480 our driveway. We have to replace our driveway, so that's 484 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:17.960 a project for the spring. So I'm certainly not doing 485 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:20.319 anything to that raggedy driveway that we have right now. 486 00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:24.880 I should wash my windows, but they're high. Some windows 487 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.599 are really high. 488 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:29.039 How do you even do that? I'm cock that's the 489 00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.720 thing you do that. 490 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:32.000 Now I feel like a terrible homeowner because I have 491 00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:34.200 never done any of these things before winter. I did. 492 00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.559 The sprinklers are blown out. 493 00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:37.880 This weekend, We'll take care of the yard, get all 494 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:41.079 that situated, and then I'm done outside until spring. 495 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.559 Oh. 496 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:45.759 I also have to de plant my deck. I have 497 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:47.960 to like throw away all my annuals that are planted 498 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.319 on my deck. I'm gonna go ahead and knock that 499 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:52.359 out this weekend. But other than that, Mandy, will they 500 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:56.480 put the fourth quarter repeat on the podcast that I 501 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:58.440 don't know the answer to and it has to do 502 00:23:58.599 --> 00:24:01.920 with the rights, but they had to get permission from 503 00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:05.039 the NFL to replay the fourth quarter anyway, so maybe 504 00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:07.079 they covered that. See if you reach out to Dave 505 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:09.160 or anybody and find out if we know the answer 506 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:11.799 to that question. Mandy, do you think that the East 507 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:13.720 Wing ballroom will resemble the Death Star? 508 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.680 No? 509 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:17.119 No, I don't black wise. 510 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:21.000 I think the new East Room ballroom is going to beautiful. 511 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:22.920 And that's all I'm gonna say about it, because we're 512 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.680 not talking about that. 513 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.519 We're just not Mandy. 514 00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:28.799 Are you still excited about rewatching the Bronco game miracle 515 00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:30.640 knowing that the mafia probably rigged it? 516 00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:31.519 Y'all? 517 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:36.599 The Broncos are not taking mafia money. Okay, it's not happening, 518 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.759 and we're not watching it. We're listening to it on 519 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.039 the radio. It's a Kawa call. 520 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:42.359 Good afternoon, Mandy. 521 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:44.279 I just wanted to say something about people who receive 522 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:47.759 SNAP and Social Security. One group or you never mentioned 523 00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:50.400 are the disabled people who cannot work anymore because of 524 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:53.519 their disabilities. I got my first job at thirteen, work 525 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:56.480 for fifty years before I could not work anymore. If 526 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:59.119 I could work, I would because fourteen hundred and seventy 527 00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:02.240 six dollars a month squat the food assistance and social 528 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:04.680 security disability is all I get to live on. And 529 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:07.319 Trump wants to take both of them. What then a 530 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:12.079 concentration camp. Now that's not fair because not anyone in 531 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:15.319 the Trump administration is talking about people going after people 532 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:16.720 who have genuine disabilities. 533 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:19.039 They have talked about going after disability fraud. 534 00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:21.799 They have talked about tightening up the requirements, meaning that 535 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:25.880 you may have to just requalify or provide some documentation 536 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:29.759 every six months. And I don't want you to feel 537 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:32.319 like we're coming after you. As a matter of fact, 538 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:35.519 on the Blog today, at number three on the Blog today, 539 00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:38.200 please donate to your local food banks. Now, I've been 540 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:42.160 talking about the unsympathetic people on social media that are 541 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:45.839 complaining about losing their benefits and how they believe their 542 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:48.720 benefits are owed to them. But I also say on 543 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:51.000 my blog there are a lot of people who are 544 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:54.640 just struggling and they need help, and their SNAP benefits 545 00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:56.920 are not going to be paid in November, which means 546 00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:59.079 that there is going to be a ton of people 547 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:03.440 who need help in November. So I'm asking you, please, 548 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:07.160 please please donate to your local food bank wherever you are, 549 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:10.799 and not just Thanksgiving food, although Thanksgiving food would be great, 550 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:13.880 and we're I hope going to do our annual turkey 551 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:17.519 drive again for Christmas. But if you can't afford it, 552 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:19.559 if you can write them a check, if you can 553 00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:24.079 donate cash, that money goes the furthest okay, because they 554 00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:26.119 can buy food in bulk that we cannot buy. They 555 00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:28.759 can buy food at wholesale pricing. We cannot buy that. 556 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:32.440 But if you like the feeling of donating food and 557 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:35.160 you know, actually walking into the food bank and saying 558 00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:39.359 here you go, that's great too. Whatever works. But if 559 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:42.119 you have the means, if you are not struggling right now, 560 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:45.759 if your family is doing okay, please consider making a 561 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:48.319 donation to the food bank. And I don't think I 562 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:51.160 have ever in my entire life on the radio ever 563 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:54.480 quoted scripture to you, but I'm about to right now. 564 00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:58.480 One of my favorite favorite, actually probably my favorite Bible 565 00:26:58.559 --> 00:27:01.240 verse is and I had to look up which book 566 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.920 it was from. 567 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:04.000 I'm not one of those people that can just quote things. 568 00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.480 You know. 569 00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:07.440 Chapter verse comes from Luke twelve forty eight and it's 570 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:10.319 too much as given, much as expected. And as i 571 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:15.400 have gotten to be more financially successful, as I've gotten older, 572 00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.240 as many of. 573 00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:19.359 Us do, that Bible verse sticks with me. 574 00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:21.400 It just sticks in my brain because I feel like, 575 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:25.559 if you've got blessings in your life, and sometimes blessings 576 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:27.839 come from really really hard work, but if you have 577 00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:30.440 blessings in your life and you have the ability to 578 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:33.079 share some of those blessings with other people, this would 579 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:34.799 be a perfect time to do it, because just like 580 00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:37.160 this texter, there are a lot of people who would 581 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:40.759 love to be out there working and they can't because 582 00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:42.720 their body will not allow them to do it. 583 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.920 So it is. 584 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:49.160 One of those things that we as a community can 585 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:51.480 make a real impact. We can make a real difference 586 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:53.960 for people in our community that are struggling. 587 00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:57.119 And it's not all those jackasses. 588 00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:59.519 On social media complaining about how somebody needs to take 589 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:02.599 care of theirs. These are people in our community here 590 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:05.240 in Colorado who are having a hard time keeping up 591 00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:08.880 with the rise and cost of everything. So please, please, please, 592 00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:13.119 if you can make a donation to a local food bank. 593 00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:16.079 And if you don't know, look in your area. I mean, 594 00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:18.680 I think every community has some kind of food bank. 595 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:21.240 If you don't have one, food Bank of the Rockies 596 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:25.359 serves so many other food banks that you can always 597 00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:27.839 donate to food Bank of the Rocky Rockies to help 598 00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:30.119 someone out. So today is the first day I've ever 599 00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:33.519 quoted scripture, and it is Luke twelve forty eight to 600 00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:36.680 those much as given, much as expected. So there you go. 601 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:38.799 We will come right back after this. We got a 602 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:41.279 ton of people on the text line back in a moment. 603 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:44.119 Keep it right here on KOA ask me anything so 604 00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:46.440 you can text us on the Common Spirit Health text 605 00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:49.240 line at five six six nine oh, which is talking 606 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:52.599 about the snap benefit situation. Mandy, I know a lot 607 00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:55.440 of people that purposely stay below the poverty level free 608 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:58.400 health insurance and other benefits. I wish I could tell 609 00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:00.160 you that I disagreed with you, but I have I've 610 00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:04.240 actually seen this in practice. One of my clients in 611 00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:07.599 Louisville Kentucky when I was there, owned a really kick 612 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:10.200 ass little grocery store called Lots of Pasta, and I 613 00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:12.119 still go there every time I go back to Louisville 614 00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:15.839 because they have the best food. Anyway, I'm waiting to 615 00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:17.319 have a sandwich made because they have like a little 616 00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:19.880 deli sandwich or whatever, or they have a little deli there, 617 00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.480 and I'm waiting. 618 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.519 There's like four people in line. 619 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:26.880 There's three people behind the counter waiting or helping everybody, 620 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.960 and they're moving at a good clip. 621 00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:32.160 This place is very efficient. So I'm next. 622 00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:35.319 The guy finishes the person in front of me, and 623 00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:37.720 then he turns around and walks out and clocks out. 624 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:39.680 Well, it's like it's an odd odd time. 625 00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:42.079 It's like eleven thirty seven in the morning or something 626 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:43.839 like that, you know what I mean, Like, why would 627 00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:46.480 you clock out an eleven thirty seven? So I had 628 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:48.319 to wait longer, and then I ran into the owner 629 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:50.359 and I was like, dude, what is up? You got 630 00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:53.200 all these people waiting? This guy just literally left and 631 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:56.119 clocked out. He goes, oh, oh yeah, he can only 632 00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:58.599 work twenty five hours a week or he loses his 633 00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:04.119 food stamps. And I was like, what what Now, don't 634 00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:06.119 get me wrong. I've talked about this on the show 635 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:09.240 a lot about the welfare cliff that exists in this 636 00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:12.680 country that traps people in poverty. But the mindset that 637 00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:15.799 I Am not going to try and better myself so 638 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:18.519 I don't lose those benefits, my god, that's the most 639 00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:23.759 limiting mindset in the world we have. And I've talked 640 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:27.279 about this, you guys. I have had this conversation with 641 00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:31.839 so many members of Congress it's not even funny. Republican Democrat, 642 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:35.400 multiple states across the country. The only one that was 643 00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:41.200 remotely interested in this conversation was Representative Thomas Massey, the 644 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:43.000 only one that ever showed any interest in what I'm 645 00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:46.559 about to say. If we could fix the welfare system, 646 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:49.759 and I don't know how with technology, this could not 647 00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:52.880 be super easy, where if someone got a raise or 648 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:56.079 they worked more hours or whatever, we can't use a 649 00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:59.599 sliding scale to reduce their benefits a little bit at 650 00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:02.680 a time so they can continue to grow in a job, 651 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:06.279 achieve in a job, get a better job, work their 652 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:09.640 way to independence and off of dependency. You're telling me 653 00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:13.920 this camp, this can't be done. It's so stupid, so 654 00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:18.440 so stupid a Rod. I just had an a Rod day, 655 00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:21.880 played a little craps, then went to Fremont Street and 656 00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:25.559 saw Halloween theme. Band members included Freddy Krueger, teen Wolf, 657 00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:28.160 and Beatlejuice, and the other stage had a women of 658 00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:31.000 wrestling event Vegas. 659 00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:33.839 Yes, outside the last one. Who are we and why 660 00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.599 are we not? Friends? 661 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:39.519 Ayrod has a new best friend now. 662 00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:45.440 Texting new friends. Yeah, Ralph said. We were on EBT 663 00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:48.000 until I was able to get unemployment. We make too 664 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:50.519 much to get it with unemployment. I'd rather be on 665 00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:54.599 unemployment than EBT. Yeah, there you go, Mandy. Maybe after 666 00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:56.440 your show today, if you take a walk outside, you'll 667 00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:58.720 feel better. You guys, I can tell you right now 668 00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:02.160 that at three, I'm going to take to my bed 669 00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:04.559 and I may not get out the entire weekend. And 670 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:07.480 not in a fun way, okay, just like and I 671 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:10.759 don't feel like doing anything kind of way. I'll just 672 00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:13.599 sit there and I'll stroke Jinky's head. My dog sits 673 00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:16.119 right next to my bed. Whenever I'm in bed at 674 00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:19.240 the wrong time, right like, if it's not nighttime where 675 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:21.799 we're supposed to be sleeping. If I get into my bed, 676 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:25.400 my dog gets super concerned, and then she just sits 677 00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:28.119 right next to me, and if I don't sit there 678 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:31.039 and keep my hand off the bed and scratch her 679 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:33.799 ever so softly, she will just sit there and look 680 00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:37.279 at me and just be concerned. It's the cutest thing ever. 681 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.960 This is why you need to own a Saint Bernard. 682 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:42.680 I'm just saying, Mandy. I'm seventy one and would love 683 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:44.440 to be working, but due to the loss of vision, 684 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:46.640 I can't, and of course I can no longer drive. 685 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:49.759 Please tell me Dragon Redbeard was not fired too. No, 686 00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:53.680 he's just sick. Everybody in the building is sick. I'm 687 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:57.079 not in the building today because I am sick, and 688 00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:59.000 I have the luxury of being able to work from home. 689 00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.519 That is a luxury that I enjoy. 690 00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:02.319 Mandy. What is the name of the spice company that 691 00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.400 you get your spices from? 692 00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:03.880 Please? 693 00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:08.799 That is the Savory Spice Shop. Savory Spy Shop is 694 00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:11.720 so so good. And after talking to Kamie, the manager 695 00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:14.240 there yesterday, about Cinnamon, I don't think there's better people 696 00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:18.039 working in any spy shops other than that one. Mandy. 697 00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:20.440 Nothing was given to you. Everything you have you earned. 698 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:24.759 I appreciate that sentiment, but in every every you know, 699 00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:27.880 I check and I have a little production company, just 700 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:31.440 little side project that we have. It's called Serendipity Productions. 701 00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:35.599 And the reason we chose that is because so much 702 00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:37.920 of my career has been serendipitous. 703 00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:39.200 And hear me out. 704 00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:42.200 I was a flight attendant for Delta Airlines when I 705 00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:44.920 met the man on the airplane who tried to get 706 00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:46.839 me into radio. Initially, but I thought he was just 707 00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:48.920 hitting on me, so I threw his cart away, and 708 00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:52.440 then serendipitously, he was on the flight going in the 709 00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:55.279 other direction the following week with his wife, so I 710 00:33:55.319 --> 00:34:00.039 knew he wasn't creepy, you know. Serendipitously. Right when I 711 00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:02.759 was getting ready to quit my first horrible radio job, 712 00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:07.039 which was the worst awful radio job, I found out 713 00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:09.960 from someone else that someone else had gotten fired working 714 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.519 at the station that I wanted to work at. 715 00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.480 So I got that job. 716 00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:15.360 Now, I used the initiative. I went and got the job. 717 00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:19.159 I have earned more jobs from there. But into every 718 00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:22.400 successful person's life, you have to admit that there is 719 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:25.480 a bit of serendipity, a bit of good luck that happens. 720 00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.280 I am very grateful that my. 721 00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:30.320 Good luck has worked out and that I've taken advantage 722 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:32.639 of the good luck. But I appreciate that sentiment very 723 00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:34.880 very much. Worl'll be back right after this. Keep it 724 00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.400 on KOA. 725 00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:38.800 The Mandy Connell Show is sponsored by Belle and Pollock 726 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:40.320 Accident and injury Lawyers. 727 00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:45.599 No, it's Mandy Connell and Connall. 728 00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:57.440 On ninem got the Nicey's three. 729 00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:01.079 Connell keeping Oh really sad thing. 730 00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:05.320 Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to the second hour of the show. 731 00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:07.920 At one point thirty, we're gonna chat with Senator Barb 732 00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:11.280 Kirkmeyer about those snap benefits we were talking about a 733 00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.079 little while ago. 734 00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:14.360 It doesn't asked me anything kind of day. 735 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:17.320 You can text us on the Common Spirit Health text line, 736 00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:18.199 and I want to answer this. 737 00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:20.400 Question because this is kind of interesting. 738 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:23.400 And I thought to myself, even though Betty lou is 739 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:26.719 texting from Louisville, Kentucky, I bet you knew people who 740 00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:29.840 live in the Denver metro wonder about this as well, Mandy, 741 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:33.639 daily listener from Louisville, Kentucky. Why is there rock scaling 742 00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:36.480 going on almost every day and your traffic reports? What 743 00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:41.480 is this daily traffic maker info? Appreciated well, Betty Lou 744 00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:43.440 if you have not driven out here, you may not 745 00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:48.000 realize that Interstate seventy specifically goes through some of the 746 00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:50.880 most beautiful scenery you will ever see in your life. 747 00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:53.519 And on each side of the road they are big 748 00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:56.800 old hills, well not even hills, mountains that are covered 749 00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:59.960 with rocks. And rock scaling is when they go in 750 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:03.519 and they either knock down loose rocks or this sometimes 751 00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:06.000 they blow up rocks and they're about to fall so 752 00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:08.360 they don't have a rock slide on the roadway in 753 00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:11.039 traffic and they have to obviously stop road or they 754 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:13.559 have to stop traffic in that area while they're doing 755 00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:16.679 rock scaling, and they have to do it all the time. 756 00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:21.480 Yes, Anthony Shorter answer in less usefulness. Everywhere on the 757 00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:23.639 roads in Colorado, there's always something stupid going on. 758 00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:26.159 And that's not stupid. The rock scaling is necessary. 759 00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:28.880 But everything else on our roads causing delays late at 760 00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:31.199 night or early in the morning. I'm definitely not bitter 761 00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:34.519 so and are most of the time useless, like oh, 762 00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:36.639 I don't know, them having a million cones of or 763 00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:39.280 miles long. And then the cars they are looking to 764 00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:41.079 do something or just sitting there and doing nothing and 765 00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:45.360 causing twenty thirty minute delays. Please, for the love of God, 766 00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:50.800 you've been you're you're a traveler, Mandy, yes, ask you anything. 767 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:56.599 Is it this bad literally everywhere? Because no good, no God, 768 00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:58.440 I'm losing my patience now. 769 00:36:58.679 --> 00:37:01.119 To be clear, they're there are other cities that are 770 00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:03.360 this bad. I never want to drive in Atlanta again 771 00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:06.239 in my life ever, I'm never I'm never renting a 772 00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:09.760 car in Atlanta. Atlanta's traffic is worse than here. Los 773 00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:12.440 Angeles traffic is worse than here. But other than that, 774 00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:18.639 you know, I it's not that bad. I'm just I'm 775 00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:23.039 being honest. What was amazing in Japan A rod is 776 00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:26.039 they had as many cars on the road in Japan. 777 00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:29.760 Japan has incredibly crowded roadways, but you know what they 778 00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:33.400 didn't have They didn't have any accidents and you never 779 00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:35.320 came to a full stop. I mean we would be 780 00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:38.239 on an interstate that was like six lanes wide, okay, 781 00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:41.480 full of cars every I mean full of cars bumper 782 00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:44.960 to bumper. But everybody's going the same speed, nobody's jumping 783 00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:48.679 lane to lane. Everybody's just very nicely driving at the 784 00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:52.360 same speed. Everybody's paying I mean, it was remarkable to 785 00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:55.800 me how orderly their traffic is in Tokyo, Japan, where 786 00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.760 there are millions of people. 787 00:37:56.840 --> 00:38:01.039 It doesn't help that along with the aw fully planned 788 00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:05.920 traffic projects that everyone here drives idiotically, they rate used 789 00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:08.440 out of my horn and a certain finger on my hand. 790 00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.719 You're number one. 791 00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:15.199 Anthony's just telling you that, yeah, uh, here's one Mandy. 792 00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.960 Do you have to show you are in need or 793 00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:19.199 low income in order to take food from the food bank. 794 00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:21.880 Because we were talking in the last hour in November, 795 00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:23.760 snap benefits are not coming in, and that's one of 796 00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:26.119 the things we're going to talk to Senator Barb Kirkmeyer about. 797 00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:28.559 Snap benefits are not going to be paid because of 798 00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:32.079 the government shutdown, and there are people who suck on 799 00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:34.400 social media who are complaining about it in a very 800 00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:38.000 entitled way, But there are people who genuinely are struggling 801 00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:40.480 in Colorado, and I was recommending that people donate to 802 00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:41.079 the food bank. 803 00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:43.039 So one of the. 804 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:45.719 Things that studies have shown over and over and over 805 00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:48.599 again is that when you are in a face to 806 00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:52.079 face situation like at a food bank, where you're walking 807 00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:53.960 in and you need help and you have to look 808 00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:56.159 at someone and say Hey, I'm here, I need some food. 809 00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:59.000 Fraud drops dramatically. 810 00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:01.039 Now, there's still gonna be bad actors who are going 811 00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:02.800 to go in and lie and say they need food 812 00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:03.280 when they don't. 813 00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:04.519 Okay, because some people suck. 814 00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:07.960 But the reality is is that by having that face 815 00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:11.639 to face encounter with someone who is going to help you, 816 00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:14.480 fraud is actually far lower than it I would guess 817 00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:18.159 in the actual snap system, right, because there's a human 818 00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:22.159 being that you're encountering, and so I'm not particularly worried 819 00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:23.960 about that. I'm more worried about the fact that need 820 00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:27.239 was already up at our food banks, and many of 821 00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:30.800 our food banks do not have a lot of extra stock. 822 00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:33.440 And so if you have the ability to donate, the 823 00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:35.639 easiest way to donate is to just write a check 824 00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:38.079 because they can buy wholesale and they can get way 825 00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:40.320 more for that money. But I mean, you, guys, I 826 00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:43.519 like to donate food. I know that that may seem 827 00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:46.079 silly to other people because it's not as efficient, But 828 00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:48.480 I call the food bank, where I find out from 829 00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:50.679 the food bank most of the time on their websites 830 00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:53.360 they have the highest level of need, and then I 831 00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:55.480 try and fill that highest level of need. Whatever that is. 832 00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:58.480 So whatever you can do is going to be gratefully 833 00:39:58.480 --> 00:40:00.920 accepted by the folks who run our food banks around here, 834 00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:03.480 and you will be helping. So probably some of your 835 00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:05.920 friends and neighbors that you don't even know need that 836 00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.559 kind of help. 837 00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:09.199 And it's controlled. You're giving food, you know it's going 838 00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:11.920 to be eaten. You're not giving money, ye not guessing 839 00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:14.280 where it's going. You're not having money to someone on 840 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:16.960 the street. You know the food is going in someone's mouth. 841 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.679 Yes, exactly. 842 00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:22.000 Rock Scaling on the news is now about the I 843 00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:27.599 seventy project on Floyd Hill. I'm not even I should 844 00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:29.679 probably be embarrassed to admit this, but I'm gonna do 845 00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:31.360 it anyway because I'm sick and I'm under the weather, 846 00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:33.280 and maybe you'll just be kind to me, y'all. I 847 00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:35.639 have no idea where Floyd Hill is. No clue. I 848 00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:39.000 don't either, Oh, and you've lived here for how many years? 849 00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:41.960 Like I love our traffic people, but when they're talking 850 00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:44.360 about Floyd Hill and the Hogback, I have no clue 851 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:45.280 where those places are. 852 00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:47.559 I mean, I fairly still understand what the hell the 853 00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:49.320 mouse trap is. I'm gonna be real with you, what 854 00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:51.880 is the mouse trap? Yes see, what is that? 855 00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:54.880 The I twenty five I seventy intersection I believe, okay, 856 00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:57.320 well that I knew that I knew, but I don't 857 00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:58.320 know where Floyd Hill is. 858 00:40:58.360 --> 00:41:01.000 I don't know where the hog back is hold. 859 00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:02.760 People are making these up. 860 00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:06.960 No, well, that's what I thought we should call John Morrissey. 861 00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:11.079 He's part of the problem here. You know, he absolutely 862 00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:15.559 would know. Hey, Mandy, traffic would be much better if 863 00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.719 people would zipper merge. 864 00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:18.920 Amen, texture you know what's up? 865 00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:23.400 You know what, Mandy? Yep, people are zipper merging pretty well. 866 00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:25.599 I will tell you, as. 867 00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:27.519 Your representative, who's on the roads for like two three 868 00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:31.159 hours a day. Yeah, I can say with pretty decent 869 00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:34.039 confidence people are yep. 870 00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:35.280 Yeah, it's glorious. 871 00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.920 Yeah. 872 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:38.239 I'm not taking full credit. I'm just saying I started 873 00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:39.880 the ball rolling down the hill, and people are just 874 00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.360 running with it. 875 00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:43.000 That is everyone else is everywhere else on the roads. 876 00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:45.559 The zipper merge people are doing pretty well. 877 00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:47.320 Yeah, there you go. 878 00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:51.880 Mandy, need clarification on the rock scaling on I seventy. 879 00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:54.400 They're in the process of widening I seventy in between 880 00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:57.280 Floyd Hill and Idaho Springs again. Still don't know where 881 00:41:57.320 --> 00:42:00.440 Floyd Hill is, but that's helpful. There's yeah, they're drilling 882 00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:02.599 and blasting away a section of the mountain to make 883 00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:04.159 way for the widening of the highway. 884 00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:06.199 That's what the rock scaling is all about. 885 00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:08.519 They shut down the highway for thirty minutes while they 886 00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:10.960 blast and remove any rocks that may have come down 887 00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:12.000 on the highway. 888 00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:13.880 So that's great, chat GPT. 889 00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:20.239 Yeah, Floyd Hill is an unincorporated community in Clear Creek County, 890 00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:23.840 lies along the I seventy Mountain Corridor west of Denver. 891 00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:26.840 So it's right as you go through Genesee, says this 892 00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:28.320 texter through. 893 00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:32.000 It says between the towns of Evergreen and Idaho Spring. 894 00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:34.199 Wait a minute, this person says, the mouse trap goes 895 00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:34.679 to Boulder. 896 00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:37.440 What okay, Well let's see what well good, let's. 897 00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:38.800 Get somebody from traffic on the show. 898 00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.840 We've got to get so we got to get to 899 00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:41.159 the bottom grass in Colorado. 900 00:42:41.239 --> 00:42:43.239 Let's see what chat GBT says about the mouse trap. 901 00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:47.360 Mandy. The hogback is associative hills going up high seventy 902 00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:50.639 or a long four seventy and also incorporates red rocks. 903 00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:53.239 See this says the mouse trap is the interchange where 904 00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:55.639 I twenty five and I seventy intersect. 905 00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:58.079 So does it really go as far as let's see, 906 00:42:58.920 --> 00:42:59.760 does it go as far as? 907 00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:01.719 No? 908 00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:05.400 I don't think so. Uh No, that texture is wrong, 909 00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:08.800 does not okay? Just that interchange? 910 00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:09.280 Weird? 911 00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:12.280 Andy, there's more city north of the tech center. No, No, 912 00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:14.320 I know a lot of the city. I know a 913 00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:16.480 lot of the city. I now can go into downtown 914 00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:19.239 Denver and get around without my GPS, which I consider 915 00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:22.880 a victory. Right, But the traffic reports. 916 00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:24.960 By the way, in case it doesn't go without saying, 917 00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:26.920 Chad jibi, you confirm what we already knew. It's called 918 00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:29.239 the mouse trap because of how vehicles get caught in 919 00:43:29.239 --> 00:43:29.719 it's maze. 920 00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:31.000 Yes. 921 00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:34.000 Yes, indeed, traffic would be a lot better if we 922 00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:38.840 were all Japanese. Correct, Texter, correct now. I got a 923 00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:40.559 thing on the blog day that I want to bring up. 924 00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:45.320 Wait, the hog Back narrow long ridge of rock that 925 00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:51.519 formed the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. The hog back, not, 926 00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:57.559 as helpful it says, made of tilted sedimentary rock layers 927 00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:59.760 that were pushed up seventy million years ago. 928 00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:01.239 The hog back name. 929 00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:04.280 Come from how it looks a long curved back like 930 00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:07.880 a hog or a bore. Several stretches near Morrison in 931 00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:10.480 Red Rocks along C four seventy and I seventy in 932 00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:13.400 Dinosaur Ridge, which is between Golden and Morrison. 933 00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:16.639 I know where that is hogback. Okay, that is actually 934 00:44:16.719 --> 00:44:20.039 very helpful. I just learned a lot from that. That's 935 00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:22.719 very good. So on the blog today, because ballots are out. 936 00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:24.800 You should have your ballot by now. If you do not, 937 00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:27.599 I would check with your local clerk's office and make 938 00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:29.559 sure that it has not been taken by someone else. 939 00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:32.119 Ballots are out and a lot of people are writing 940 00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:34.199 to me and saying, hey, I don't know who to 941 00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:36.559 vote for in my little town council race, or I 942 00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:38.199 don't know who to vote for in this or that, 943 00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:41.679 and guys, I have been trying, but I can't get 944 00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:44.840 into every race in every sort of situation. But I 945 00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:47.599 want to be helpful, and I'm using a great story 946 00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:51.119 about our Vada City council candidates from the Denver Gazette 947 00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:54.800 to help you learn how to vet your own candidates. 948 00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:58.320 And it's all about the words that they look or 949 00:44:58.360 --> 00:45:00.920 that they use. Right, I don't want to read you 950 00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:03.920 one little thing. This is about homelessness. They ask the 951 00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:09.480 city of our vatical candidates about homelessness. One of them said, 952 00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:12.039 the price of development the city is too high, with 953 00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:15.039 permitting in water tap pees reaching upwards of two hundred 954 00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:18.079 thousand dollars before development can begin. He'd like to create 955 00:45:18.119 --> 00:45:21.239 a sliding scale throughout the city to reduce development costs. Now, 956 00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:27.039 that guy's name is Griffith. He's running answer person named Vargas. 957 00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:32.079 This is Bargus's answer. She's a she unhoused. People aren't 958 00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:36.760 looking to be unhoused. They are looking for a community. Now, 959 00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:38.960 if I give you both of those answers, who is 960 00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:42.119 more likely to be the conservative and who is obviously 961 00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:47.119 invested in the housing first nonsense. Anybody uses the words unhoused, 962 00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:52.159 They'll show you with their words. They'll show you where 963 00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:54.880 they lean just by their policy positions. And you guys 964 00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:57.760 are smart enough to look at this stuff and figure 965 00:45:57.800 --> 00:46:01.320 out exactly what it is. Right, You're smart enough. I 966 00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:03.800 have a lot of faith in you guys. Look at 967 00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:06.199 the language that they use. Do they use the language 968 00:46:06.480 --> 00:46:09.159 of activists or do they use language that real people use? 969 00:46:10.239 --> 00:46:16.360 That's the big key, you know, there are so many 970 00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:19.880 different ways and if all health fails. If you really are, 971 00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:23.519 you know, baffled by what to vote for in your county, 972 00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:26.519 reach out to the Republican Party if you're a Republican, 973 00:46:26.639 --> 00:46:29.239 reach out to the Democratic Party if you're a Democrat, 974 00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:32.119 reach out if you're an independent, to whichever party you 975 00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:36.840 more closely align with. Ask them their thoughts, Ask them why, 976 00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:40.559 ask them who they're supporting. You know, I mean, we 977 00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:47.320 have abdicated so much of our responsibilities civically that we're 978 00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:49.239 looking for an easy answer. And don't get me wrong, 979 00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:51.239 Like for the big elections, I'm more than happy to 980 00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:53.320 provide you a voter guide and give you some guidance 981 00:46:53.320 --> 00:46:55.679 that you can use to cast your ballots. But we're 982 00:46:55.679 --> 00:46:58.400 in the smaller elections like we have this year, I 983 00:46:58.440 --> 00:47:00.280 don't have the time or knowledge set to go through 984 00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:02.719 every single one of them. But you are empowered, you're 985 00:47:02.760 --> 00:47:05.480 smart enough, you're good enough, and dog on it. People 986 00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:08.679 like you, Okay, so you can make this happen. Just 987 00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:10.800 pay attention to the words that they use. They will 988 00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:15.880 tell you everything you need to know. Mandy, Once again, 989 00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:18.400 I got the helpful text message saying my ballot was delivered. 990 00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:22.119 Now going on the sixth year, not living in Colorado. 991 00:47:23.280 --> 00:47:29.239 Wow. Wow, that's fantastic, Mandy. 992 00:47:29.239 --> 00:47:31.800 The nickname the mousetrap was going back in the nineteen 993 00:47:31.880 --> 00:47:34.440 seventies by a traffic reporter back in the day. It 994 00:47:34.519 --> 00:47:39.480 is definitely the I seventy I twenty five interchange. Mandy. 995 00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:43.800 I call good luck a god thing. That's one way 996 00:47:43.800 --> 00:47:44.400 to look at it. 997 00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:48.360 Mandy. The mouse trap was a thing back in the 998 00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:50.320 day at I twenty five and I seventy till they 999 00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:53.400 finally redid that interchange. That interchange is still a nightmare, 1000 00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:59.280 big time, a complete nightmare, Mandy. The mousetrap was named 1001 00:47:59.280 --> 00:48:03.079 where I seventy five met or used to meet. It 1002 00:48:03.199 --> 00:48:05.800 used to have a tower and look like the mousetrap game. 1003 00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:10.840 The tower has been removed. Oh that's interesting, Mandy. That 1004 00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:13.800 is so true. I noticed in the Douglas County school 1005 00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:16.119 board race all the Democrats had mental health is a 1006 00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:19.599 key issue in their sites. The other Democrats listed as 1007 00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:23.239 good candidates. I don't know, yeah, one hundred percent. Let 1008 00:48:23.280 --> 00:48:25.360 me talk about that for a second. Because school board races, 1009 00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:29.920 we already know are super important, and the left, the 1010 00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:34.480 teachers' unions, they have coalesced around this idea that school 1011 00:48:34.480 --> 00:48:38.840 board candidates should be running on children's mental health. And 1012 00:48:38.920 --> 00:48:40.559 I'm just gonna throw this out here. I could be 1013 00:48:40.599 --> 00:48:43.039 totally wrong in this, but I feel like I'm right. 1014 00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:47.480 If you want kids to have self esteem, if you 1015 00:48:47.519 --> 00:48:50.159 want kids to have good mental health, if you want 1016 00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:55.760 kids to feel good about themselves, help them learn, help 1017 00:48:55.800 --> 00:48:59.719 them learn new things, help them accomplish things in the classroom, 1018 00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:04.000 Challenge them, and when they accomplish those goals, celebrate them. 1019 00:49:04.400 --> 00:49:08.440 It is not the job's responsibility to manage the mental 1020 00:49:08.480 --> 00:49:11.519 health of children in their care. The job of the 1021 00:49:11.559 --> 00:49:15.119 schools is to educate children. And when children are educated 1022 00:49:15.159 --> 00:49:18.039 well and they have confidence in their abilities and they 1023 00:49:18.039 --> 00:49:21.280 can do hard things, that is when their mental health 1024 00:49:21.519 --> 00:49:24.199 gets better. And if you really care about mental health, 1025 00:49:24.960 --> 00:49:29.360 then we need to completely eliminate phones in the classroom. 1026 00:49:30.719 --> 00:49:32.559 One of the things that has been coming out since 1027 00:49:32.840 --> 00:49:35.400 more and more school districts this year across the country 1028 00:49:36.039 --> 00:49:39.039 have created some cell phone ban, whether it is a 1029 00:49:39.039 --> 00:49:41.360 band where you walk into the classroom and you put 1030 00:49:41.360 --> 00:49:43.280 your phone in a bag, or it's a full all 1031 00:49:43.360 --> 00:49:45.719 day ban. And you know what the kids in those 1032 00:49:45.719 --> 00:49:48.960 schools are saying. They're saying at first, they didn't like it. 1033 00:49:49.440 --> 00:49:53.360 But now I'm happier. I have more friends, I have 1034 00:49:53.480 --> 00:49:56.480 more fun at lunch and in between the classes, I'm 1035 00:49:56.519 --> 00:50:01.079 actually talking to people. I mean, come on, if you're 1036 00:50:01.119 --> 00:50:03.360 worried about mental health, then do the things that the 1037 00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:06.280 school should do, which is educate the kids, give them 1038 00:50:06.280 --> 00:50:10.800 a great education, give them that solid foundation. And secondarily, 1039 00:50:11.320 --> 00:50:14.000 we need to have a serious conversation about banning phones 1040 00:50:14.039 --> 00:50:16.679 in school. And Guys, I am the mother of a 1041 00:50:16.800 --> 00:50:20.599 high school student in Colorado. I understand every single one 1042 00:50:20.639 --> 00:50:24.119 of your concerns about school shootings. I understand it all 1043 00:50:25.199 --> 00:50:26.159 one hundred percent. 1044 00:50:26.239 --> 00:50:26.719 I get it. 1045 00:50:27.440 --> 00:50:31.800 I understand all that. But my insecurities and your insecurities 1046 00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:34.119 should not be put ahead of the mental health of 1047 00:50:34.159 --> 00:50:37.599 our children. And the reality is is that phones are 1048 00:50:37.639 --> 00:50:41.719 a nightmare for kids. Social media is a nightmare for kids, 1049 00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:45.159 and we need to do a better job of understanding 1050 00:50:45.199 --> 00:50:47.800 that we are not helping them by giving into our 1051 00:50:47.840 --> 00:50:52.519 anxieties and keeping keeping phones in the classroom. It's just 1052 00:50:52.639 --> 00:50:55.239 not We're going to see more and more information. We're 1053 00:50:55.239 --> 00:50:57.719 going to have to get over it. And I'd rather 1054 00:50:57.800 --> 00:51:00.800 remove on this now than later, because I think for 1055 00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:04.440 many kids it is a game changer. In terms of 1056 00:51:05.199 --> 00:51:10.000 being a happier kid. Bullying goes way down, having more friends, 1057 00:51:10.079 --> 00:51:16.079 being more social. We destroyed these kids by closing schools 1058 00:51:16.119 --> 00:51:19.760 during COVID. We've destroyed many of their ability to just 1059 00:51:19.920 --> 00:51:25.760 have friends. So there you go, Mandy. Chat GPT is 1060 00:51:25.760 --> 00:51:28.320 a great resource to ask about what a candidate believes in. 1061 00:51:28.679 --> 00:51:31.639 I would double check. You guys know, I love Chat GPT. 1062 00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:35.559 I use it all the time. Chat is still not perfect, 1063 00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:39.119 So click through those links and look and see what 1064 00:51:39.239 --> 00:51:42.280 Chat says. Those links say because I've had three or 1065 00:51:42.280 --> 00:51:44.800 four instances, not a lot, and I use chat all 1066 00:51:44.880 --> 00:51:48.079 day every day. You guys, it is my I ask 1067 00:51:48.199 --> 00:51:50.800 it everything. Let's see what I've asked it since the 1068 00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:53.360 beginning of the show. Okay, let me just pull this 1069 00:51:53.480 --> 00:51:59.599 up really really quickly, so let me see here. I've 1070 00:51:59.679 --> 00:52:04.519 asked it about if there are any changes coming for disability. 1071 00:52:04.599 --> 00:52:06.280 I asked it about that. It gave me all kinds 1072 00:52:06.320 --> 00:52:09.519 of stuff about social security. I asked if same sex 1073 00:52:09.559 --> 00:52:11.840 marriage was under attack. It gave me all kinds of 1074 00:52:11.840 --> 00:52:16.719 information about that. Earlier today, I asked about Denver landlord 1075 00:52:16.800 --> 00:52:20.360 rule changes, the American beef industry output. I mean, I 1076 00:52:20.400 --> 00:52:23.880 ask it about all this stuff, but you have to 1077 00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:26.599 check it. You have to just click through the links. 1078 00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:29.480 Read what it says. Mandy and Douglas County. Which group 1079 00:52:29.480 --> 00:52:32.320 do you recommend or both know good? I am all 1080 00:52:32.440 --> 00:52:39.280 about the common sense slate a veil Keaton, Wait, veil Keaton, 1081 00:52:39.400 --> 00:52:45.719 Gamble and Kramer, veil Keaton, Campbell and Kramer. 1082 00:52:45.760 --> 00:52:47.039 That is the common sense slate. 1083 00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:50.280 I am extremely concerned, although I will say that there 1084 00:52:50.280 --> 00:52:52.840 are some really smart people on the other side and 1085 00:52:53.320 --> 00:52:54.519 they have some good ideas. 1086 00:52:55.039 --> 00:52:56.760 I would hope that if they don't win. 1087 00:52:56.800 --> 00:52:59.880 They would work with whoever the board that does get 1088 00:52:59.880 --> 00:53:02.679 a elected to bring some of those ideas forward. But 1089 00:53:02.800 --> 00:53:05.679 I am extremely concerned because they've all been endorsed by 1090 00:53:05.679 --> 00:53:07.679 the union, and the union is trying to get a 1091 00:53:07.719 --> 00:53:11.280 collective bargaining agreement back in Douglas County. Douglas County is 1092 00:53:11.320 --> 00:53:15.039 doing just fine without it, and I think that if 1093 00:53:15.079 --> 00:53:19.320 they did bring the collective bargaining agreement back to Douglas County, 1094 00:53:19.360 --> 00:53:22.280 they would have a zero percent chance of getting any 1095 00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:26.000 sort of mill levy override passed. And our teachers are 1096 00:53:26.039 --> 00:53:29.159 still underpaid in Douglas County. They are they're underpaid compared 1097 00:53:29.159 --> 00:53:32.599 to the Metro and we have really, really great teachers 1098 00:53:32.639 --> 00:53:35.360 because our district does really, really well, and I'd like 1099 00:53:35.360 --> 00:53:36.760 to pay them more money. I'd like to raise my 1100 00:53:36.840 --> 00:53:39.320 own taxes to pay teachers more money. And don't even 1101 00:53:39.360 --> 00:53:41.360 give me. The school district needs to do a better job, 1102 00:53:41.400 --> 00:53:44.440 because I've looked at the budget. They run a lean 1103 00:53:44.559 --> 00:53:47.519 machine in Douglas County. Anyway, Mandy, you need to tell 1104 00:53:47.519 --> 00:53:50.400 people to find the statements the candidates have made. I 1105 00:53:50.800 --> 00:53:54.039 would agree with you normally, but I was sent information 1106 00:53:54.480 --> 00:53:57.719 by the American Teaching Federation Teachers Federation that one of 1107 00:53:57.719 --> 00:54:03.440 the candidates running for Douglas County School is publicly saying, oh, 1108 00:54:03.599 --> 00:54:05.599 you know, I'm not sure about the collective bargaining agreement. 1109 00:54:05.639 --> 00:54:07.679 But apparently he told the union that he was going 1110 00:54:07.760 --> 00:54:09.800 to kind of keep his comments to himself before the 1111 00:54:09.800 --> 00:54:12.719 election and then really show what he thought after the election. 1112 00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:15.400 So you've got to make sure that you're following along 1113 00:54:15.480 --> 00:54:17.320 to make sure you know what they're. 1114 00:54:17.119 --> 00:54:18.039 Actually going to do. 1115 00:54:18.760 --> 00:54:21.079 Mandy, of cell phones are affecting the mental health of students, 1116 00:54:21.119 --> 00:54:23.960 and school shootings keep getting correlated with mental health. So 1117 00:54:24.119 --> 00:54:26.679 part of the solution to school shootings is banning cell 1118 00:54:26.719 --> 00:54:29.880 phones seems ironic. The parents fight against cell phone bands. 1119 00:54:30.239 --> 00:54:33.280 They fight against cell phone bans because they themselves are scared. 1120 00:54:34.519 --> 00:54:36.599 That's why parents fight against cell phone bands. And here's 1121 00:54:36.599 --> 00:54:40.320 the thing, you guys, we have had way more than 1122 00:54:40.360 --> 00:54:43.559 our share of school shootings in Colorado, way more. 1123 00:54:44.719 --> 00:54:44.840 So. 1124 00:54:44.880 --> 00:54:47.280 I don't want to make it seem like I'm breezily 1125 00:54:47.320 --> 00:54:49.960 dismissing that. But the reality is is your kid having 1126 00:54:49.960 --> 00:54:51.920 a cell phone in school isn't going to change anything 1127 00:54:52.280 --> 00:54:53.639 in a school shooting situation. 1128 00:54:54.519 --> 00:54:54.800 Mandy. 1129 00:54:54.840 --> 00:54:57.000 If you want to improve kids' mental health, we need 1130 00:54:57.039 --> 00:54:59.239 to get the peedos and sexual deviance out of the 1131 00:54:59.239 --> 00:55:02.519 school districts. Without phones to record the behaviors of these 1132 00:55:02.519 --> 00:55:06.199 teachers and administrators, it's almost impossible to prove the accusation 1133 00:55:06.559 --> 00:55:10.039 Pooter school district is out of control. Guys, guess what 1134 00:55:10.719 --> 00:55:13.199 When I was in college, I had a little pen 1135 00:55:13.639 --> 00:55:16.000 that was a recorder. If you're worried about it, send 1136 00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:17.880 your kid to school with that. We'll be right back. 1137 00:55:17.960 --> 00:55:18.760 Keep it on KOA. 1138 00:55:18.960 --> 00:55:20.480 This texter said listening online. 1139 00:55:20.480 --> 00:55:23.039 I work at a six through twelve school in Albuquerque, 1140 00:55:23.079 --> 00:55:25.239 and we have a no phone policy. The kids are 1141 00:55:25.239 --> 00:55:27.559 social in ways I haven't seen since I was in 1142 00:55:27.599 --> 00:55:31.039 school over twenty years ago, big advocate, and the students 1143 00:55:31.079 --> 00:55:34.400 have adjusted and are enjoying it. Isn't that more important 1144 00:55:34.400 --> 00:55:38.239 than our worries? Honestly? Now, let's check in on the 1145 00:55:38.280 --> 00:55:42.719 common Spirit health topline with Senator Barb Kirkmeyers. She's popping 1146 00:55:42.760 --> 00:55:45.719 in because we know that we're going to be hit 1147 00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:47.760 here in Colorado. This is one of the reasons that 1148 00:55:47.800 --> 00:55:50.960 I started the show urging you to please donate to 1149 00:55:51.039 --> 00:55:53.920 a food bank because net benefits are not coming because 1150 00:55:53.960 --> 00:55:56.360 Congress can't get their act together. And I'd like to 1151 00:55:56.360 --> 00:55:58.960 welcome Senator Barb Kirkmeyer to the show. Hi, Barb, how 1152 00:55:59.000 --> 00:56:00.760 are you good? 1153 00:56:01.000 --> 00:56:02.719 Thanks for having me on. I appreciate it. 1154 00:56:03.199 --> 00:56:05.880 So what does this mean at the state level, Barb? 1155 00:56:06.079 --> 00:56:08.280 Like, what what does this mean in your view that 1156 00:56:08.440 --> 00:56:10.360 SAT benefits are not coming in in November? 1157 00:56:11.719 --> 00:56:15.280 Well, again, as you've already stated, and it's it's not 1158 00:56:15.400 --> 00:56:19.280 Congress this time, it's actually our two US senators, both Democrats, 1159 00:56:19.639 --> 00:56:23.199 Senator Bennett and Hickenlooper are they're just carelessly gambling with 1160 00:56:23.239 --> 00:56:26.440 people's lives and their ability to feed their families. And 1161 00:56:26.480 --> 00:56:28.599 then you have a governor who doesn't use the tools 1162 00:56:28.599 --> 00:56:31.480 that are out there that he should be using saying, ah, 1163 00:56:31.639 --> 00:56:33.199 this is you know, we're gonna have an issue here 1164 00:56:33.199 --> 00:56:38.679 because of Tabor. Seriously, this is an emergency. And instead 1165 00:56:38.719 --> 00:56:41.000 of coming to the Joint Budget Committee and saying, gush, 1166 00:56:41.039 --> 00:56:43.519 I need ten million dollars to give for you know, 1167 00:56:43.880 --> 00:56:46.199 to make sure that people have access to food because 1168 00:56:46.679 --> 00:56:49.559 they've shut down the Democrats have shut down the federal government. 1169 00:56:51.039 --> 00:56:54.840 He should be looking at his emergency management protocols. We 1170 00:56:54.960 --> 00:56:58.800 have an emergency operations plan to deal with emergencies, and 1171 00:56:58.840 --> 00:57:00.960 that's what he should be looking at. And we should 1172 00:57:00.960 --> 00:57:04.239 be looking at our disaster Emergency Fund and actually figuring 1173 00:57:04.280 --> 00:57:08.880 out how to provide for the benefits food for people 1174 00:57:08.880 --> 00:57:10.360 that they can get it onto their table. 1175 00:57:10.920 --> 00:57:13.719 I think it's very very interesting that you started out 1176 00:57:13.760 --> 00:57:16.159 talking about Senators Ticking loop Or and Bennett, because the 1177 00:57:16.199 --> 00:57:19.800 reality is they do have the power. You know, we 1178 00:57:19.840 --> 00:57:23.320 need five more senators to vote to move this thing 1179 00:57:23.360 --> 00:57:24.039 along to. 1180 00:57:24.000 --> 00:57:24.679 Get it done. 1181 00:57:24.880 --> 00:57:28.480 And I have to say, Barb, you know, and the 1182 00:57:28.559 --> 00:57:31.199 Republican Party for the last I don't even know how 1183 00:57:31.199 --> 00:57:32.800 many years, because I mean, I feel like we have 1184 00:57:32.840 --> 00:57:35.039 a shut down every five minutes now and I just 1185 00:57:35.119 --> 00:57:38.719 I don't even care anymore. That being said, I've never 1186 00:57:38.840 --> 00:57:44.079 seen them be so firm about sticking with what they're 1187 00:57:44.079 --> 00:57:48.039 doing now and refusing to capitulate to these kind of 1188 00:57:49.360 --> 00:57:52.119 threats by the Democratic Party. And I'm kind of proud 1189 00:57:52.159 --> 00:57:55.519 of them a little bit because they're not doing something crazy. 1190 00:57:55.559 --> 00:57:58.559 They're asking Democrats to vote on something that they voted 1191 00:57:58.599 --> 00:57:59.360 on in March. 1192 00:58:00.079 --> 00:58:00.920 Wasn't that long ago. 1193 00:58:01.440 --> 00:58:04.079 My frustration is that they won't do it through regular order, 1194 00:58:04.079 --> 00:58:06.639 But that's a whole other conversation for another place. So 1195 00:58:06.679 --> 00:58:09.599 tapping into the emergency benefits, I agree, well, what would 1196 00:58:09.639 --> 00:58:10.239 that look like? 1197 00:58:10.360 --> 00:58:12.239 I mean, what how does that process go? 1198 00:58:13.599 --> 00:58:16.639 But here's the thing. The governor goes out and just 1199 00:58:16.679 --> 00:58:18.760 announces we're going to you know, we're going to do 1200 00:58:18.800 --> 00:58:21.960 ten million dollars. Next week, the Joint Budget Committee is 1201 00:58:21.960 --> 00:58:23.199 meeting because they're like, well, we got to do a 1202 00:58:23.199 --> 00:58:25.679 supplemental and we need ten million dollars a general fund 1203 00:58:25.880 --> 00:58:28.599 to try and feel you know, what is a program 1204 00:58:28.599 --> 00:58:32.119 that's costing one hundred and twenty million dollars in benefits 1205 00:58:32.159 --> 00:58:35.199 on a monthly basis. So you know, he's coming up 1206 00:58:35.239 --> 00:58:37.800 and saying, look, I'm going to put about eight percent 1207 00:58:37.840 --> 00:58:41.039 into it. I'm going to overwhelm the food banks and 1208 00:58:41.079 --> 00:58:43.119 food pantries in our state. You know, he didn't have 1209 00:58:43.159 --> 00:58:45.320 a discussion with all the food pantries and the food 1210 00:58:45.519 --> 00:58:47.960 so the food banks, and he's just gone about this 1211 00:58:48.119 --> 00:58:51.159 the totally the wrong way. There is no plan here, 1212 00:58:51.400 --> 00:58:53.480 and he's just going to make matters worse. I mean, 1213 00:58:53.519 --> 00:58:55.239 what's going to happen when people go to a food 1214 00:58:55.239 --> 00:58:57.519 panty or a food bank because Polus told him that's 1215 00:58:57.519 --> 00:59:00.559 where they should go and there is no food there. 1216 00:59:01.280 --> 00:59:04.719 There's going to be enough, right. And the whole thing 1217 00:59:04.760 --> 00:59:07.880 about donations, and I think it's wonderful that people want 1218 00:59:07.920 --> 00:59:12.119 to donate fund and donate CANDA items and food and 1219 00:59:12.159 --> 00:59:14.400 that type of thing that I can tell you after 1220 00:59:14.840 --> 00:59:18.519 managing our Hurricane Katrina operation for the state of Colorado 1221 00:59:18.559 --> 00:59:21.280 back in what was that two thousand and five, two 1222 00:59:21.280 --> 00:59:24.280 thousand and six, somewhere in there, you know, I can 1223 00:59:24.320 --> 00:59:28.039 tell you that donation management becomes a disaster all in 1224 00:59:28.079 --> 00:59:30.559 its own because people just start dropping off all sorts 1225 00:59:30.599 --> 00:59:32.920 of things. What are you supposed to do with all 1226 00:59:32.960 --> 00:59:35.639 of that? So what should be occurring here is this 1227 00:59:36.440 --> 00:59:39.280 we have what is called the disaster emergency fund, and 1228 00:59:39.320 --> 00:59:43.079 it actually has about somewhere between you know, somewhere around 1229 00:59:43.079 --> 00:59:45.199 two hundred and seventy million dollars in it as of 1230 00:59:45.239 --> 00:59:47.559 September thirtieth. Now, I'm sure there are some other bills 1231 00:59:47.559 --> 00:59:50.000 there because of the flooding that occurred in Laplata, But 1232 00:59:50.079 --> 00:59:52.119 this is a fund that we have in place that 1233 00:59:52.159 --> 00:59:54.960 the governor can tap into. He doesn't need to ask 1234 00:59:55.039 --> 00:59:58.400 for a supplemental. He can tap into this simply by 1235 00:59:58.440 --> 01:00:02.800 declaring an emergency. And if not having enough food to 1236 01:00:02.880 --> 01:00:06.519 feed six hundred thousand people in our state is an emergency, 1237 01:00:06.559 --> 01:00:09.440 I'm not sure what would be. So he needs to 1238 01:00:09.480 --> 01:00:11.960 declare an emergency and what he should be doing right now, 1239 01:00:12.039 --> 01:00:14.440 and he doesn't even have to declare that emergency right now. 1240 01:00:14.760 --> 01:00:16.719 You can declare that if we find out we're not 1241 01:00:16.800 --> 01:00:19.440 going to be able to get the government running again, 1242 01:00:19.440 --> 01:00:21.679 if Bennett Hickenloob don't do their job and actually get 1243 01:00:21.719 --> 01:00:24.880 government running again. So what should be occurring right now 1244 01:00:25.000 --> 01:00:27.000 is they should be putting a plan in place, and 1245 01:00:27.039 --> 01:00:30.000 he should be pulling in his departments of Education, his 1246 01:00:30.119 --> 01:00:34.000 Department of Human Services, his Department of Health, probably the 1247 01:00:34.039 --> 01:00:36.480 Department of the Agriculture, and any other of our state's 1248 01:00:36.480 --> 01:00:39.760 departments that have food programs in their department. He should 1249 01:00:39.760 --> 01:00:41.519 be pulling them in. We should be pulling in the 1250 01:00:41.559 --> 01:00:44.559 faith based community. We should be pulling in Salvation Army, 1251 01:00:44.920 --> 01:00:49.559 Red Cross, other non governmental organizations, and other government or 1252 01:00:49.960 --> 01:00:53.639 non governmental organizations are volunteer groups that work through the 1253 01:00:53.679 --> 01:00:57.639 Emergency Operations Plan that help out in emergencies and put 1254 01:00:57.639 --> 01:01:01.440 together what is called an emergency an incident management plan 1255 01:01:01.760 --> 01:01:04.039 and put the plan together. And they should be talking 1256 01:01:04.039 --> 01:01:06.639 to counties. The counties can be doing this at the 1257 01:01:06.679 --> 01:01:10.239 county level, and the state can help by providing resources 1258 01:01:10.480 --> 01:01:14.400 through the Disaster Emergency Fund, which again somewhere up to 1259 01:01:14.639 --> 01:01:16.599 two hundred and seventy million dollars in it as of 1260 01:01:16.599 --> 01:01:20.119 September thirtieth. That's what should be accoreing here. This governor 1261 01:01:20.159 --> 01:01:22.360 has totally missed the boat and he's going to make 1262 01:01:22.440 --> 01:01:25.440 things even worse by saying if I'm going to try 1263 01:01:25.480 --> 01:01:27.719 and fill this gap with ten million dollars, and oh, 1264 01:01:27.760 --> 01:01:30.079 by the way, it's because we have TABOR. Get over it. 1265 01:01:30.280 --> 01:01:33.239 We've had TABOR for thirty years. It's time to actually 1266 01:01:33.280 --> 01:01:36.519 govern and be a governor that's going to do right 1267 01:01:36.559 --> 01:01:37.760 by the people of this state. 1268 01:01:38.400 --> 01:01:41.280 So do you think he's not doing that just to 1269 01:01:41.480 --> 01:01:44.480 what could score some kind of political points or attack 1270 01:01:44.559 --> 01:01:46.800 Tabor or what is the And I'm asking you to, 1271 01:01:47.199 --> 01:01:49.400 you know, assign motive. And I realize that's hard. You're 1272 01:01:49.440 --> 01:01:51.840 not inside his brain. But what are your thoughts on that? 1273 01:01:53.119 --> 01:01:57.559 I think they think politically first instead of legitimately. How 1274 01:01:57.559 --> 01:01:59.559 do we run a state government? What do we do 1275 01:01:59.599 --> 01:02:02.679 in our mare urgency? Right? I mean, I don't know 1276 01:02:02.719 --> 01:02:05.519 why his staff isn't going to him and saying governor, 1277 01:02:05.800 --> 01:02:09.880 here's the plan, you know, I mean think about after 1278 01:02:10.199 --> 01:02:12.320 like the Marshall fire, or the floods that we had 1279 01:02:12.320 --> 01:02:15.480 in twenty thirteen, or when tornadoes hit, or even for 1280 01:02:15.519 --> 01:02:17.960 goodness sakes, when we've had those snowstorms out on the 1281 01:02:17.960 --> 01:02:21.639 Eastern plains and cattle were stranded out and build because 1282 01:02:21.679 --> 01:02:23.679 of all the snow in the wind. I mean, we 1283 01:02:23.760 --> 01:02:26.400 figured out how to get food to the cows here, 1284 01:02:26.480 --> 01:02:29.719 using the National Guard, using our emergency operations plan. This 1285 01:02:29.800 --> 01:02:32.840 is why we have an emergency operations plan and why 1286 01:02:32.880 --> 01:02:36.519 we have a disaster emergency fund in this state. And 1287 01:02:36.679 --> 01:02:39.920 I don't know why his staff isn't telling them. Maybe 1288 01:02:40.000 --> 01:02:42.639 they are, I don't know why he's doing this, but 1289 01:02:42.719 --> 01:02:45.400 to step up and say, well, you know, because of 1290 01:02:45.400 --> 01:02:48.079 a textpayer bill of rice and because of you know, 1291 01:02:48.119 --> 01:02:51.360 the billion dollars hit from that big bill. You know, 1292 01:02:52.280 --> 01:02:54.960 this is this is all we can do. That's wrong. 1293 01:02:55.239 --> 01:02:55.880 That is wrong. 1294 01:02:56.239 --> 01:02:58.440 That is not all we can do. We should treat 1295 01:02:58.519 --> 01:03:01.920 this as we would treat any other emergency. And he's 1296 01:03:02.000 --> 01:03:04.519 just missing it. I don't know why. I don't want 1297 01:03:04.559 --> 01:03:07.559 to assume that there's ill intention here. I mean, we've 1298 01:03:07.599 --> 01:03:09.519 gone through all the political stuff for the last six 1299 01:03:09.559 --> 01:03:12.000 months on this, or since July fourth, on all of 1300 01:03:12.039 --> 01:03:15.599 this stuff, and I don't know why. But I do 1301 01:03:15.719 --> 01:03:18.199 know what he should be doing. And this is what 1302 01:03:18.239 --> 01:03:19.880 we should be doing in this state. And we should 1303 01:03:19.880 --> 01:03:22.199 have a plan, and we should involve the right people 1304 01:03:22.480 --> 01:03:25.559 so that we can provide for people to have the 1305 01:03:25.599 --> 01:03:28.079 ability to feed their families, to you know, low income 1306 01:03:28.079 --> 01:03:30.280 folks to be able to feed their families and not 1307 01:03:30.360 --> 01:03:32.679 have a food security issue on top of all the 1308 01:03:32.719 --> 01:03:33.960 other issues we have in this state. 1309 01:03:34.400 --> 01:03:36.440 Aimen to that. I just got this text message a 1310 01:03:36.440 --> 01:03:39.960 moment ago. Maybe Mandy, maybe Colorado or Denver could use 1311 01:03:40.000 --> 01:03:42.679 the e vehicle rebate money for food banks instead of 1312 01:03:42.719 --> 01:03:43.840 rebates for rich people. 1313 01:03:45.280 --> 01:03:47.599 Well, there you go. I mean there's also the things 1314 01:03:47.599 --> 01:03:50.880 that we could be looking at. But quite frankly, we 1315 01:03:51.000 --> 01:03:55.400 have an emergency operating All of these departments have different 1316 01:03:55.440 --> 01:03:58.679 emergency support functions within that plan. They should know what 1317 01:03:58.719 --> 01:04:00.719 they were doing. I don't know why he's not getting 1318 01:04:00.719 --> 01:04:03.000 good advice, or maybe he is and he's just not 1319 01:04:03.119 --> 01:04:05.360 listening to it. I don't know, but I do know 1320 01:04:05.400 --> 01:04:08.119 this is what we should be doing, and we know 1321 01:04:08.360 --> 01:04:11.679 we can't keep blaming everybody else. We need to have 1322 01:04:11.760 --> 01:04:14.559 solutions here, and this is what's expected of a governor. 1323 01:04:15.239 --> 01:04:18.320 It would be nice stop baking everybody if it. 1324 01:04:18.280 --> 01:04:19.199 Was solutions first. 1325 01:04:19.239 --> 01:04:23.960 Politics. Second, Senator Barb Kirkmeer, state senator and gubernatorial candidate, 1326 01:04:23.960 --> 01:04:25.400 who sounds like she would know what to do in 1327 01:04:25.400 --> 01:04:28.039 this situation. I'm just saying, Bart, I appreciate your time 1328 01:04:28.079 --> 01:04:28.880 today as always. 1329 01:04:30.119 --> 01:04:32.079 Well, thank you so much, and thanks for having me on. 1330 01:04:32.159 --> 01:04:34.159 I appreciate it, appreciate what you're doing for the state. 1331 01:04:34.679 --> 01:04:35.880 Thank you, Barb. Kirkmeyer. 1332 01:04:35.960 --> 01:04:37.559 Will be right back yours truly. 1333 01:04:37.559 --> 01:04:40.239 You're gonna be filling in for Jojo, who usually hosts 1334 01:04:40.320 --> 01:04:43.760 Broncos Game Day with Nick Ferguson every home game at 1335 01:04:43.760 --> 01:04:49.599 eleven am right near Mini Mile High the VIP tailgate amongst. 1336 01:04:49.239 --> 01:04:50.440 All of Broncos Country. 1337 01:04:50.760 --> 01:04:53.760 Shout out to OURPD Dave Tepper for giving me that opportunity. 1338 01:04:53.800 --> 01:04:57.880 So from eleven am to noon, yours truly Nick Ferguson. 1339 01:04:57.559 --> 01:04:59.719 Going to be uh right in the middle of our. 1340 01:04:59.599 --> 01:05:03.239 Pregame coverage this Sunday, So come say hello, and they 1341 01:05:03.360 --> 01:05:05.079 heard about it Amenday show. 1342 01:05:05.679 --> 01:05:08.639 And don't forget tonight if you just want to hear 1343 01:05:08.639 --> 01:05:11.519 a replay of the fourth quarter with our KOWA broadcast 1344 01:05:11.559 --> 01:05:14.440 team of Rick and Dave, We're going to replay that 1345 01:05:14.559 --> 01:05:18.760 tonight in Broncos Country tonight, just the fourth quarter, because honestly, 1346 01:05:18.840 --> 01:05:20.719 you don't want to listen to the first three quarters anyway, 1347 01:05:21.000 --> 01:05:23.039 why would you? That would be like, why don't you 1348 01:05:23.079 --> 01:05:25.719 just shove you a ice pick into your own eye 1349 01:05:25.800 --> 01:05:28.519 instead of doing that? But the whole fourth quarter we're 1350 01:05:28.519 --> 01:05:30.760 gonna play it again tonight. We've never done this before, 1351 01:05:31.320 --> 01:05:34.199 but that fourth quarter was historic in many ways, and 1352 01:05:34.719 --> 01:05:36.719 I didn't get to hear Dave's call of the fourth quarter, 1353 01:05:36.760 --> 01:05:39.239 So I'm super excited about this and you can hear 1354 01:05:39.280 --> 01:05:41.679 that tonight during Broncos Country to night and then Ben 1355 01:05:41.760 --> 01:05:44.519 will take things from there after that. So you've got 1356 01:05:44.519 --> 01:05:47.239 a lot of Broncos stuff happening this weekend. I'm actually 1357 01:05:47.320 --> 01:05:49.639 excited about this game. I think this game is going 1358 01:05:49.719 --> 01:05:52.119 to be one of the best tests of our defense 1359 01:05:52.159 --> 01:05:52.960 we've had so far. 1360 01:05:53.239 --> 01:05:54.719 Their offense is really impressive. 1361 01:05:55.679 --> 01:05:59.599 Their offense is really impressive, and that's what concerns me. 1362 01:06:00.079 --> 01:06:02.159 Big time boost for the Broncos offense. 1363 01:06:02.719 --> 01:06:06.800 They just announced superstar cornerback Trayvon Diggs for the Cowboys 1364 01:06:06.840 --> 01:06:08.880 will be out of this game with a concussion. That 1365 01:06:08.960 --> 01:06:13.719 is a massive, massive loss. And I will say that 1366 01:06:13.960 --> 01:06:16.679 may or may not impact something for all of our 1367 01:06:16.719 --> 01:06:19.079 picks for this game, but we may have already made 1368 01:06:19.119 --> 01:06:22.960 our picks and put it on the graphic and Okay, 1369 01:06:23.440 --> 01:06:24.480 I'm just gonna. 1370 01:06:24.199 --> 01:06:26.760 Preview and say we're all a little torn. 1371 01:06:27.440 --> 01:06:32.199 Yeah, because Dallas's offense is really, really, really, really good. 1372 01:06:32.639 --> 01:06:34.440 I could see this being a high scoring affair. 1373 01:06:34.760 --> 01:06:36.880 It has to be because their defense is the worst 1374 01:06:36.880 --> 01:06:39.039 in the league. It is the worst in the league. 1375 01:06:39.119 --> 01:06:40.559 You have to destroy them. 1376 01:06:40.679 --> 01:06:43.960 Run the ball. I mean, you gotta get going early. 1377 01:06:44.559 --> 01:06:47.199 Let's get some tempo, Let's get some guys in rhythm, 1378 01:06:47.199 --> 01:06:50.719 a little bit less rotation going and pounce early, because 1379 01:06:50.719 --> 01:06:53.360 if you go up seven, ten, fourteen, nothing on this 1380 01:06:53.440 --> 01:06:57.239 team early, you can send Benito Cooper after Dak Preside, 1381 01:06:57.360 --> 01:06:59.519 really pounce and make this thing ugly quick. 1382 01:07:00.039 --> 01:07:03.440 I am hoping. I'm just gonna say it, like I know, 1383 01:07:04.119 --> 01:07:05.880 Sean Payton is an amazing coach, and I'm not an 1384 01:07:06.000 --> 01:07:07.800 NFL coach. I've never won a Super Bowl. I've never 1385 01:07:07.840 --> 01:07:09.760 done any of those things. I have not been a 1386 01:07:09.760 --> 01:07:12.320 fan of the play calling in the beginning of the 1387 01:07:12.360 --> 01:07:14.880 game compared to the end of the game. And so 1388 01:07:14.960 --> 01:07:17.480 I'm hoping that they loosen things up a little bit 1389 01:07:17.519 --> 01:07:20.639 and let Bo kind of be a little more free 1390 01:07:20.639 --> 01:07:23.199 wheeling than he has been because he seems to excel 1391 01:07:23.360 --> 01:07:24.199 in that situation. 1392 01:07:24.320 --> 01:07:26.639 He does. He says he likes tempo, and Mandy, I'm 1393 01:07:26.639 --> 01:07:27.199 telling you you. 1394 01:07:27.239 --> 01:07:29.760 Got to keep pace because the Chargers won last night 1395 01:07:29.840 --> 01:07:32.280 on Thursday night, they blew out the Vikings. So if 1396 01:07:32.280 --> 01:07:34.199 you win, you remain a game up in the division. 1397 01:07:34.280 --> 01:07:37.079 The Chiefs are coming. And while looking at that Chiefs 1398 01:07:37.079 --> 01:07:39.280 game coming up on November sixteenth, because Mandy, if the 1399 01:07:39.280 --> 01:07:41.639 Broncos win this game going into that Chiefs game, it's 1400 01:07:41.719 --> 01:07:44.360 very likely the Broncos will be on a seven game 1401 01:07:44.519 --> 01:07:47.039 winning streak because you have the Texans in Houston next week. 1402 01:07:47.360 --> 01:07:49.880 They do not look good on offense whatsoever, and the 1403 01:07:50.000 --> 01:07:50.880 Raiders are terrible. 1404 01:07:50.880 --> 01:07:52.239 You have them at home the next week. 1405 01:07:52.400 --> 01:07:54.920 So going to that Chiefs game, you could be riding 1406 01:07:54.960 --> 01:07:58.840 a seven game winning streak at eight and two if 1407 01:07:58.880 --> 01:08:00.679 you win this Cowboys game, that is where. 1408 01:08:00.800 --> 01:08:02.800 Yeah, that Chiefs game, if you beat the Chiefs, that's 1409 01:08:02.800 --> 01:08:03.480 a two game game. 1410 01:08:03.519 --> 01:08:04.599 I'm really glad to be at home. 1411 01:08:04.719 --> 01:08:07.079 I'm really glad the first twelve of the Chiefs matchups 1412 01:08:07.119 --> 01:08:08.519 at home. Of course, we all know they go to 1413 01:08:08.719 --> 01:08:11.400 Casey on Christmas, so I'm really glad this first one 1414 01:08:11.480 --> 01:08:14.000 is at home. But Casey, after starting zero to two, 1415 01:08:14.119 --> 01:08:16.760 they already look like uh back in the Super Bowl 1416 01:08:16.800 --> 01:08:19.239 in February. That's where the that's where we're at now 1417 01:08:19.279 --> 01:08:21.800 in the wide op NFL. That's how much the Chiefs 1418 01:08:21.800 --> 01:08:24.079 have bounced back. So you got to be you got 1419 01:08:24.079 --> 01:08:28.279 to be solving your offensive woes right now and over 1420 01:08:28.319 --> 01:08:31.039 these next two weeks Houston and the Raiders to make 1421 01:08:31.079 --> 01:08:34.079 sure you are full steam ahead going into that Chiefs matchup. 1422 01:08:34.520 --> 01:08:36.239 A let's go yep to. 1423 01:08:36.279 --> 01:08:38.479 The texture who said, Mandy, I usually listen to your 1424 01:08:38.479 --> 01:08:40.720 show on my phone. I'm encouraged now to find some 1425 01:08:40.840 --> 01:08:44.279 disinfectant to dejerm my phone. Lol. Sorry to be so 1426 01:08:44.319 --> 01:08:46.640 snarky now, I'm not saying I don't think my my 1427 01:08:46.760 --> 01:08:50.000 illness can travel through the airwaves. But hey, whatever makes 1428 01:08:50.039 --> 01:08:53.399 you feel more secure, just whatever. Let's take a quick 1429 01:08:53.399 --> 01:08:55.319 time out when we get back. We've got a lot 1430 01:08:55.359 --> 01:08:57.199 of stories on the blog that we have not gotten to, 1431 01:08:57.800 --> 01:09:00.680 especially one about another guy who should in prison who 1432 01:09:00.760 --> 01:09:02.399 just attacked a school teacher. 1433 01:09:02.800 --> 01:09:04.239 We have an update. 1434 01:09:04.359 --> 01:09:08.520 The Johnstown Breeze publisher apologized, and I'm going to try 1435 01:09:08.560 --> 01:09:10.399 and get the co owner of the Johnstown Breeze on 1436 01:09:10.399 --> 01:09:12.159 the shows because you sent me back a long email 1437 01:09:12.159 --> 01:09:15.079 that was very, very interesting, and I think the disconnect 1438 01:09:15.119 --> 01:09:17.920 between what he hears and what I heard from you 1439 01:09:18.000 --> 01:09:20.960 guys who are familiar with the Johnstown Breeze is significant 1440 01:09:21.720 --> 01:09:24.239 and a rod it may be super easy for us 1441 01:09:24.279 --> 01:09:26.880 to cover. The DNC might be coming back to Denver. 1442 01:09:26.960 --> 01:09:29.920 We'll have information about that right after this. Keep it 1443 01:09:29.960 --> 01:09:30.399 on KOA. 1444 01:09:31.119 --> 01:09:33.760 The Mandy Connell Show is sponsored by Belle and Pollock, 1445 01:09:33.840 --> 01:09:35.319 accident and injury lawyers. 1446 01:09:36.000 --> 01:09:44.720 No, it's Mandy Connell and Donnell on KA ninety one, 1447 01:09:45.199 --> 01:09:46.800 FMA got. 1448 01:09:46.760 --> 01:09:58.199 Way, Ken, Nicey Free and Connell Keith sad Babe. Welcome, Welcome, 1449 01:09:58.199 --> 01:10:00.600 Welcome to the third hour of the show. Joe, I 1450 01:10:00.640 --> 01:10:02.319 am your very sickly host. 1451 01:10:02.399 --> 01:10:04.000 Mandy Connall just being so. 1452 01:10:04.159 --> 01:10:07.119 Strong to get to this point. Anthony Rodriguez heer with 1453 01:10:07.199 --> 01:10:10.960 me as mad and today we're going to take you 1454 01:10:11.039 --> 01:10:13.239 right up until three o'clock when KOA Sports is going 1455 01:10:13.279 --> 01:10:17.560 to jump in to preview Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys. 1456 01:10:17.560 --> 01:10:18.720 Of course, Ay Rod. 1457 01:10:18.680 --> 01:10:20.760 Just let you know he's going to be down at 1458 01:10:20.800 --> 01:10:24.640 the stadium doing the pregame show with Nick Ferguson, so 1459 01:10:24.680 --> 01:10:27.840 stop buy and see him on Sunday and tonight. Of course, 1460 01:10:27.840 --> 01:10:32.079 we're replaying the historic fourth quarter of last week's game 1461 01:10:32.520 --> 01:10:35.920 in the first part of Broncos Country Tonight tonight at six. 1462 01:10:35.680 --> 01:10:36.680 So you got all that going on. 1463 01:10:37.039 --> 01:10:40.920 So in the break, a Texter sent me a text 1464 01:10:40.920 --> 01:10:43.159 and said, Mandy, you know they caught the guy that 1465 01:10:43.319 --> 01:10:46.520 was involved in that two two five shooting last weekend. 1466 01:10:46.840 --> 01:10:48.159 I don't know if you've heard about this, but in 1467 01:10:48.199 --> 01:10:50.960 the middle of the night police get a report of 1468 01:10:51.159 --> 01:10:52.840 a vehicle that had driven into one of. 1469 01:10:52.760 --> 01:10:55.600 The barriers on southbound I two two five. 1470 01:10:55.640 --> 01:10:57.560 They get there, they find a guy who's been shot 1471 01:10:57.680 --> 01:11:00.520 multiple times, so they have now a red did the 1472 01:11:00.560 --> 01:11:03.520 guy who has been accused of that crime. His name 1473 01:11:03.560 --> 01:11:09.119 is Celine Vieda ri Elana, thirty eight years old. He's 1474 01:11:09.159 --> 01:11:12.840 now been charged with a lot of stuff, including attempted 1475 01:11:12.920 --> 01:11:13.720 first degree murder. 1476 01:11:13.760 --> 01:11:15.479 But this is where it gets good. 1477 01:11:17.640 --> 01:11:21.600 First of all, Aurora PD said, investigators you'd flock safety 1478 01:11:21.640 --> 01:11:24.600 cameras equipped with license plate readers and were able to 1479 01:11:24.640 --> 01:11:27.159 identify a vehicle in connection with the shooting, which is 1480 01:11:27.199 --> 01:11:31.880 believed to have been targeted. Orilana was later identified as 1481 01:11:31.960 --> 01:11:36.319 the registered owner of the suspected vehicle. On Thursday, officers 1482 01:11:36.319 --> 01:11:40.399 conducted a traffic stop and arrested him. During a media briefing, 1483 01:11:40.399 --> 01:11:41.920 This is from our friends at Fox thirty one. 1484 01:11:41.960 --> 01:11:42.920 By the way, KADVR. 1485 01:11:44.319 --> 01:11:47.039 During a meeting briefing on Friday, Aurora Police Chief Todd 1486 01:11:47.119 --> 01:11:50.399 Chamberlain said at the time of the arrest, officers searched 1487 01:11:50.399 --> 01:11:53.920 the vehicle and recovered a handgun along with shellcasings, which 1488 01:11:53.960 --> 01:11:57.359 was allegedly linked back to the shooting. According to Chamberlain, 1489 01:11:57.479 --> 01:11:59.640 APD did not have an arrest warrant at the time 1490 01:11:59.680 --> 01:12:03.279 of the year rest. However, in consultation with the US 1491 01:12:03.399 --> 01:12:08.119 Department of Homeland Security Investigations Orlana was taken into US 1492 01:12:08.199 --> 01:12:12.199 Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on possible federal charges for 1493 01:12:12.279 --> 01:12:16.199 the possession of the handgun. Following their rest, an investigation 1494 01:12:16.319 --> 01:12:21.000 revealed that Arolana, a Honduran national, was allegedly making plans 1495 01:12:21.000 --> 01:12:22.159 to flee the country. 1496 01:12:22.479 --> 01:12:23.960 And this is where it gets really good. 1497 01:12:24.920 --> 01:12:29.600 According to Aurora PD, Arolana was previously deported in two 1498 01:12:29.640 --> 01:12:35.359 thousand and seven, twenty eighteen, and twenty twenty. In twenty twenty, 1499 01:12:35.399 --> 01:12:38.439 he was deported following an arrest in Denver for charges 1500 01:12:38.479 --> 01:12:42.319 relating to a sexual assault involving a victim under the 1501 01:12:42.359 --> 01:12:43.640 age of fifteen. 1502 01:12:44.560 --> 01:12:44.840 Now. 1503 01:12:45.479 --> 01:12:47.359 Todd Chamberlain, the chief of police who's going to be 1504 01:12:47.359 --> 01:12:49.960 on the show later this week in Aurora, says this 1505 01:12:50.159 --> 01:12:52.800 case is a clear example of why our partnership with 1506 01:12:52.840 --> 01:12:58.359 Homeland Security Investigations and ICE is so critical. Without their cooperation, 1507 01:12:58.800 --> 01:13:01.159 we would not have the ability to hold this dangerous 1508 01:13:01.159 --> 01:13:05.520 individual accountable for his actions here in Aurora. Chamberlain said 1509 01:13:05.520 --> 01:13:08.399 at a restaurant was formally filed on Thursday evening, in 1510 01:13:08.439 --> 01:13:11.640 which Orelano was arrested on charges of attempted first to remurder, 1511 01:13:11.880 --> 01:13:15.479 first to reassault, menacing an illegal discharge of a firearm. 1512 01:13:17.319 --> 01:13:21.560 Democrats are in favor of policies that would protect this man, 1513 01:13:22.960 --> 01:13:25.359 whether it's getting rid of the flock cameras, the license 1514 01:13:25.399 --> 01:13:28.239 plate readers that allowed APD to figure out who. 1515 01:13:28.039 --> 01:13:28.720 This guy was. 1516 01:13:30.000 --> 01:13:33.239 Democrats don't want our law enforcement to work with Ice 1517 01:13:33.359 --> 01:13:36.119 on any level. This is what Democrats are fighting for. 1518 01:13:36.159 --> 01:13:39.079 They're fighting for this guy. They're fighting for a guy 1519 01:13:39.439 --> 01:13:42.720 who sexually assaulted a victim under the age of fifteen 1520 01:13:43.119 --> 01:13:44.720 when he was thirty three years old. 1521 01:13:45.479 --> 01:13:46.640 That's who they're fighting for. 1522 01:13:47.600 --> 01:13:49.359 And I know it sounds harsh and it sounds kind 1523 01:13:49.359 --> 01:13:51.359 of mean for me to put it that way, But 1524 01:13:51.520 --> 01:13:55.279 until somebody starts really talking about who they're fighting for, 1525 01:13:55.560 --> 01:13:58.239 because they can say they're fighting for people who are 1526 01:13:58.239 --> 01:13:59.760 just here trying to live, I get it, I get 1527 01:13:59.760 --> 01:14:02.880 all that, But in reality, they're fighting for people like 1528 01:14:02.960 --> 01:14:06.439 this this guy, this guy who shot someone on two 1529 01:14:06.479 --> 01:14:10.079 two five, this guy who sexually assaulted a victim under fifteen, 1530 01:14:10.359 --> 01:14:14.039 this guy who was arrested three times prior, but probably 1531 01:14:14.119 --> 01:14:17.239 rocked right back over the southern border during the Biden administration. 1532 01:14:18.520 --> 01:14:21.760 That's who Democrats are fighting for. I don't forget it. 1533 01:14:22.159 --> 01:14:23.640 And if you have a chance to ask them why 1534 01:14:23.640 --> 01:14:27.439 they're fighting for those people, please please do make that point. 1535 01:14:28.079 --> 01:14:28.199 Now. 1536 01:14:28.239 --> 01:14:31.119 I've got a lot of other stuff happening, and it's 1537 01:14:31.159 --> 01:14:35.600 not keeping the Libs at bay. It's keeping ignorance at bay. 1538 01:14:35.760 --> 01:14:39.920 And it's ruling the day, not ruining the day or 1539 01:14:40.000 --> 01:14:43.920 ruining the day. 1540 01:14:44.000 --> 01:14:44.279 Mandy. 1541 01:14:44.319 --> 01:14:47.039 They need to pay past Kate's law. Bill O'Reilly pushed 1542 01:14:47.079 --> 01:14:50.159 it years ago. McConnell killed it. Trump is pushing it again. 1543 01:14:50.760 --> 01:14:53.640 I remember that, but I don't remember the details. So 1544 01:14:53.680 --> 01:14:56.039 I'm gonna not comment on that because I'm not sure. 1545 01:14:57.159 --> 01:15:01.800 Good news, nerdy rock and roll fans. Guess who's coming 1546 01:15:01.880 --> 01:15:07.439 to Denver? If you guessed Rush, you guessed right now. 1547 01:15:07.600 --> 01:15:09.439 Oh a Rod's making face bar. 1548 01:15:11.479 --> 01:15:13.479 You probably don't want to go because the bathroom lines 1549 01:15:13.520 --> 01:15:16.039 are super long for guys at Rush. There's no ladies. 1550 01:15:16.079 --> 01:15:18.039 Wait wait, not because Rush is so overrated and not 1551 01:15:18.079 --> 01:15:18.520 great boat. 1552 01:15:18.720 --> 01:15:20.960 Oh my gosh, Russian concert. I've seen him in concert 1553 01:15:20.960 --> 01:15:22.800 three times already, and I'm going to see him again. 1554 01:15:23.199 --> 01:15:25.800 Where's the local paint drying event. I'll be going to 1555 01:15:25.840 --> 01:15:26.560 that and stop it. 1556 01:15:27.640 --> 01:15:30.720 They got a new chick drummer because Neil peerre passed away, 1557 01:15:31.479 --> 01:15:34.239 and they are so good in concert, but it is 1558 01:15:34.399 --> 01:15:37.600 basically a sausage farm, like it's all dudes. When I 1559 01:15:37.640 --> 01:15:40.359 go to a Rush concert, I'm like, oh my gosh, 1560 01:15:40.680 --> 01:15:42.319 I might be one of the hottest women here because 1561 01:15:42.319 --> 01:15:45.520 there's only like five I've never waited for the bathroom 1562 01:15:45.560 --> 01:15:51.359 at a Rush concert. It is glorious, absolutely glorious. And 1563 01:15:51.399 --> 01:15:53.159 somebody said, if you're going to the Rush concert, you're 1564 01:15:53.199 --> 01:15:54.359 cutting it close for your trip. 1565 01:15:54.640 --> 01:15:55.640 Oh I can do both. 1566 01:15:56.279 --> 01:15:59.159 By the way, the Mandy Connell Adventure is selling like hotcakes. 1567 01:16:00.000 --> 01:16:02.119 If you have not called cruise and tour you're thinking 1568 01:16:02.119 --> 01:16:04.159 about it, thinking about it, you're gonna miss your chance. 1569 01:16:04.239 --> 01:16:06.520 We're way over half sold. We may be even three 1570 01:16:06.600 --> 01:16:09.800 quarters sold at this point, so go to Mandy Connell 1571 01:16:09.800 --> 01:16:12.000 trip dot com to check that out. It's after the 1572 01:16:12.079 --> 01:16:15.840 Rush concert, though, Ross and I are already we're strategizing. 1573 01:16:16.479 --> 01:16:18.520 Ross and I have a plan to get good tickets 1574 01:16:19.079 --> 01:16:20.840 on the main market, not on the resale market. 1575 01:16:21.840 --> 01:16:22.000 Them. 1576 01:16:24.319 --> 01:16:30.359 Yes, yes, we are all smarty pants. Smarty smarty going 1577 01:16:30.399 --> 01:16:33.960 to the party. I see what you did there, but 1578 01:16:34.000 --> 01:16:36.199 I'm excited and any other nerdy Rush fans. 1579 01:16:36.239 --> 01:16:37.439 I've got a link to the story. 1580 01:16:37.520 --> 01:16:39.359 So and if you sign up for the fan club, 1581 01:16:39.359 --> 01:16:40.479 you can be in the pre Salem. 1582 01:16:40.520 --> 01:16:45.039 Just letting you know. When we get back, our coverage. 1583 01:16:44.600 --> 01:16:48.880 For the next Democratic National Convention could allow us to 1584 01:16:48.920 --> 01:16:50.720 sleep in our own beds, which for that convention I 1585 01:16:50.760 --> 01:16:52.880 would be fine with. I'd be totally cool with that. 1586 01:16:53.439 --> 01:16:57.319 I want Republicans to pick someplace good. But if the DNC, well, 1587 01:16:57.359 --> 01:16:59.680 i'll tell you where it might be right after this. 1588 01:17:00.079 --> 01:17:00.399 Keep it on. 1589 01:17:00.479 --> 01:17:00.920 KOA. 1590 01:17:00.960 --> 01:17:05.079 Denver is trying to host the DNC in twenty twenty eight. 1591 01:17:05.640 --> 01:17:07.560 They of course did it in the Obama years, which 1592 01:17:07.600 --> 01:17:09.199 makes me think it's going to be harder for them 1593 01:17:09.199 --> 01:17:11.880 to land this again. But if they do, it'd be 1594 01:17:11.960 --> 01:17:15.560 super convenient because then I could just stay in my own. 1595 01:17:15.359 --> 01:17:17.960 Bed while I covered the DNZ again. 1596 01:17:18.079 --> 01:17:21.199 We've already a run is demanding that Rob Dawson and 1597 01:17:21.239 --> 01:17:23.680 I go ahead and go to the Republican National Convention 1598 01:17:23.800 --> 01:17:24.760 and the DNC again. 1599 01:17:24.840 --> 01:17:27.960 Yep, And I got to tell you the last time, I'm. 1600 01:17:27.880 --> 01:17:28.840 Still tired from that. 1601 01:17:29.760 --> 01:17:31.960 It was a lot, you'll be there. 1602 01:17:31.920 --> 01:17:35.840 Might be less running around. If I go again, I 1603 01:17:35.920 --> 01:17:38.039 might be like, no, I can't run around, Like well. 1604 01:17:38.039 --> 01:17:41.199 Just inject, we'll lay it down. We'll get some red 1605 01:17:41.199 --> 01:17:44.600 bull iv up into you. You'll be okay. There you go, 1606 01:17:45.840 --> 01:17:46.479 there you go. 1607 01:17:46.680 --> 01:17:47.039 Okay. 1608 01:17:47.119 --> 01:17:48.640 So that may happen in twenty twenty eight. 1609 01:17:48.680 --> 01:17:51.159 We'll keep you posted on that, but I want to 1610 01:17:51.199 --> 01:17:54.600 share with you yesterday I talked about the Johnstown Breeze, 1611 01:17:54.600 --> 01:17:58.960 the little newspaper up in Johnstown. The publisher of the 1612 01:17:59.199 --> 01:18:02.600 Johnstown bree got a press release from the Weld County 1613 01:18:02.600 --> 01:18:05.800 Republican Party. It's up in Weld County and they were saying, look, 1614 01:18:05.800 --> 01:18:07.359 we're having a hoe down this Saturday. It's just a 1615 01:18:07.359 --> 01:18:09.439 press release. I get them all the time, and she 1616 01:18:09.520 --> 01:18:11.920 could not resist the urge to send back a snotty 1617 01:18:11.960 --> 01:18:15.760 email that said, when is the flag burning in Mexican 1618 01:18:15.760 --> 01:18:17.920 whippings starting? I mean, it's just rude. 1619 01:18:18.039 --> 01:18:19.960 It was, and I kind of feel. 1620 01:18:19.720 --> 01:18:22.279 Like I know what happened. Like she saw this and 1621 01:18:22.439 --> 01:18:25.880 was annoyed, and instead of thinking about what she was doing, 1622 01:18:25.920 --> 01:18:29.560 she just shot off a snotty response. Well, the Republican 1623 01:18:29.560 --> 01:18:35.960 Party posted her comments online and she apologized, and the 1624 01:18:36.000 --> 01:18:40.640 co owner of The Johnstown Breeze sent me her apology 1625 01:18:40.680 --> 01:18:42.479 and said, hey, you know, she apologized. Here's what it 1626 01:18:42.520 --> 01:18:48.319 is in its entirety. Hello, Weld County Republicans. I want 1627 01:18:48.319 --> 01:18:50.960 to apologize for the comment I made in a reply 1628 01:18:51.119 --> 01:18:54.479 to an email sent to you all. It was inappropriate 1629 01:18:54.520 --> 01:18:57.399 to ask when the flag burning and Mexican whippings were scheduled. 1630 01:18:57.840 --> 01:19:00.000 I am sorry for any distress I may have called. 1631 01:19:00.680 --> 01:19:03.840 Any further comment would be a justification or be open 1632 01:19:03.920 --> 01:19:09.520 to misinterpretation. Sincerely, Leslie Banger, publisher the Johnstown Breeze. Now 1633 01:19:09.520 --> 01:19:11.439 I'm assuming that she probably had the look of a 1634 01:19:11.479 --> 01:19:14.279 hostage while she was typing this out, and I mean, 1635 01:19:14.319 --> 01:19:14.600 I don't know. 1636 01:19:14.640 --> 01:19:16.239 I'm making assumptions, that's what I do. 1637 01:19:16.600 --> 01:19:20.239 But I emailed her, the co owner of the paperback, 1638 01:19:20.279 --> 01:19:24.960 and said, look, you know, perhaps you should know that 1639 01:19:25.039 --> 01:19:27.640 when I brought this up, I got several text messages 1640 01:19:27.640 --> 01:19:30.520 from people saying this is on brand for the Johnstown 1641 01:19:30.560 --> 01:19:32.960 Breezes and that you have a reputation as being a 1642 01:19:33.039 --> 01:19:37.000 left leaning outlet. And I have invited him to come 1643 01:19:37.000 --> 01:19:39.600 on the show to talk about it, so maybe we 1644 01:19:39.640 --> 01:19:42.399 can have a conversation about what we perceive to be 1645 01:19:42.479 --> 01:19:45.920 left wing versus what the paper perceives to be straight 1646 01:19:45.960 --> 01:19:48.439 and narrow down the middle. And I would love to 1647 01:19:48.439 --> 01:19:50.439 have these conversations on a regular basis. 1648 01:19:51.079 --> 01:19:54.880 I would love to be able to say. My frustration with. 1649 01:19:56.359 --> 01:19:59.479 The media, the left leaning media, which is so much 1650 01:19:59.479 --> 01:20:02.239 of the national media, all of our paper, you know, 1651 01:20:02.319 --> 01:20:05.279 except the Denver Gazette, is that when you try to 1652 01:20:05.319 --> 01:20:08.319 tell them, hey, this is what makes you sound like 1653 01:20:08.359 --> 01:20:11.880 a left winger, they will deny it. They will absolutely 1654 01:20:11.920 --> 01:20:14.760 say no, no, no, no no. And we just saw 1655 01:20:14.840 --> 01:20:18.680 evidence of this with the story of oh jeez, I 1656 01:20:18.720 --> 01:20:21.359 just lost my train of thought. We saw evidence of 1657 01:20:21.399 --> 01:20:24.479 this when Barry Weis, who just took over as editor 1658 01:20:24.479 --> 01:20:27.880 in chief of CBS News, in her first meeting with 1659 01:20:28.000 --> 01:20:31.439 sixty minutes, asked a very simple question, why do people 1660 01:20:31.560 --> 01:20:34.079 perceive you to have a left wing bias? And no 1661 01:20:34.119 --> 01:20:39.399 one could answer the question, guys. I interviewed Bernie Goldberg, 1662 01:20:39.520 --> 01:20:43.800 formerly of CBS News in like two thousand and six 1663 01:20:44.439 --> 01:20:48.000 about his book Bias, where he very clearly laid out 1664 01:20:48.000 --> 01:20:50.600 how the operations are in CBS News and why he 1665 01:20:50.680 --> 01:20:55.039 believed they were hopelessly biased. In a book, Okay, that 1666 01:20:55.199 --> 01:20:56.880 was like two thousand and six. I think the book 1667 01:20:56.920 --> 01:20:58.560 came out in two thousand and four. I don't remember. 1668 01:20:59.079 --> 01:21:01.640 We've had twenty five years of this now, twenty years 1669 01:21:01.640 --> 01:21:08.159 of this, and they still can't see where the bias is. 1670 01:21:09.960 --> 01:21:12.680 I know personally, for me, I have worked with people 1671 01:21:12.720 --> 01:21:16.800 in my career over many many years that were, in 1672 01:21:16.880 --> 01:21:19.000 my opinion, very biased on the air. And here I'm 1673 01:21:19.039 --> 01:21:21.159 a talk show host, I'm expected to be biased. I 1674 01:21:21.239 --> 01:21:23.600 tell you where my biases are. I tell you where 1675 01:21:23.640 --> 01:21:25.680 they come from, and you can decide whether or not 1676 01:21:25.680 --> 01:21:29.079 to listen if you will, right, It's fine, but news 1677 01:21:29.119 --> 01:21:31.800 people have to do better than that. In the past, 1678 01:21:32.439 --> 01:21:34.920 I have actually reached out to some of my news 1679 01:21:34.960 --> 01:21:38.520 colleagues and said, hey, I heard an interview or a 1680 01:21:38.560 --> 01:21:40.119 story that you did, and if you want to know 1681 01:21:40.159 --> 01:21:43.119 why our listeners perceive you as left wing, go back 1682 01:21:43.119 --> 01:21:45.840 and listen to this, and here's why you guys to 1683 01:21:46.079 --> 01:21:49.520 a person, they argue with me about how wrong the listener. 1684 01:21:49.600 --> 01:21:51.680 I'm like, I'm not attacking you. 1685 01:21:52.199 --> 01:21:55.199 I'm trying to help you understand why you're perceived as 1686 01:21:55.279 --> 01:21:58.920 left wing. There's been no introspection on this issue. There's 1687 01:21:58.960 --> 01:22:01.720 been no naval game on this issue. There's been no 1688 01:22:01.800 --> 01:22:04.760 attempt to fix this issue in way too many news 1689 01:22:04.800 --> 01:22:08.640 media outlets, and so I try. 1690 01:22:08.840 --> 01:22:09.399 So I'll see. 1691 01:22:09.439 --> 01:22:12.239 I've offered him to come on the show. I'd love 1692 01:22:12.239 --> 01:22:14.600 to have a conversation with him about this, so we'll 1693 01:22:14.600 --> 01:22:17.079 see what happens when we get back. Earlier this week, 1694 01:22:17.119 --> 01:22:19.520 we were talking with the Common Sense Institute folks about 1695 01:22:19.520 --> 01:22:22.159 a new study they put out about how we're letting 1696 01:22:22.199 --> 01:22:26.800 more criminals out of jail and completely coincidentally are crime 1697 01:22:26.880 --> 01:22:27.960 rates of skyrocketed. 1698 01:22:28.039 --> 01:22:31.760 I'm sure they're not connected. I'm kind of sure they are. 1699 01:22:32.399 --> 01:22:35.399 DA from the fourth Congressional or the fourth Judicial District, 1700 01:22:35.479 --> 01:22:37.760 Michael Allen reached out to me and said, Mandy, we 1701 01:22:37.840 --> 01:22:40.239 got to talk about how the changes to qualified immunity 1702 01:22:40.520 --> 01:22:42.960 are changing law enforcements. So he's coming on with us 1703 01:22:43.000 --> 01:22:45.760 next to do just that. Keep it on KOA about 1704 01:22:45.760 --> 01:22:48.279 the man who was just arrested for attempted murder for 1705 01:22:48.359 --> 01:22:52.279 the shooting on two two five in Denver. Apparently the 1706 01:22:52.479 --> 01:22:56.279 gentleman who had already been deported three times. He in 1707 01:22:56.399 --> 01:22:59.680 twenty twenty when he was arrested for child sex assault charges. 1708 01:23:00.159 --> 01:23:03.520 I said, lodged a detainer on him. The Denver Justice 1709 01:23:03.560 --> 01:23:07.079 Center declined to honor the detainer and released him into. 1710 01:23:06.920 --> 01:23:08.000 The community instead. 1711 01:23:08.439 --> 01:23:12.239 Ice caught him later and deported him after that, but 1712 01:23:12.319 --> 01:23:14.720 we know that at some point he walked back across 1713 01:23:14.720 --> 01:23:18.079 the southern border and now has perhaps murdered someone. The 1714 01:23:18.079 --> 01:23:20.199 guy's still in the hospital fighting for his life, so 1715 01:23:20.199 --> 01:23:22.720 I just wanted to get that update. Another example of 1716 01:23:22.720 --> 01:23:26.039 the things Democrats fight for in Colorado. Joining me now 1717 01:23:26.279 --> 01:23:30.119 from the fourth Judicial District is DA Michael Allen, who 1718 01:23:30.159 --> 01:23:33.159 reached out to me after the conversation with former police 1719 01:23:33.199 --> 01:23:38.119 chief Paul Paysan about releasing criminals and seeing violent crime rise. 1720 01:23:38.159 --> 01:23:42.039 Although Da Michael Allen, I'm sure there's no connection at 1721 01:23:42.039 --> 01:23:44.760 all between those two things, but then you sent an 1722 01:23:44.760 --> 01:23:47.000 email and said, Mandy, we're not even talking about what 1723 01:23:47.239 --> 01:23:50.079 the lack of qualified immunity for police officers is doing. 1724 01:23:50.479 --> 01:23:52.399 So welcome to the show to have that conversation. 1725 01:23:53.119 --> 01:23:53.359 Yeah. 1726 01:23:53.399 --> 01:23:55.439 Well, thanks a lot, Mandy for having me on and 1727 01:23:55.640 --> 01:23:57.159 having a chance to discuss this. 1728 01:23:57.359 --> 01:23:59.880 I thought the conversation you had with Paul. 1729 01:23:59.720 --> 01:24:02.319 Pays And I think it was a Tuesday or Wednesday, 1730 01:24:02.319 --> 01:24:04.079 I thought it was really good. I happened to catch 1731 01:24:04.119 --> 01:24:06.960 a big chunk of it. And one of the things 1732 01:24:06.960 --> 01:24:09.439 that I think people have forgotten about is that Senate 1733 01:24:09.479 --> 01:24:13.920 Bill twenty dash two seventeen, which was called Police Accountability. 1734 01:24:13.960 --> 01:24:15.760 I think they had some other fancier name for it 1735 01:24:15.800 --> 01:24:17.239 to make it sound like it was a good thing, 1736 01:24:17.279 --> 01:24:18.960 but it has turned out to be a bad thing, 1737 01:24:19.720 --> 01:24:23.199 and it really it was designed to remove qualified immunity 1738 01:24:23.279 --> 01:24:25.840 protections from police officers who are out in the field 1739 01:24:26.239 --> 01:24:28.800 making tough decisions every day, fighting crime and that kind 1740 01:24:28.840 --> 01:24:31.600 of thing, and it really had a detrimental impact on 1741 01:24:31.680 --> 01:24:33.560 law enforcement agencies around Colorado. 1742 01:24:33.880 --> 01:24:34.800 Well, let's talk. 1743 01:24:34.680 --> 01:24:37.359 About what their qualified immunity did first, because I think 1744 01:24:37.359 --> 01:24:39.880 a lot of people don't understand. They do know, like 1745 01:24:39.920 --> 01:24:43.079 people understand, you can't sue government, right because government has 1746 01:24:43.119 --> 01:24:45.720 always assumed to act in our best interest even when. 1747 01:24:45.640 --> 01:24:46.319 They're clearly not. 1748 01:24:46.760 --> 01:24:49.079 So I can't sue government because they have what's called 1749 01:24:49.159 --> 01:24:53.840 qualified immunity, which means they don't get sued because they're 1750 01:24:54.000 --> 01:24:56.920 expected to do the right thing. For US cops had 1751 01:24:56.960 --> 01:25:00.399 the same kinds of protections. What changed in that crit bill? 1752 01:25:01.279 --> 01:25:04.920 So basically what changes It stripped that qualified immunity from 1753 01:25:05.159 --> 01:25:08.760 police officers. You know, as I said, they're making really 1754 01:25:08.800 --> 01:25:11.039 tough decisions out in the field in real time and 1755 01:25:11.319 --> 01:25:14.680 reacting to dynamic situations that are really dictated by a 1756 01:25:14.760 --> 01:25:19.000 criminal behavior, and by removing qualified immunity, it just puts 1757 01:25:19.039 --> 01:25:22.199 them personally liable for any decisions they made, which is 1758 01:25:22.800 --> 01:25:25.520 a new thing in Colorado that had never been taken 1759 01:25:25.520 --> 01:25:26.159 away before. 1760 01:25:27.039 --> 01:25:29.840 Legislators, by the way, have immunity for the. 1761 01:25:29.800 --> 01:25:33.720 Bills that they pass because they're also weighing really tough 1762 01:25:33.760 --> 01:25:35.800 things and they have to say some things maybe that 1763 01:25:35.800 --> 01:25:38.800 they wouldn't say otherwise, or do things they wouldn't do otherwise, 1764 01:25:39.479 --> 01:25:42.520 and so they're also immune from lawsuits. We don't see 1765 01:25:42.600 --> 01:25:45.760 legislators getting sued for bad bills, even though maybe we should. 1766 01:25:45.479 --> 01:25:46.000 Take that away. 1767 01:25:46.119 --> 01:25:48.279 Amen, I would be in favor of that. So how 1768 01:25:48.319 --> 01:25:51.319 has this affected the actual policing? What are the real 1769 01:25:51.359 --> 01:25:55.279 world impacts of this qualified immunity situation. 1770 01:25:56.199 --> 01:25:59.279 Yeah, so there was a couple of real world impacts. 1771 01:25:59.319 --> 01:26:02.199 I think one can't discount the idea that this had 1772 01:26:02.199 --> 01:26:06.199 a psychological impact on law enforcement. This was legislation designed 1773 01:26:06.199 --> 01:26:08.960 to be very punitive towards law enforcement officers all over 1774 01:26:09.000 --> 01:26:11.920 the state of Colorado. So just from a psychological standpoint, 1775 01:26:12.359 --> 01:26:15.000 when the tough work you're doing isn't being appreciated by 1776 01:26:15.000 --> 01:26:17.279 those passing laws, it makes it tough to do the job, 1777 01:26:17.479 --> 01:26:19.319 makes it tough to wake up every morning, put on 1778 01:26:19.319 --> 01:26:22.000 the uniform and go out and fight crime. And then 1779 01:26:22.199 --> 01:26:26.239 on a separate, more real world basis, you know, it 1780 01:26:26.319 --> 01:26:29.279 really affected recruiting and retention, and so we saw people 1781 01:26:29.359 --> 01:26:33.560 that were close to retirement age they might retire early 1782 01:26:33.800 --> 01:26:36.439 or you know, get out as soon as they possibly can, 1783 01:26:36.479 --> 01:26:39.399 and then the recruiting effort was really difficult. And so 1784 01:26:39.520 --> 01:26:42.239 law enforcement has had a real fight really since that 1785 01:26:42.279 --> 01:26:46.800 bill was passed to recruit and properly fully staff their 1786 01:26:46.800 --> 01:26:50.800 police departments. So down here in Colorado Springs, we've got 1787 01:26:50.800 --> 01:26:53.079 the second biggest city in the state of Colorado, and 1788 01:26:53.199 --> 01:26:56.159 our police department is severely understaffed and. 1789 01:26:56.079 --> 01:26:57.840 It struggles all the time to get even. 1790 01:26:57.640 --> 01:27:00.319 Close to something that what we actually need down and 1791 01:27:00.359 --> 01:27:01.560 it's the same all over the state. 1792 01:27:01.920 --> 01:27:03.920 I want to share with you an email from a 1793 01:27:04.000 --> 01:27:06.800 former law enforcement officer here in Colorado who has since 1794 01:27:06.880 --> 01:27:09.279 left the state, and he said, I have so much 1795 01:27:09.319 --> 01:27:11.560 to say on this. First, it's not really the pay 1796 01:27:11.640 --> 01:27:14.319 up to twenty five K, because that was always the case. 1797 01:27:14.600 --> 01:27:16.880 When you were found to be acting outside the color 1798 01:27:16.880 --> 01:27:20.039 of authority, you can be held viable and no immunity applies. 1799 01:27:20.359 --> 01:27:23.000 One of the most chilling parts of the reforms was 1800 01:27:23.039 --> 01:27:26.079 the form you have to fill out after every contact. 1801 01:27:26.399 --> 01:27:30.439 It consists of why contact, race, outcome, forced use, and 1802 01:27:30.479 --> 01:27:33.680 who initiated the contact. An extra fifteen minutes if there's 1803 01:27:33.720 --> 01:27:36.680 only one person in the contact, add more time for 1804 01:27:36.760 --> 01:27:39.279 more people. It is one of the huge reasons why 1805 01:27:39.359 --> 01:27:42.479 cops don't do traffic stops. And this may shock you 1806 01:27:42.520 --> 01:27:44.479 when it came out, it was so gray as to 1807 01:27:44.720 --> 01:27:46.279 was what it was used for and. 1808 01:27:46.239 --> 01:27:47.319 When you needed to fill it out. 1809 01:27:47.359 --> 01:27:50.239 According to the Democrat pass law, just another pain in 1810 01:27:50.279 --> 01:27:53.439 the ass and a tool which can selectively be used 1811 01:27:53.720 --> 01:27:56.640 to show racism depending on how you pull the data. 1812 01:27:57.159 --> 01:27:59.800 So there's I think for people who are not in 1813 01:27:59.840 --> 01:28:04.760 law enforcement, and generally speaking, I hate it when legislators 1814 01:28:05.159 --> 01:28:07.560 legislate anything that they don't know anything about. And let's 1815 01:28:07.560 --> 01:28:09.920 be real, they don't know anything about most stuff, right, 1816 01:28:09.960 --> 01:28:10.640 They just don't. 1817 01:28:10.880 --> 01:28:13.199 They have their very individual siloed views. 1818 01:28:13.600 --> 01:28:16.840 What I've always found fascinating, Michael, is when you see 1819 01:28:16.880 --> 01:28:20.119 news stories where you have a community activist who then 1820 01:28:20.239 --> 01:28:23.880 goes through the point and shoot training that the cops 1821 01:28:23.880 --> 01:28:26.159 have to go through, the split second training, and they 1822 01:28:26.199 --> 01:28:27.079 come out on the other. 1823 01:28:26.920 --> 01:28:30.000 Side and go, holy crap. That was a lot different 1824 01:28:30.000 --> 01:28:30.520 than I thought. 1825 01:28:30.560 --> 01:28:34.000 What was going on? What can we do in Colorado 1826 01:28:34.359 --> 01:28:38.239 to either help legislators or help regular people understand these 1827 01:28:38.239 --> 01:28:42.880 life and death decisions that are made instantaneously every single day. 1828 01:28:43.880 --> 01:28:45.560 Yeah, I think if we can ever figure that out, 1829 01:28:45.600 --> 01:28:47.439 we'd be onto something. It's a tough thing. 1830 01:28:48.439 --> 01:28:51.439 Voters, unfortunately, are so distracted by so many different things, 1831 01:28:51.600 --> 01:28:53.520 and I think that's ultimately what it comes down to, 1832 01:28:53.640 --> 01:28:57.600 is that elections do have consequences when we're allowing people 1833 01:28:57.640 --> 01:29:00.640 to get elected into the state legislature that have maybe 1834 01:29:00.640 --> 01:29:02.960 an acts to grind against law enforcement. Yeah, the thing 1835 01:29:03.039 --> 01:29:05.640 that we get and we shouldn't be surprised when we 1836 01:29:05.680 --> 01:29:08.079 get the government we deserve when we're so distracted as 1837 01:29:08.119 --> 01:29:08.640 a community. 1838 01:29:09.119 --> 01:29:12.479 So what do we do with this bill and how 1839 01:29:12.520 --> 01:29:16.000 would that make an impact? I don't see this legislature 1840 01:29:16.399 --> 01:29:19.079 made up controlled by Democrats, is a zero percent chance 1841 01:29:19.079 --> 01:29:22.039 they're going to roll back this qualified immunity change. 1842 01:29:22.119 --> 01:29:25.079 So what could we do? What could be possible? 1843 01:29:26.000 --> 01:29:28.079 Well, I think you asked Paul this the other day 1844 01:29:28.119 --> 01:29:30.920 on the radio too, about if he could undo one 1845 01:29:31.039 --> 01:29:33.800 legislative change over the last several years with the criminal 1846 01:29:33.880 --> 01:29:34.800 Justice reform. 1847 01:29:34.520 --> 01:29:35.199 What would that be. 1848 01:29:35.840 --> 01:29:37.880 The problem is, there's been so many that are so 1849 01:29:38.000 --> 01:29:41.000 detrimental to public safety that it's hard to pick just one. 1850 01:29:41.760 --> 01:29:44.840 I think the Senate built two seventeen from twenty twenty 1851 01:29:44.880 --> 01:29:47.079 would be a really good one to just completely undo. 1852 01:29:47.680 --> 01:29:49.680 It's led to less police on the streets, and that 1853 01:29:49.760 --> 01:29:52.520 means fewer crimes being solved. And then as you all 1854 01:29:52.640 --> 01:29:57.439 were talking about on Tuesday, is more repeat offenders. They're 1855 01:29:57.479 --> 01:29:59.840 just out on the street and they have a proclivity 1856 01:29:59.840 --> 01:30:02.199 to commit crime, and they're doing that because they can. 1857 01:30:03.199 --> 01:30:05.439 I'm want to ask you another question that isn't directly 1858 01:30:05.520 --> 01:30:08.359 related to the qualified immunity story, But we've just had 1859 01:30:08.399 --> 01:30:10.520 a story where we have a guy who's been arrested 1860 01:30:10.560 --> 01:30:14.119 for attempted murder after allegedly shooting someone on two two five, 1861 01:30:14.359 --> 01:30:18.119 and he is an illegal immigrant from Honduras. He was 1862 01:30:18.159 --> 01:30:22.680 deported three times, and I don't even know how the 1863 01:30:22.720 --> 01:30:26.159 Aurora ped was able to loop in Homeland Security to 1864 01:30:26.720 --> 01:30:29.399 get this guy off the streets. Finally, but we're in 1865 01:30:29.479 --> 01:30:32.760 a state where democrats are increasingly protecting people. 1866 01:30:32.520 --> 01:30:34.760 Like this, this is what's going on. 1867 01:30:34.880 --> 01:30:40.439 How has the the banning of any cooperation between your 1868 01:30:40.560 --> 01:30:44.000 office or any law enforcement agency and ICE affected you 1869 01:30:44.079 --> 01:30:45.399 in the fourth Judicial District? 1870 01:30:46.079 --> 01:30:48.600 Well, I think it's I can actually point to even 1871 01:30:48.640 --> 01:30:51.720 across the little state of Colorado law enforcement. You know, 1872 01:30:51.720 --> 01:30:54.279 our local law enforcement agencies, whether it's a sheriff's office 1873 01:30:54.319 --> 01:30:57.720 or a police department, they're really nervous about working with 1874 01:30:57.880 --> 01:31:00.920 ICE on anything or any federal agency for that matter, 1875 01:31:00.960 --> 01:31:05.439 that might have some tangential connection to immigration. So if 1876 01:31:05.439 --> 01:31:10.399 we have a drug distribution investigation and it is involving 1877 01:31:10.399 --> 01:31:13.880 cartel activity, that means somehow that the federal government is 1878 01:31:13.960 --> 01:31:17.119 involved in investigating these people because it's a transnational drug 1879 01:31:17.119 --> 01:31:21.880 distribution organization, which means that immigration potentially is at play 1880 01:31:22.119 --> 01:31:24.520 in any sort of convictions that you might get in 1881 01:31:24.560 --> 01:31:25.239 the case like that. 1882 01:31:25.760 --> 01:31:28.840 And I've had police officers locally tell me that they're nervous. 1883 01:31:28.600 --> 01:31:31.399 About working on those types of cases because we've had 1884 01:31:31.399 --> 01:31:34.479 our Attorney General suing law enforcement officers across the state 1885 01:31:34.520 --> 01:31:35.159 of Colorado. 1886 01:31:35.720 --> 01:31:38.520 We've obviously got the law that says you're not allowed. 1887 01:31:38.239 --> 01:31:40.159 To do that, although there is a caveat in that 1888 01:31:40.239 --> 01:31:43.079 law that says if you are working on an active 1889 01:31:43.119 --> 01:31:46.520 criminal investigation, you can still cooperate on that criminal investigation. 1890 01:31:47.199 --> 01:31:48.479 But when you've got an. 1891 01:31:48.399 --> 01:31:51.680 Attorney general that's actively going after people, it makes them 1892 01:31:51.720 --> 01:31:53.359 nervous about working on these cases. 1893 01:31:53.359 --> 01:31:56.600 In a general sense, my frustration with this entire thing 1894 01:31:56.720 --> 01:32:00.760 is that imagine, just imagine if Colorado said to the 1895 01:32:00.760 --> 01:32:04.159 federal government, we'd love your help in getting these people 1896 01:32:04.239 --> 01:32:07.359 that are violent criminals, like this guy from Honduras. 1897 01:32:07.039 --> 01:32:07.840 Out of our state. 1898 01:32:08.199 --> 01:32:10.680 We'd love to cooperate with you to get these violent 1899 01:32:10.720 --> 01:32:13.439 criminals who already have a deportation order, maybe been deported 1900 01:32:13.479 --> 01:32:14.199 three more times. 1901 01:32:14.359 --> 01:32:15.600 We'd love to work with you. 1902 01:32:15.880 --> 01:32:19.920 At least from that perspective, a collaboration could actually get 1903 01:32:19.960 --> 01:32:24.159 something done. A collaboration could actually get this guy, maybe permanently, 1904 01:32:24.199 --> 01:32:25.720 out of the country. Although I have no reason to 1905 01:32:25.720 --> 01:32:28.000 think he won't just come back because there's no penalty 1906 01:32:28.039 --> 01:32:29.800 to be paid, right if you just keep coming back, 1907 01:32:30.000 --> 01:32:32.119 Apparently all they do is keep sending you out again. 1908 01:32:32.199 --> 01:32:36.880 I just it's insane. How is there any way. 1909 01:32:37.359 --> 01:32:40.840 For your office to and you just kind of explained 1910 01:32:40.840 --> 01:32:44.840 how to navigate this whole thing. But I mean, what 1911 01:32:46.159 --> 01:32:48.439 I want, and I'm never going to get it, is 1912 01:32:48.479 --> 01:32:51.760 for everyone outside state government to just say we're not 1913 01:32:51.920 --> 01:32:55.000 following this bad law. It's a bad law, and we're 1914 01:32:55.000 --> 01:32:57.640 not following it. I realize that won't happen, but it 1915 01:32:57.680 --> 01:33:01.840 seems to me we have ample ammunition rhetorical to make 1916 01:33:01.880 --> 01:33:05.960 the case that we are actually harming Colorado citizens by 1917 01:33:06.000 --> 01:33:08.079 not doing that. So I mean, can you make that 1918 01:33:08.239 --> 01:33:10.600 argument in any compelling way to anyone who will listen. 1919 01:33:11.239 --> 01:33:11.479 Yeah. 1920 01:33:11.520 --> 01:33:13.520 I think that's a hard thing to actually put in 1921 01:33:13.960 --> 01:33:17.920 the practice, because you know, as an executive branch member 1922 01:33:18.039 --> 01:33:19.960 that's what I am as a prosecutor, the police are 1923 01:33:20.039 --> 01:33:23.439 executive branch. We take a notae to support the constitution 1924 01:33:23.520 --> 01:33:25.239 of the State of Colorado, the laws of the State 1925 01:33:25.319 --> 01:33:28.319 of Colorado. It's hard to start picking and choosing, and 1926 01:33:28.640 --> 01:33:31.239 you know, you could get a scenario potentially where maybe 1927 01:33:32.079 --> 01:33:34.960 a far left leaning person gets elected to a position 1928 01:33:35.079 --> 01:33:37.520 like this and they start ignoring other laws that we 1929 01:33:37.560 --> 01:33:39.439 think are important on violent. 1930 01:33:39.119 --> 01:33:41.960 Crime, for instance. I think that's a slippery slope to 1931 01:33:41.960 --> 01:33:42.479 go down. 1932 01:33:42.800 --> 01:33:45.720 The I think for me, the better avenue is bring 1933 01:33:45.760 --> 01:33:49.159 attention to it, and let's try to get some advances 1934 01:33:49.199 --> 01:33:51.399 in the legislature so we can get more seats and 1935 01:33:51.439 --> 01:33:54.680 maybe stop some of this, and then as we build momentum, 1936 01:33:54.720 --> 01:33:56.479 maybe start on doing some of the nonsense. 1937 01:33:57.000 --> 01:33:57.479 Thee A. 1938 01:33:57.800 --> 01:34:00.520 Michael Allen from the fourth Judicial District, Thanks so much 1939 01:34:00.560 --> 01:34:02.319 for your time today, Mike, I really appreciate it. 1940 01:34:03.800 --> 01:34:06.039 All right, that is good information. 1941 01:34:08.039 --> 01:34:10.720 A couple of people are asking the bill was inspired 1942 01:34:10.720 --> 01:34:12.960 by the homicide of Elijah McClain by police. 1943 01:34:13.159 --> 01:34:14.279 I'm sure you know the story. 1944 01:34:14.279 --> 01:34:17.439 How can we prevent that from happening without holding police responsible. 1945 01:34:17.680 --> 01:34:20.600 It's not about not holding them responsible. You remember there 1946 01:34:20.600 --> 01:34:23.720 were trials in the Elijah McCain McClain case. The Elijah 1947 01:34:23.760 --> 01:34:30.000 McClain case was absolutely horrible. It was unnecessary. It was 1948 01:34:30.680 --> 01:34:33.600 something that occurred because we had paramedics that were given 1949 01:34:33.640 --> 01:34:36.880 a new tool without enough training or information about how 1950 01:34:36.880 --> 01:34:41.119 to use it. It was just this confluence of bad decisions, 1951 01:34:41.439 --> 01:34:44.720 none of them made maliciously, and that's the problem. 1952 01:34:44.760 --> 01:34:45.960 That's the difference here. 1953 01:34:46.399 --> 01:34:48.359 I don't think any of those people that were involved 1954 01:34:48.359 --> 01:34:51.640 in the Elijah McClain thing had anything any beef with 1955 01:34:51.760 --> 01:34:54.600 Elijah McClain. I think that they just made a catastrophic 1956 01:34:54.680 --> 01:34:57.800 series of errors that led to that poor man's death, 1957 01:34:58.760 --> 01:35:03.159 and qualified im prevents any criminal from just call like 1958 01:35:03.279 --> 01:35:05.720 suing a cop who arrests them, so cops are so 1959 01:35:05.840 --> 01:35:09.279 held accountable in the criminal system. Okay, this is about 1960 01:35:09.520 --> 01:35:14.920 civil responsibility, and it's just I hate it when legislators 1961 01:35:14.920 --> 01:35:18.760 are making laws about things that they have no absolutely 1962 01:35:18.920 --> 01:35:21.640 no knowledge about. I would love it if before they 1963 01:35:21.680 --> 01:35:25.279 did that, legislators on mass decided to do ride alongs 1964 01:35:25.279 --> 01:35:28.119 with police officers or did the point and shoot kind 1965 01:35:28.159 --> 01:35:31.439 of activities that are so good at making people understand 1966 01:35:31.439 --> 01:35:32.560 what they don't understand. 1967 01:35:33.600 --> 01:35:34.720 So I don't know, we'll see. 1968 01:35:34.760 --> 01:35:36.199 I got a bunch of other stuff on the blog 1969 01:35:36.239 --> 01:35:39.359 today that is really really interesting. I mentioned a couple 1970 01:35:39.479 --> 01:35:44.840 days ago that I was investing in small modular reactor technology, 1971 01:35:44.880 --> 01:35:51.079 the nuclear technology, and I am not giving you investment advice. 1972 01:35:51.159 --> 01:35:54.359 I want to be very very clear, do not use 1973 01:35:54.399 --> 01:35:57.479 this as investment advice. But I've got a substat column 1974 01:35:57.479 --> 01:36:01.319 on the blog today about small modular reactors, and more importantly, 1975 01:36:01.319 --> 01:36:05.439 the bigger column is about how we're going to power 1976 01:36:05.479 --> 01:36:09.520 our future because we have, you know, we have the 1977 01:36:09.560 --> 01:36:11.479 normal needs that we're gonna have like you and I 1978 01:36:11.520 --> 01:36:14.840 and the power we use in business and industry, AI 1979 01:36:15.159 --> 01:36:19.000 and data centers that run AI are changing the game 1980 01:36:19.159 --> 01:36:23.279 because they suck up so much energy and our current 1981 01:36:23.319 --> 01:36:27.319 grid cannot support it, our current means of production cannot 1982 01:36:27.319 --> 01:36:30.920 support it. And from where I'm sitting, small modular reactors 1983 01:36:30.960 --> 01:36:31.960 is how we're going to be able. 1984 01:36:31.760 --> 01:36:32.199 To support it. 1985 01:36:32.239 --> 01:36:34.560 So there's a really good column that does a really 1986 01:36:34.600 --> 01:36:38.159 good job on that, and it's kind of why I'm invested. 1987 01:36:38.199 --> 01:36:40.840 I actually talked to my financial advisor today and I 1988 01:36:40.880 --> 01:36:44.520 was telling her about my little gamble. You know, I 1989 01:36:44.560 --> 01:36:47.760 have like I have like reasonable investments where I have 1990 01:36:47.800 --> 01:36:50.439 mutual funds and stuff like that. But then I told 1991 01:36:50.520 --> 01:36:52.520 Chuck maybe three months ago. I was like, Okay, Chuck, 1992 01:36:52.520 --> 01:36:55.279 I'm taking five hundred bucks and I am in buying 1993 01:36:55.279 --> 01:36:57.119 stock in this company because I think this is a 1994 01:36:57.199 --> 01:36:59.279 thing for the future and I'm not going to spend 1995 01:36:59.319 --> 01:37:00.840 a lot of money. But I have to understand I 1996 01:37:00.840 --> 01:37:03.239 could be wrong and I could lose every single dollar. 1997 01:37:03.680 --> 01:37:05.479 And he was like, do what, Dish, Just do it, 1998 01:37:05.640 --> 01:37:08.000 Just go ahead. So I was talking to my financial 1999 01:37:08.039 --> 01:37:10.000 advisor today and I was like, Okay, I've gone down 2000 01:37:10.000 --> 01:37:12.479 this rabbit hole and I've read all this stuff and 2001 01:37:12.520 --> 01:37:15.439 she's like, well, you know, your thinking is good, so 2002 01:37:15.479 --> 01:37:18.520 we'll see what happens. It is not a short term investment, 2003 01:37:18.720 --> 01:37:20.840 just to let you know this is not a run 2004 01:37:20.880 --> 01:37:23.000 it up and then no, this is a long term 2005 01:37:23.039 --> 01:37:27.039 investment situation because they're years away from any sort of profitability. 2006 01:37:27.399 --> 01:37:29.920 They just are. So that is on the blog today 2007 01:37:30.000 --> 01:37:34.239 as well. There is a story from The Babylon Bee. 2008 01:37:34.920 --> 01:37:37.359 They do a podcast every week that is very, very 2009 01:37:37.359 --> 01:37:40.840 funny for not the Bee. And you guys have to 2010 01:37:40.840 --> 01:37:46.239 see when when I hear school board candidates saying, we 2011 01:37:46.319 --> 01:37:49.079 don't really need to worry about boys and girls' sports 2012 01:37:49.159 --> 01:37:53.159 because it's not happening here. It's not happening here yet. 2013 01:37:54.039 --> 01:37:56.640 But you have got to see this story because it 2014 01:37:56.720 --> 01:38:00.000 is hilarious. There's a dude who decided he wanted to 2015 01:38:00.199 --> 01:38:03.159 swim as a woman. You look at this dude's picture. 2016 01:38:03.520 --> 01:38:06.720 He is a dude, Okay, dude. 2017 01:38:07.079 --> 01:38:10.319 The only thing that looks remotely feminine about him is 2018 01:38:10.359 --> 01:38:11.800 he is swimming with. 2019 01:38:11.800 --> 01:38:14.159 Lipstick on, because really that's all it takes. 2020 01:38:14.520 --> 01:38:16.439 I mean, right now, I don't have any lipstick on 2021 01:38:16.479 --> 01:38:18.920 because I'm working from home and I'm in my basement 2022 01:38:19.000 --> 01:38:22.560 and I don't feel good. Obviously not a woman. Wait stop, 2023 01:38:22.880 --> 01:38:25.439 I have some lipstick right here on my desk. I'll 2024 01:38:25.439 --> 01:38:30.279 put it on. Oh wait, now I'm a woman. The absurdity, 2025 01:38:30.560 --> 01:38:34.439 the absurdity of it all, Mandy, How does one get 2026 01:38:34.439 --> 01:38:36.960 involved in investing in reactors? I use an app called 2027 01:38:36.960 --> 01:38:39.439 public dot com to do my little penny stock buying 2028 01:38:40.119 --> 01:38:42.720 right now today it's thirty seven dollars. The company that 2029 01:38:42.720 --> 01:38:45.079 I'm invested in. I bought it at thirty six. It's 2030 01:38:45.079 --> 01:38:46.760 gone up to forty eight, it's come back down to 2031 01:38:46.800 --> 01:38:48.880 thirty seven. I don't care. I think they've got a 2032 01:38:48.880 --> 01:38:50.800 good thing going. It's called New Scale. But do not 2033 01:38:50.840 --> 01:38:52.439 buy that because I told you to buy it. I'm 2034 01:38:52.439 --> 01:38:54.760 not telling you to buy it, not telling you to 2035 01:38:54.760 --> 01:38:58.239 buy it at all. Grant has joined us for what's 2036 01:38:58.279 --> 01:39:01.840 sure to be a very SUCs well session of the 2037 01:39:01.840 --> 01:39:04.239 most exciting segment on the radio on its. 2038 01:39:04.119 --> 01:39:09.119 Gy in the world of the. 2039 01:39:08.880 --> 01:39:11.720 Day now because Grant is at the studio and I 2040 01:39:11.760 --> 01:39:14.359 am not because I'm sick. First of all, your thank 2041 01:39:14.399 --> 01:39:16.359 you are You're welcome Grant for me not bringing my 2042 01:39:16.399 --> 01:39:23.239 sickness in what the Democrats get my dang old husband 2043 01:39:23.239 --> 01:39:27.119 gave it to me anyway, What is our dad joke 2044 01:39:27.159 --> 01:39:27.800 of the day. Please. 2045 01:39:28.279 --> 01:39:31.720 It's easy to convince ladies not to eat tide pods, 2046 01:39:32.119 --> 01:39:34.079 but harder to deter gents. 2047 01:39:34.359 --> 01:39:39.960 Oh, burgers love that one. 2048 01:39:40.279 --> 01:39:41.479 That is fantastic. 2049 01:39:41.880 --> 01:39:43.279 Word of the day is a verb. 2050 01:39:43.960 --> 01:39:49.279 It is snarfnarf. 2051 01:39:49.399 --> 01:39:53.239 No, but it's an exclamation from from a cartoon snarf. 2052 01:39:55.239 --> 01:39:55.279 It. 2053 01:39:55.920 --> 01:39:58.720 I don't know what it means. It's just an exclamation right. 2054 01:39:58.800 --> 01:40:01.520 To eat quickly and voraciously. 2055 01:40:02.319 --> 01:40:05.359 Oh yeah, there you go. 2056 01:40:06.399 --> 01:40:08.479 By the way, the ticker number for for that stock 2057 01:40:08.560 --> 01:40:11.439 that I'm not telling you to buy. Okay, s m 2058 01:40:11.560 --> 01:40:15.199 R Small Modular Reactor. But that's not the company's name. Okay. 2059 01:40:15.199 --> 01:40:19.600 What is the adjective erinaceous mean e r i N 2060 01:40:19.800 --> 01:40:21.880 a satious nation. 2061 01:40:23.600 --> 01:40:23.880 Lawn. 2062 01:40:24.640 --> 01:40:28.720 Oh that's actually you're really good at making airs. 2063 01:40:29.279 --> 01:40:31.000 Except it's e r i N. 2064 01:40:31.359 --> 01:40:33.840 Right, Well, it's hedgelog hedgehog. 2065 01:40:34.199 --> 01:40:37.479 Like if someone reminds you of a hedgehog, whether whether 2066 01:40:37.560 --> 01:40:41.319 in their physical appearance or their prickly personality, you might 2067 01:40:41.359 --> 01:40:43.119 describe them as erinaceous. 2068 01:40:43.399 --> 01:40:46.640 For instance, porn star Ron Jeremy is ernaceous. 2069 01:40:46.800 --> 01:40:49.680 Benjamin, Oh no, he's not. 2070 01:40:50.920 --> 01:40:53.880 No, no, what's our Jeopardy category? 2071 01:40:53.920 --> 01:40:54.159 Grant? 2072 01:40:54.199 --> 01:40:56.920 Are you preparedness like not answer until the end of 2073 01:40:56.920 --> 01:40:57.319 the question. 2074 01:40:57.600 --> 01:41:01.600 Yes, Well, I'm I'm trying to win. I'm gonna try 2075 01:41:01.640 --> 01:41:02.439 something different here today. 2076 01:41:02.439 --> 01:41:04.279 I'm going to give you guys two options for categories, 2077 01:41:04.319 --> 01:41:05.479 and if it's a tile to I'll. 2078 01:41:05.319 --> 01:41:06.840 Break the tiles. See if you guys both agree which 2079 01:41:06.840 --> 01:41:07.640 one you want to do? 2080 01:41:07.640 --> 01:41:10.039 Do you either get to choose between please bear with 2081 01:41:10.119 --> 01:41:11.600 me or let's play cards? 2082 01:41:12.760 --> 01:41:13.720 Mandy, what do you think? 2083 01:41:14.119 --> 01:41:16.119 I of course would go please bear with me because 2084 01:41:16.119 --> 01:41:18.159 it's a numbers category and I'm not good at cards, 2085 01:41:18.199 --> 01:41:19.680 so I would like, please bear with. 2086 01:41:19.680 --> 01:41:20.199 Let's do it. 2087 01:41:20.640 --> 01:41:22.119 She said she's not good at cards grants. Are you 2088 01:41:22.159 --> 01:41:22.720 good at cards? 2089 01:41:22.880 --> 01:41:23.039 No? 2090 01:41:23.239 --> 01:41:26.000 Okay, then let's category bear with me. 2091 01:41:27.079 --> 01:41:30.720 A February twenty twenty three headline said, this movie about 2092 01:41:30.720 --> 01:41:33.920 one seriously hopped up bear Gran Grant. 2093 01:41:34.079 --> 01:41:37.119 What is cocaine bearg Have you either of you seen it? 2094 01:41:37.159 --> 01:41:37.479 Is it good? 2095 01:41:37.640 --> 01:41:38.319 I would never seen it? 2096 01:41:38.319 --> 01:41:40.039 No, but it looks funny. I've heard it's very funny. 2097 01:41:40.039 --> 01:41:42.920 Actually, Waka waka to voice this mummy Fanny? 2098 01:41:43.319 --> 01:41:44.199 What is Fazzy Bear? 2099 01:41:44.319 --> 01:41:45.199 That is correct? 2100 01:41:46.199 --> 01:41:50.760 Movie within a movie time in the Unbearable Weight of 2101 01:41:50.840 --> 01:41:54.920 massive talent. Nick Cage and Pedro Pascal swoon over this 2102 01:41:55.159 --> 01:41:57.439 brit based bear two. 2103 01:41:58.319 --> 01:42:01.920 So the second grand Grant? No, I don't know, Oh. 2104 01:42:02.000 --> 01:42:04.119 Manny, what is Grant? 2105 01:42:04.560 --> 01:42:04.640 No? 2106 01:42:04.760 --> 01:42:06.319 You're out there, rand No, go for it. 2107 01:42:06.880 --> 01:42:08.159 That would be what is Paddington? 2108 01:42:08.239 --> 01:42:10.479 That is correct? What a great movie that is that? 2109 01:42:11.119 --> 01:42:12.119 Are you talking about Paddington? 2110 01:42:12.680 --> 01:42:13.960 About the Unbearable Weight? 2111 01:42:14.319 --> 01:42:17.239 I got to tell you that movie is so underrated. 2112 01:42:17.439 --> 01:42:19.119 I love that movie. 2113 01:42:19.439 --> 01:42:21.439 What I love that too? Is also great? 2114 01:42:22.199 --> 01:42:23.680 All the Paddington movies are adorable. 2115 01:42:23.680 --> 01:42:24.760 From Darcas Peru. 2116 01:42:25.039 --> 01:42:26.039 Anyway, go ahead. 2117 01:42:26.079 --> 01:42:30.720 This man as Jackie Moon after a stint grant. 2118 01:42:30.439 --> 01:42:31.399 Who is will Ferrell? 2119 01:42:31.520 --> 01:42:31.960 Correct? 2120 01:42:32.239 --> 01:42:33.119 Oh, let's score? 2121 01:42:33.600 --> 01:42:34.720 It is two to one? 2122 01:42:35.319 --> 01:42:37.800 Who is the two? Grant? I do you have two 2123 01:42:37.840 --> 01:42:38.279 as well? 2124 01:42:38.560 --> 01:42:38.640 No? 2125 01:42:38.840 --> 01:42:39.520 You lost one? 2126 01:42:39.640 --> 01:42:40.159 You us? 2127 01:42:40.880 --> 01:42:41.560 You said your name? 2128 01:42:41.640 --> 01:42:43.039 Oh my gosh. 2129 01:42:43.039 --> 01:42:47.079 Bill Harris provided the bare necessities as this character in 2130 01:42:47.159 --> 01:42:49.600 nineteen sixty seven's The Jungle Book. 2131 01:42:49.880 --> 01:42:56.319 Grant Grant? What is? Oh? No Bulu? Yeah, so we're. 2132 01:42:56.159 --> 01:42:58.840 Going to go to the let's play card. Okay, here 2133 01:42:58.880 --> 01:43:02.000 we go in a dish to two regular decks of 2134 01:43:02.039 --> 01:43:06.840 fifty two cards. The game of Canasta uses four of 2135 01:43:06.920 --> 01:43:11.239 these as wild cards, Grant, Grant, what is a joker? 2136 01:43:11.520 --> 01:43:13.319 That is correct? 2137 01:43:15.880 --> 01:43:16.560 What a comeback? 2138 01:43:16.800 --> 01:43:18.600 Excellent game? What are you bow Nicks? 2139 01:43:18.960 --> 01:43:19.000 You? 2140 01:43:19.039 --> 01:43:19.760 What do you do right? 2141 01:43:19.800 --> 01:43:19.920 Now? 2142 01:43:19.960 --> 01:43:22.279 You're down and now you're back? All right, don't say 2143 01:43:22.279 --> 01:43:22.560 it for the. 2144 01:43:22.520 --> 01:43:24.119 Whole game, Grant, not just in the fourth. 2145 01:43:24.119 --> 01:43:25.199 Come on, Yeah, there you go. 2146 01:43:25.800 --> 01:43:25.880 Uh. 2147 01:43:25.960 --> 01:43:28.319 We've got Heaway Sports coming up next. We'll be back 2148 01:43:28.319 --> 01:43:29.760 on Monday. I hope I'm well by then. 2149 01:43:29.800 --> 01:43:30.640 I'm sure it will be. 2150 01:43:31.199 --> 01:43:31.600 I will. 2151 01:43:31.760 --> 01:43:33.039 I'm strong like bull. 2152 01:43:33.159 --> 01:43:36.039 It's fine Catawaite Sports taking over. 2153 01:43:36.079 --> 01:43:37.600 Now, have a great weekend, guys,