October 29, 2025 • 35 mins
Colorado attorney general Phil Weiser has filed yet another lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time to block the move of Space Command from Colorado to Alabama. Will it have any effect?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Glad you're here. So much to get into.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Got to start with this one, though it'll be one
of probably twenty different topics today. Colorado Attorney General Phil
Wiser sues Trump administration over space command relocation to Alabama,
So I want to talk to you about that, and
that obviously goes lots of different places. But so much
more to kick around today as well, including the big
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announcement this morning out of Denver on six point thirty
kitsch W and Denver, there's a great morning talk show
host named Michael Brown. You're probably familiar with Michael Brown,
who was in the Bush administration as well, does a
tremendous job on air, and so big announcement made this
morning that he will be leaving six thirty KHW in
Denver and going across the hall. That's the way they're
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set up down here. We'll actually here, I'm broadcasting from
Denver today and day's going to eight point fifty KOA. Now,
Jesse Thomas, you were right in the middle of all
of that. That then opens up the morning slot right here,
six thirty KHW Denver, which is a very coveted slot
with a rich history including the legendary Peter Boyles for
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a very long stint, and then Michael will be what
nine to.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Noon, nine at noon on KOA.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Wow, also talk about a history and tradition slot.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Mike Rosen in that slot for years, and then of course.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Rush Limboss, so Michael Brown stepping into big shoes but
has very big shoes. And then Russ Kamensky is going
to go earlier.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
In the morning on KOA Colorado Morning News from five
to six with Guina Gondek, and then six to nine
and it'll be Ross with Gina, I believe, and.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Then Michael Brown from nine to noon.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
See that is that is just a great lineup. And
then of course six thirty KHW and Denver will have
what is that's a six to ten am slot.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I listened to Michael six to ten and I don't
have anything firm on this, but I think they're going
to rotate some people in and out for at least
a month or so until they auditions. I believe so well, Hey,
I want to take calls and text on that. Who
do you think the new morning host should be on
six thirty KHAW? And you're not limited any particular pool
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of folks, right so, but just who do you think
could you be? It may be a name we've never
heard of. I remember we open.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
It up one day, Jesse, when I was going to
be missing a long stretch for trial and we wanted
to add some folks to just the tremendous stable of
fill in.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Hosts that we have.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
We got great names, including Sheriff Steve Reames, who has
now hosted a bunch and is so popular. I'm shocked
every time my key card works. Orge Brockler was in,
Heidi Ganall, Christy Burton Brown. But it's fun to open
it up to new names. So you can text us
d An five seven, seven thirty nine, you know who
do you want to see in that morning slot on
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six thirty KHW And the beauty of this is and
if you if you worked here, you would know this
is one thousand percent true. This is pure meritocracy. You
may have a name of somebody they've never heard of. Whatever.
If they can put the best person on air, they
want to put the best person on air. So if
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you have somebody in mind you think would be a star,
and you know what that person may be, you, well,
then let us know. Because it is rare in the
radio business to see an open competition for a job
as coveted as morning drive host on six thirty KHW
out of Denver, and it's a you know, we're privileged
to have the show broadcast on six thirty kids W
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out of Denver, among other places on the iHeart network.
So that is exciting stuff for Michael and he will
shine there as he has before and everywhere else. So
I want to get your take on this lawsuit over
the relocation of space command. Now, the underlying premise you
may disagree with that, so you can start there is
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I think, and I'll throw in my usual caveat Donald
Trump has already been one of the greatest presidents in
American history and it's only going to get better. But
I think he screwed this one up. I think it
was the wrong decision to relocate space Command to Alabama.
I do not think that should have happened, and so
I want it here in Colorado. Now does that mean
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I think this lawsuit is going to succeed. No, I
think this lawsuit is a publicity play by Phil Wiser,
and the lawsuit is not going to succeed. I truly
wish we had space Command here. America needs space Command here,
and I wish the Trump administration had not made that mistake.
At the same time, given the importance of space Command
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to the state of Colorado, I really wish that Jared
Polis and Phil Wiser and Jenna Griswold and Michael Bennett
and John Hickenlooper and the whole bunch of them had
not gone so far out of their way to alienate
Donald Trump. I mean, we're not talking about normal political stuff.
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Oh no, Trump, you can't even be in our ballot here.
What the blank and listen, space command should be in Colorado.
Trump made a mistake there. But if you're the governor
of the state, or the attorney general or the Secretary
of State or some other grand puba, how do you
think it's going to help keep Space Command in Colorado
to go out of your way. Two, I was gonna
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say something not appropriate for a family show to.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Blank that guy.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Really, do you think that even crossed any of their
minds as they were going out of their way to
say the worst possible things about Trump try to keep
them off the ballot in Colorado, do everything they could
to poke the bear. Do you think they even thought
for a second about, Hey, how does this help the
people of Colorado? Oh, it helps me Jenna Griswold, or
me Jared Poulis, or me Phil Wiser getting the headline
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saying these things about Trump. But how does it help
the people I'm supposed to serve? How does it get
them any advantages from the federal government? And I would
never criticize elected Democrats in Colorado for typical political shots
taken at opponents. I'm not trying to censor them. But
when you decide to do truly crazy things like some
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of the stuff they've done to Trump and said about Trump, yeah,
it's just further proof they's elected Democrats in Colorado. They
don't care about you. They knew and they know that
all this stuff they're trying to do to Trump is
only going to hurt the people of Colorado, but hey,
it gets them in the paper, it elevates their profile
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among you know, the hardcore radical secular left that owns
it operates the Democratic Party nationwide. So yeah, this lawsuit
isn't going anywhere. But I really do wish we had
Space Command here in America. Would be better with space
Command here, love your take three or three seven one
three eight two five five takes da N five seven
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seven three nine Dan Trump wants to move space Command
because Colorado didn't vote for me. He's petty and small
and vindictive. Listen, I don't believe for a second any
of that is true. Do I think it was political considerations? Absolutely?
I do, But which is wrong? Let's start with that
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when it comes to space Command, it should be American
national security first, which is better served by Colorado. I
understand there were some important committees in DC that disagreed
with that and felt Alabama it'd be better on the merits.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
I just think they're wrong.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
But no, this isn't about Colorado not voting for Jared Polis.
This is about, in my opinion, this is about elected
Democrats in Colorado going to bizarre links to try to
offend Trump, try to insult Trump.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
To keep him off the ballot.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Here, think about that, the Democrats in Colorado tried to
keep Donald Trump off the ballot. You don't think that's
going to get his attention.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
That would get the attention of anyone.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Wait a second, where democracy and Democrats say Republicans are
a threat to democracy. But Democrats, from Trump's perspective, they
won't even let me on the ballot. There, now that's
going to get his attention. This has nothing to do
with the people of Colorado not voting for Donald Trump.
I think it does have to do with Democrats going
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out of their way to harm Trump and out of
their way to herb Trump.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
Dan.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
If Trump wins midterms, he will send the bl I'm
back to Colorado, Dan. I vote.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Mark and Suzanne Major for the brown slot.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Oh they're very talented, and now I'm obviously biased because
their amazing daughter was sworn into the bar Monday and
she works for a law firm as an attorney. So
now of course they'd be tremendous. Now tell me, Jesse
and I know we need to pop a break and
then we'll get to the phone lines and start taking
calls on Space Command Phil Wiser suing the Trump administration
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over the Space Command relocation. But Ryan, is Ryan going
to be in the mix the competition for that morning slot?
Speaker 4 (09:44):
I believe so.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Now I know he is not much of a morning person,
so he was going to have to make some lifestyle
changes as I would have to do the same thing,
as we are both night people. But yes, I believe
he will certainly be in the mix.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
I'll tell you.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
If Ryan wants that, Joh, I think it's going to
be very, very very hard for anybody else to get it.
Speaker 5 (10:05):
Now.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Ryan is so good, and I think all of I
heard understands that. But I do have the same question
you do, my friend, whether, yeah, whether Ryan has any
interest in getting up fairly. So we'll come back much
to talk about what do you think?
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Do you want to see this lawsuit prevail against.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
The Trump administration saying that it can a court force
Space Command to Colorado.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
And now back to the Dan Kapla Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Hey, we're talking about this headline making lawsuit that was
a whole point of it by Colorado Attorney General Phil
Wiser today suing the Trump administration over relocating the Space
Command to Alabama, Wiser arguing that that was politically motivated,
meant to punish Colorado for choosing to have the type
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of mail in voting system that it has. And again,
I think the Trump administration was wrong to move Space
Command from Colorado. I think it was a politically motivated decision.
I think this lawsuit is a no hoper. It's not
going to work, as I think Phil Wiser must know,
in part because unless I'm remembering wrong, I'm pretty darn
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sure that the Department of Defense's own inspector General had
concluded that the decision to move it to Alabama was
factually sound and well justified. Listen, I think it should
be in Colorado, clearly on the merits. But I think
this is a political play, a publicity play by Wiser,
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who's in a governor race and governor's race, pardon me,
And so I think it's wrong to get hopes up
falsely here three at three seven one three eight two
five five text d an five seven seven three nine
and above all, if all of these elected Democrats really
cared about you in the state of Colorado, then why
did go out of their way to hurt and harm
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and insult Trump to the extreme the way they did.
How did that think it was going to help you
get federal benefits? How did you think it was going
to help us keep Space Command as it should have
been kept? Here Dave and Colorado Springs here on the
Dan Kaplis show, welcome, Thank you Dan.
Speaker 6 (12:20):
In the last thirty plus years, I've lived here in
the springs, I can get on and off Peterson and
the other installations, and under the last administration, no funds
at all were spent to develop, create build a command
center for Space Command on Peterson. I can't answer about
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Buckley nor I've been on and off the Air Force
Pady and the only construction there is the rehab of
the chapel, but no construction for a command center none
under the Biden administration. So since the previous administration left
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a bunch of vacant buildings here at Peterson and they
weren't properly utilized movement.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Yeah, interesting, So that's all you're saying, you know, you're saying.
Wait a second, Phil Wiser, Wait a second, Democrats, Biden
wasn't pumping money into it, right, Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 6 (13:24):
Biden did not spend money. I mean, that's one of
his last acts was to say, okay, we want to
put it in color our springs. Then he changed his
mind four years ago. But in four years nobody spent
money to build a command Interesting now on the mall
in valid. I've got a daughter who lives in Florida.
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Fill so receiving Colorado mill in ballots in my own address.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yeah? Yeah.
Speaker 6 (13:51):
Do you want to take on Griswold with it getting that?
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Yeah? No, Hey, man, I'm with you. I understand the concern.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Believe me.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
Hey, This simple.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Reality is, once you go to mail in, you create
an opportunity for fraud that did not exist before. There
is no question about that. No matter how well you
run it, it just creates that opportunity. And so that's
the heart of the Wiser lawsuit as I see it.
I haven't read the lawsuit document, just the press at
this point this claimed that it's Trump punishing the state
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for its choice of a voting process and therefore claiming
a constitutional violation. As Wiser must know, that ain't going
anywhere because the Trump administration can show independent grounds for
the move. Now, I think the Trump administration is wrong,
and it should be in Colorado but when you've got
the DoD Inspector General saying that the decision is well justified. Yeah,
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how is Wiser's lawsuit getting anywhere? Let's go to a
true American hero who has put it all on the line.
How many combat missions? Colonel kirk Dale from Parker, Colorado.
Colonel great, to talk to you again.
Speaker 5 (15:00):
That was one hundred and fifty three. Right to talk
to you. I'm not falling on the flying end of today.
I might be able to make a couple of coaching
comments about this change of location of Space Command.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (15:20):
First of all, we need to keep in mind that
Space Command and Space Force are not the same thing.
Space Command is a large umbrella. Space Force is like
Air Force, Army, Navy. So there's that is something we
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need to keep in mind. We're moving the command, as
I understand it, out of Colorado Springs. We's not can
talk to this. In nineteen sixty to sixty four, then
seventy seven through eighty I was at Shy and where
was ego and crew or in command slots for the
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Atlas and then the mint Man three, And then in
nineteen eighty I was assigned as commander of the Ballistic
disslord the Warning System and Space Track clar Alaska. Followed
by being the commander of Paid Pause that was Preventer
Acquisition Vehicle ACTRIC Space later our system in Bill and
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in both two positions, I was responsible to Strategic are Command,
Space Command and nor Red all on the Nord and
Space Command of course headquartered in Colorad Springs. Paul Rad
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was very freely the military. What your previous caller said
about the previous administration not investing, that's true. That did
not happen now. Buckley has been well done, and that
was a sister squadron to the two organizations. When I
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was in space in Missile Warning, I hope they don't
mess with that because they've got a beautiful facility out there,
and Space Force of course is doing a good job there.
I think that was a that was a good move.
But as far as what's going on in Colorado politically
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right now, it is not friendly like it used to be,
and I think that it's probably a very good move,
and I agree with you that it is probably politically based.
But there's another factor as well, and that communication the reason.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Colonel can I ask you a favorite, because you're a
true expert at this.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Can you hold on through the break?
Speaker 1 (18:07):
I have a couple of follow up questions on the
other side, and Colonel Kurt Dale obviously has walked the
talk here right, and he has put it all on
the line, and he knows the intimate details of this.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
I want to come back a little bit of follow up.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Phil Wiser suing the Trump administration for moving Space Command.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Do you think Wiser's right? You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 4 (18:31):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
There's so much on the Attendant today.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
I do want to talk to you about this fascinating
story out of Florida where efforts been made to fire
a teacher for a birthday song she sang to a student,
And we're going to play that song for you to
get your reaction to it. In the meantime, closer to home,
Really appreciate the time of Colonel Kurt Dale from Parker.
He's been a regular guest and caller to the show,
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a great American who's served the country so bravely in combat.
Getting his take on Attorney General Phil Wiser today suing
the Trump administration over relocating.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Space Command to Alabama.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
Now Colonel Kurt was making the tremendous point that we
have to remember there's a big difference between Space Command
and Space Force, just as kind of a background point,
and then we've talked about that a little bit, but Colonel,
I want to make sure I've got your bottom line
take on this. Do you think, and as someone who
has served the way you have, including these high command
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positions you just laid out for us, do you think
Space Command should be in Colorado or should it be
in Alabama.
Speaker 5 (19:43):
I think there was a time that it's definitely needed
to be there at times and change communications and changed
are using that Space Command or DAN sorry sure, or
Centrally are located here in Colorado. Is because at a
point in time we need to be able to talk
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to satellites on the East coast, the West coast, and
to the south. But now with such an array, that's
no longer a big factor. And at a point in
time we had a paved palls or again that was
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Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle atary Space Phase RA, a warning system
in central Texas that was pulled out and actually pouring
down and taken to Alaska and installed up there in
place of the B U's system that we had there,
so things have spread out at this point in time,
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it really makes no difference to me where it sits
as a command communications is just a matter of look
at a different satellite now, or it's just no longer
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the big driving doctor of why we had all of
that here. So if the state is not doing its
job in order to support that and to make it
a desirable place, why not move it? You know, there's
there's no reason to just keep it here to satisfy
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wise hate. That's so different. You do all that he
wants to.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Colonel, let me ask you this, since you've served in
these command positions of a very similar nature, does and
I don't know the answer to this, does the politics
of the home state has any impact at all on
you know, you and the other women and men who
saying this example might be serving as space command.
Speaker 5 (22:05):
Oh, I would say absolutely. Cheyenne was just and is
a wonderful place to be stationed. And because they worked
so closely with the Air Force up there to provide
a good relationship, they had our case as an example
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when I was there, where one of the local law
enforcement leaders decided that he was going to make it
a sort of a hard case for the gis when
they went off base and you did not take care
of them. The base commander put Chyan off limits because
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of that one person, and within about forty eight hours
a whole situation have changed, and we will welcome in
talent again with pull production. That's just an example.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
What yeah, no good point.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
To be Colonel may ask you a completely different question
and then I will let you go, but I've got
to get the answer to this question.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
First.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Have you seen the movie A House of Dynamite. It's
a new hit movie out on Netflix. I think is
the worst movie ever made, and I strongly recommend nobody
watch it.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Have you seen it?
Speaker 5 (23:35):
I have not.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Would you do me a favor and watch it sometime
because I really want to get your take on whether
it's technically accurate or not. That the thrust of the
movie is that North Korea has launched a nuclear weapon
against the United States that's on track to hit Chicago,
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and then the movie tracks the response of the government
and the response of the military, you know, to that launch,
and so I'd really love to get your take on
whether it's accurate or not. The administration has come out
the movie is getting so much traction and said, it's
not accurate, but I'd really love to get your take
because you've actually done all this. So can you watch
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it and then come back and I'm going to try
to do a segment with us.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
I'd be glad. I'll watch it and I could say,
trust what you're talking about. But when it comes to warning,
are you're still just looking for something ballistic that's coming in?
Can you at this point in time, the chances are
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we are able to do a lot more than we
once we're able to. You know, in nineteen eighty five,
we shot down our first the first satellite was ever
shot down. Pay Paul's deal was able to track it
to predict to the Dino second where it would be
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located five years from the time that they started the planning,
and I was no longer there when they actually shot
it down. By rose there when the planning was being
done and initiated that, an F fifteen went over Vandenburg
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down range about three hundred miles, pitched up, shot an
intercept missile that tracked right into this decaying satellite that
had been chosen and shot it down. Of course, just
turned him too itty bitty pieces, and that was the
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first time that a satellite had ever been shot down
from the ground.
Speaker 4 (26:00):
Well, I would.
Speaker 5 (26:03):
So, yeah, where are we now? I imagine? Well we
did see it. Where we are now because we could
see how the Ausraelians are able to take down so
many of the incoming missiles.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Well, I would be so grateful if you would watch it, colonel,
giving your expertise and experience. And a House of Dynamite
is the name of the movie. And then just hit
me on my cell if you're having trouble finding it.
Very good, Thank you, sir, appreciate the time.
Speaker 5 (26:33):
I'm sure about it.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
Thank you, you take care of colonel. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
That is Colonel kirk Dale. And boy, I must have
lost my persuasive abilities here. Listen to this text, Dan,
spoiler alert. Watch that House of Dynamite movie last night.
You were one hundred percent right and the movie was
great up until the ending. Well why did you watch it?
I spent yesterday's show saying this is the worst movie
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I've ever seen. Do not watch and spoiler alert because
this movie is getting a lot of hype and it's
getting an awful lot of attention. It is a fantastic
movie up until the end. You know the scenario, right, Okay,
North Korea's launched ANWKE gets headed for Chicago, the reaction
of the government. Great acting, very well produced, very compelling movie.
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Why is it an insult to you? It is an
absolute insult to you. It is abusive of you because
you know what they do at the end. They build
this whole movie around what is the president going to
decide to do. Is the president going to retaliate and
choose one of the options where there's a preemptive strike
now on all of our enemies, or is the president
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going to allow the casualties in Chicago ten million dead
in order to preserve the rest of the nation in
the world. It's beautifully put together up to that very
endpoint in the movie, and then they just ended. They
ended before he makes a decision. It's the most arrogant, elitist,
offensive thing I've ever seen in a movie, because it's
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some arrogant, abusive lefty who's willing to burn all of
your time to make their political point. In the end
that oh, this is what you need to think about.
Such garbage, So please don't waste your time. Don't watch it.
If you do, watch it. You'll see it the same
way I do. And it's a shame because it's been
so well made up to that point. Hey, when we
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come back and I'm talking about again, the name of
the movie is a House of Dynamite. I'll get to
our jam phone lines. Everybody in the line, I will
get you on air in the next segment. That's a
promise talking about Phil Wiser suing the Trump administration to
try to stop Space Command from being moved to Alabama.
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 4 (28:50):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 7 (28:53):
They have just been rocking a low IQ person.
Speaker 8 (28:55):
They have.
Speaker 7 (28:57):
AOC's low IQ. You give her to I like you Tess,
have her passed? Like the exams that I decided to
take that cognitive tests. Let Aoz go against Trump. Let
Jasmine go against from I. Don't they get a Jasmine.
The first couple of questions there is a tiger and elephants.
Speaker 5 (29:16):
As you have.
Speaker 7 (29:16):
You know, when you get up to about five or six,
and then when you get up to ten and twenty
and twenty five, they couldn't come close to answering any
of those questions.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
Only President Trump can make his Annual medical Exam. Hilarious
And if you get a chance to see that video,
the best part of it is Marco Rubio in the background.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Did you see that Jesse trying to keep a straight
face in the background as President.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Trump is talking about the bears and the zebras and
elephants and everything else. It's great. There's more where that
came from. Hey, what we're talking about right now is
Phil Wiser has filed suit today, getting a lot of
attention around the country, arguing that Space Command cannot be
moved out of Colorado, that the Trump had administration acted unconstitutionally,
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alleging that the Trump administration is moving Space Command because
we have mail in voting and he's using statements. President
Trump made it the announcement to support that. So I
think the move was politically motivated and a bad decision.
I wish the Trump administration had not done that. I
think this lawsuit is ultimately a no hoper, whether they
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get a preliminary injunction or not, for a lot of reasons,
including the DOJ Inspector General came out independently and said
that there were I think I'm quoting this right factually
sound and well justified reasons for moving it to Alabama,
But just getting your take on all of this. And
as we go to the phone lines again, what this
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helps remind us all of is that these elected democrats
in Colorado truly don't care about the people at Colorado.
If they did, then they wouldn't have gone out of
their way to hurt Trump, way beyond normal political discourse,
out of their way to hurt Trump knowing you know
that if he won, he would control all this sort
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of decision making, all the federal benefits for Colorado, et cetera.
How does it help the people of Colorado to go
out of your way to try to keep him off
the ballot here? That kind of extraordinary stuff. Yeah, those
those aren't people who are looking out for your best interests.
Let's go to Bill first here on the Dan caplish'll
welcome Hey Bill by Dan.
Speaker 8 (31:31):
Hi Dan, this is Bill, and thanks for receiving this call. Sure,
I've got an opinion, it's not much more than that.
But I'm a retired bed retired airport into that. But
I wasn't in the space command at all. Your question
in why Colorado would would? I guess they have none
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much say so but why would the government want to
move Space Command Alabama. I can offer you my opinion
on that, and it relates directly to a political thing.
It wasn't but about three months ago that.
Speaker 6 (32:06):
The governor Polpos was talking about.
Speaker 8 (32:11):
He wanted to build a bridge around the governor's area,
and all of a sudden there was a big no
on that. I mean, people rejected that. But then he
turned around and he indicated to the people that there's
a big short pall in the state's debt and it
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was like one point eight billion something like that. And
I'm not trying to be exact in that, but I
think you know what I mean. The issue is this
guy woffles left and right, and I don't understand how
it could only happen in a blue state. To happen
this way is to have people what are they thinking
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when they think Space Commands moving? And why would it move?
Because Polpas is not the kind of guy who's going
to take that money and treat it earnestly. There's something
involved in that, and that's the only reason I can
think of that there would be a big rejection. Not
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to mention the fact that I wish that people in
Colorado would start to wake up and realize, wait a minute,
we're not talking about Colorado by itself, We're talking about
the whole country.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Yeah, well, Bill, sure, appreciate that very much. Appreciate your service,
my friend. Want to try to get everybody in here.
We'll go next to Scott says, thirty five years in aerospace.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
You're on the Dan Kapla show. Welcome Scott, oh Dan.
Speaker 6 (33:52):
And last time I met you was in front of
mc nichols. We were having a beer before an avalanche.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Oh man, huh it was.
Speaker 5 (34:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (34:04):
So I've uh, thirty of those years were out here
in Colorado, and then I spent five years, last five
years out in the Sacramento area. I've worked on all
sorts of different projects, you name it, I've done it.
And I've traveled a lot of my job from here
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to New York, to Florida, to Texas, to California, all
the way up to Washington, liooning. And I mean, I
would think it would be neat to have this face
command here, But.
Speaker 9 (34:44):
I think that was it an admiral that called a
couple of two calls ago. Colonel colonel, yeah, colonel he uh,
he kind of said it right nowadays, you know, because
of community communication and.
Speaker 6 (34:58):
We're spread out all over geographically, you can't really say,
you know, Denver would be an advantage over Alabama. Alabama
would be an advantage for Eastern range Test range launches,
although most of the military launches come out of Vandenburgh
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over in California, so you know, California would be a
great spot too, But it's stink. No one wants to
have anything al And.
Speaker 1 (35:28):
Scott's so sorry to interrupt the music means we're at
a hard end, but really appreciate your expertise and and
your memory.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
Of that Becket McNichols arena. But hey, when we co back,
will continue this.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
But then an amazing story out of Florida teacher under
fire for a birthday song.
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Glad you're here. So much to get into.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Got to start with this one, though it'll be one
of probably twenty different topics today. Colorado Attorney General Phil
Wiser sues Trump administration over space command relocation to Alabama,
So I want to talk to you about that, and
that obviously goes lots of different places. But so much
more to kick around today as well, including the big
(00:45):
announcement this morning out of Denver on six point thirty
kitsch W and Denver, there's a great morning talk show
host named Michael Brown. You're probably familiar with Michael Brown,
who was in the Bush administration as well, does a
tremendous job on air, and so big announcement made this
morning that he will be leaving six thirty KHW in
Denver and going across the hall. That's the way they're
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set up down here. We'll actually here, I'm broadcasting from
Denver today and day's going to eight point fifty KOA. Now,
Jesse Thomas, you were right in the middle of all
of that. That then opens up the morning slot right here,
six thirty KHW Denver, which is a very coveted slot
with a rich history including the legendary Peter Boyles for
(01:29):
a very long stint, and then Michael will be what
nine to.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Noon, nine at noon on KOA.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Wow, also talk about a history and tradition slot.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Mike Rosen in that slot for years, and then of course.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Rush Limboss, so Michael Brown stepping into big shoes but
has very big shoes. And then Russ Kamensky is going
to go earlier.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
In the morning on KOA Colorado Morning News from five
to six with Guina Gondek, and then six to nine
and it'll be Ross with Gina, I believe, and.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Then Michael Brown from nine to noon.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
See that is that is just a great lineup. And
then of course six thirty KHW and Denver will have
what is that's a six to ten am slot.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I listened to Michael six to ten and I don't
have anything firm on this, but I think they're going
to rotate some people in and out for at least
a month or so until they auditions. I believe so well, Hey,
I want to take calls and text on that. Who
do you think the new morning host should be on
six thirty KHAW? And you're not limited any particular pool
(02:34):
of folks, right so, but just who do you think
could you be? It may be a name we've never
heard of. I remember we open.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
It up one day, Jesse, when I was going to
be missing a long stretch for trial and we wanted
to add some folks to just the tremendous stable of
fill in.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Hosts that we have.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
We got great names, including Sheriff Steve Reames, who has
now hosted a bunch and is so popular. I'm shocked
every time my key card works. Orge Brockler was in,
Heidi Ganall, Christy Burton Brown. But it's fun to open
it up to new names. So you can text us
d An five seven, seven thirty nine, you know who
do you want to see in that morning slot on
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six thirty KHW And the beauty of this is and
if you if you worked here, you would know this
is one thousand percent true. This is pure meritocracy. You
may have a name of somebody they've never heard of. Whatever.
If they can put the best person on air, they
want to put the best person on air. So if
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you have somebody in mind you think would be a star,
and you know what that person may be, you, well,
then let us know. Because it is rare in the
radio business to see an open competition for a job
as coveted as morning drive host on six thirty KHW
out of Denver, and it's a you know, we're privileged
to have the show broadcast on six thirty kids W
(03:54):
out of Denver, among other places on the iHeart network.
So that is exciting stuff for Michael and he will
shine there as he has before and everywhere else. So
I want to get your take on this lawsuit over
the relocation of space command. Now, the underlying premise you
may disagree with that, so you can start there is
(04:17):
I think, and I'll throw in my usual caveat Donald
Trump has already been one of the greatest presidents in
American history and it's only going to get better. But
I think he screwed this one up. I think it
was the wrong decision to relocate space Command to Alabama.
I do not think that should have happened, and so
I want it here in Colorado. Now does that mean
(04:39):
I think this lawsuit is going to succeed. No, I
think this lawsuit is a publicity play by Phil Wiser,
and the lawsuit is not going to succeed. I truly
wish we had space Command here. America needs space Command here,
and I wish the Trump administration had not made that mistake.
At the same time, given the importance of space Command
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to the state of Colorado, I really wish that Jared
Polis and Phil Wiser and Jenna Griswold and Michael Bennett
and John Hickenlooper and the whole bunch of them had
not gone so far out of their way to alienate
Donald Trump. I mean, we're not talking about normal political stuff.
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Oh no, Trump, you can't even be in our ballot here.
What the blank and listen, space command should be in Colorado.
Trump made a mistake there. But if you're the governor
of the state, or the attorney general or the Secretary
of State or some other grand puba, how do you
think it's going to help keep Space Command in Colorado
to go out of your way. Two, I was gonna
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say something not appropriate for a family show to.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Blank that guy.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Really, do you think that even crossed any of their
minds as they were going out of their way to
say the worst possible things about Trump try to keep
them off the ballot in Colorado, do everything they could
to poke the bear. Do you think they even thought
for a second about, Hey, how does this help the
people of Colorado? Oh, it helps me Jenna Griswold, or
me Jared Poulis, or me Phil Wiser getting the headline
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saying these things about Trump. But how does it help
the people I'm supposed to serve? How does it get
them any advantages from the federal government? And I would
never criticize elected Democrats in Colorado for typical political shots
taken at opponents. I'm not trying to censor them. But
when you decide to do truly crazy things like some
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of the stuff they've done to Trump and said about Trump, yeah,
it's just further proof they's elected Democrats in Colorado. They
don't care about you. They knew and they know that
all this stuff they're trying to do to Trump is
only going to hurt the people of Colorado, but hey,
it gets them in the paper, it elevates their profile
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among you know, the hardcore radical secular left that owns
it operates the Democratic Party nationwide. So yeah, this lawsuit
isn't going anywhere. But I really do wish we had
Space Command here in America. Would be better with space
Command here, love your take three or three seven one
three eight two five five takes da N five seven
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seven three nine Dan Trump wants to move space Command
because Colorado didn't vote for me. He's petty and small
and vindictive. Listen, I don't believe for a second any
of that is true. Do I think it was political considerations? Absolutely?
I do, But which is wrong? Let's start with that
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when it comes to space Command, it should be American
national security first, which is better served by Colorado. I
understand there were some important committees in DC that disagreed
with that and felt Alabama it'd be better on the merits.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
I just think they're wrong.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
But no, this isn't about Colorado not voting for Jared Polis.
This is about, in my opinion, this is about elected
Democrats in Colorado going to bizarre links to try to
offend Trump, try to insult Trump.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
To keep him off the ballot.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Here, think about that, the Democrats in Colorado tried to
keep Donald Trump off the ballot. You don't think that's
going to get his attention.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
That would get the attention of anyone.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Wait a second, where democracy and Democrats say Republicans are
a threat to democracy. But Democrats, from Trump's perspective, they
won't even let me on the ballot. There, now that's
going to get his attention. This has nothing to do
with the people of Colorado not voting for Donald Trump.
I think it does have to do with Democrats going
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out of their way to harm Trump and out of
their way to herb Trump.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
Dan.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
If Trump wins midterms, he will send the bl I'm
back to Colorado, Dan. I vote.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Mark and Suzanne Major for the brown slot.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Oh they're very talented, and now I'm obviously biased because
their amazing daughter was sworn into the bar Monday and
she works for a law firm as an attorney. So
now of course they'd be tremendous. Now tell me, Jesse
and I know we need to pop a break and
then we'll get to the phone lines and start taking
calls on Space Command Phil Wiser suing the Trump administration
(09:36):
over the Space Command relocation. But Ryan, is Ryan going
to be in the mix the competition for that morning slot?
Speaker 4 (09:44):
I believe so.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Now I know he is not much of a morning person,
so he was going to have to make some lifestyle
changes as I would have to do the same thing,
as we are both night people. But yes, I believe
he will certainly be in the mix.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
I'll tell you.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
If Ryan wants that, Joh, I think it's going to
be very, very very hard for anybody else to get it.
Speaker 5 (10:05):
Now.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Ryan is so good, and I think all of I
heard understands that. But I do have the same question
you do, my friend, whether, yeah, whether Ryan has any
interest in getting up fairly. So we'll come back much
to talk about what do you think?
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Do you want to see this lawsuit prevail against.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
The Trump administration saying that it can a court force
Space Command to Colorado.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
And now back to the Dan Kapla Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Hey, we're talking about this headline making lawsuit that was
a whole point of it by Colorado Attorney General Phil
Wiser today suing the Trump administration over relocating the Space
Command to Alabama, Wiser arguing that that was politically motivated,
meant to punish Colorado for choosing to have the type
(10:57):
of mail in voting system that it has. And again,
I think the Trump administration was wrong to move Space
Command from Colorado. I think it was a politically motivated decision.
I think this lawsuit is a no hoper. It's not
going to work, as I think Phil Wiser must know,
in part because unless I'm remembering wrong, I'm pretty darn
(11:18):
sure that the Department of Defense's own inspector General had
concluded that the decision to move it to Alabama was
factually sound and well justified. Listen, I think it should
be in Colorado, clearly on the merits. But I think
this is a political play, a publicity play by Wiser,
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who's in a governor race and governor's race, pardon me,
And so I think it's wrong to get hopes up
falsely here three at three seven one three eight two
five five text d an five seven seven three nine
and above all, if all of these elected Democrats really
cared about you in the state of Colorado, then why
did go out of their way to hurt and harm
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and insult Trump to the extreme the way they did.
How did that think it was going to help you
get federal benefits? How did you think it was going
to help us keep Space Command as it should have
been kept? Here Dave and Colorado Springs here on the
Dan Kaplis show, welcome, Thank you Dan.
Speaker 6 (12:20):
In the last thirty plus years, I've lived here in
the springs, I can get on and off Peterson and
the other installations, and under the last administration, no funds
at all were spent to develop, create build a command
center for Space Command on Peterson. I can't answer about
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Buckley nor I've been on and off the Air Force
Pady and the only construction there is the rehab of
the chapel, but no construction for a command center none
under the Biden administration. So since the previous administration left
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a bunch of vacant buildings here at Peterson and they
weren't properly utilized movement.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Yeah, interesting, So that's all you're saying, you know, you're saying.
Wait a second, Phil Wiser, Wait a second, Democrats, Biden
wasn't pumping money into it, right, Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 6 (13:24):
Biden did not spend money. I mean, that's one of
his last acts was to say, okay, we want to
put it in color our springs. Then he changed his
mind four years ago. But in four years nobody spent
money to build a command Interesting now on the mall
in valid. I've got a daughter who lives in Florida.
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Fill so receiving Colorado mill in ballots in my own address.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yeah? Yeah.
Speaker 6 (13:51):
Do you want to take on Griswold with it getting that?
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Yeah? No, Hey, man, I'm with you. I understand the concern.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Believe me.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
Hey, This simple.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Reality is, once you go to mail in, you create
an opportunity for fraud that did not exist before. There
is no question about that. No matter how well you
run it, it just creates that opportunity. And so that's
the heart of the Wiser lawsuit as I see it.
I haven't read the lawsuit document, just the press at
this point this claimed that it's Trump punishing the state
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for its choice of a voting process and therefore claiming
a constitutional violation. As Wiser must know, that ain't going
anywhere because the Trump administration can show independent grounds for
the move. Now, I think the Trump administration is wrong,
and it should be in Colorado but when you've got
the DoD Inspector General saying that the decision is well justified. Yeah,
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how is Wiser's lawsuit getting anywhere? Let's go to a
true American hero who has put it all on the line.
How many combat missions? Colonel kirk Dale from Parker, Colorado.
Colonel great, to talk to you again.
Speaker 5 (15:00):
That was one hundred and fifty three. Right to talk
to you. I'm not falling on the flying end of today.
I might be able to make a couple of coaching
comments about this change of location of Space Command.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (15:20):
First of all, we need to keep in mind that
Space Command and Space Force are not the same thing.
Space Command is a large umbrella. Space Force is like
Air Force, Army, Navy. So there's that is something we
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need to keep in mind. We're moving the command, as
I understand it, out of Colorado Springs. We's not can
talk to this. In nineteen sixty to sixty four, then
seventy seven through eighty I was at Shy and where
was ego and crew or in command slots for the
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Atlas and then the mint Man three, And then in
nineteen eighty I was assigned as commander of the Ballistic
disslord the Warning System and Space Track clar Alaska. Followed
by being the commander of Paid Pause that was Preventer
Acquisition Vehicle ACTRIC Space later our system in Bill and
(16:36):
in both two positions, I was responsible to Strategic are Command,
Space Command and nor Red all on the Nord and
Space Command of course headquartered in Colorad Springs. Paul Rad
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was very freely the military. What your previous caller said
about the previous administration not investing, that's true. That did
not happen now. Buckley has been well done, and that
was a sister squadron to the two organizations. When I
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was in space in Missile Warning, I hope they don't
mess with that because they've got a beautiful facility out there,
and Space Force of course is doing a good job there.
I think that was a that was a good move.
But as far as what's going on in Colorado politically
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right now, it is not friendly like it used to be,
and I think that it's probably a very good move,
and I agree with you that it is probably politically based.
But there's another factor as well, and that communication the reason.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Colonel can I ask you a favorite, because you're a
true expert at this.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Can you hold on through the break?
Speaker 1 (18:07):
I have a couple of follow up questions on the
other side, and Colonel Kurt Dale obviously has walked the
talk here right, and he has put it all on
the line, and he knows the intimate details of this.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
I want to come back a little bit of follow up.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Phil Wiser suing the Trump administration for moving Space Command.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Do you think Wiser's right? You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 4 (18:31):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
There's so much on the Attendant today.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
I do want to talk to you about this fascinating
story out of Florida where efforts been made to fire
a teacher for a birthday song she sang to a student,
And we're going to play that song for you to
get your reaction to it. In the meantime, closer to home,
Really appreciate the time of Colonel Kurt Dale from Parker.
He's been a regular guest and caller to the show,
(18:58):
a great American who's served the country so bravely in combat.
Getting his take on Attorney General Phil Wiser today suing
the Trump administration over relocating.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Space Command to Alabama.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
Now Colonel Kurt was making the tremendous point that we
have to remember there's a big difference between Space Command
and Space Force, just as kind of a background point,
and then we've talked about that a little bit, but Colonel,
I want to make sure I've got your bottom line
take on this. Do you think, and as someone who
has served the way you have, including these high command
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positions you just laid out for us, do you think
Space Command should be in Colorado or should it be
in Alabama.
Speaker 5 (19:43):
I think there was a time that it's definitely needed
to be there at times and change communications and changed
are using that Space Command or DAN sorry sure, or
Centrally are located here in Colorado. Is because at a
point in time we need to be able to talk
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to satellites on the East coast, the West coast, and
to the south. But now with such an array, that's
no longer a big factor. And at a point in
time we had a paved palls or again that was
(20:24):
Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle atary Space Phase RA, a warning system
in central Texas that was pulled out and actually pouring
down and taken to Alaska and installed up there in
place of the B U's system that we had there,
so things have spread out at this point in time,
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it really makes no difference to me where it sits
as a command communications is just a matter of look
at a different satellite now, or it's just no longer
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the big driving doctor of why we had all of
that here. So if the state is not doing its
job in order to support that and to make it
a desirable place, why not move it? You know, there's
there's no reason to just keep it here to satisfy
(21:35):
wise hate. That's so different. You do all that he
wants to.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Colonel, let me ask you this, since you've served in
these command positions of a very similar nature, does and
I don't know the answer to this, does the politics
of the home state has any impact at all on
you know, you and the other women and men who
saying this example might be serving as space command.
Speaker 5 (22:05):
Oh, I would say absolutely. Cheyenne was just and is
a wonderful place to be stationed. And because they worked
so closely with the Air Force up there to provide
a good relationship, they had our case as an example
(22:29):
when I was there, where one of the local law
enforcement leaders decided that he was going to make it
a sort of a hard case for the gis when
they went off base and you did not take care
of them. The base commander put Chyan off limits because
(22:56):
of that one person, and within about forty eight hours
a whole situation have changed, and we will welcome in
talent again with pull production. That's just an example.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
What yeah, no good point.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
To be Colonel may ask you a completely different question
and then I will let you go, but I've got
to get the answer to this question.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
First.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Have you seen the movie A House of Dynamite. It's
a new hit movie out on Netflix. I think is
the worst movie ever made, and I strongly recommend nobody
watch it.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Have you seen it?
Speaker 5 (23:35):
I have not.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Would you do me a favor and watch it sometime
because I really want to get your take on whether
it's technically accurate or not. That the thrust of the
movie is that North Korea has launched a nuclear weapon
against the United States that's on track to hit Chicago,
(23:57):
and then the movie tracks the response of the government
and the response of the military, you know, to that launch,
and so I'd really love to get your take on
whether it's accurate or not. The administration has come out
the movie is getting so much traction and said, it's
not accurate, but I'd really love to get your take
because you've actually done all this. So can you watch
(24:20):
it and then come back and I'm going to try
to do a segment with us.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
I'd be glad. I'll watch it and I could say,
trust what you're talking about. But when it comes to warning,
are you're still just looking for something ballistic that's coming in?
Can you at this point in time, the chances are
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we are able to do a lot more than we
once we're able to. You know, in nineteen eighty five,
we shot down our first the first satellite was ever
shot down. Pay Paul's deal was able to track it
to predict to the Dino second where it would be
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located five years from the time that they started the planning,
and I was no longer there when they actually shot
it down. By rose there when the planning was being
done and initiated that, an F fifteen went over Vandenburg
(25:33):
down range about three hundred miles, pitched up, shot an
intercept missile that tracked right into this decaying satellite that
had been chosen and shot it down. Of course, just
turned him too itty bitty pieces, and that was the
(25:54):
first time that a satellite had ever been shot down
from the ground.
Speaker 4 (26:00):
Well, I would.
Speaker 5 (26:03):
So, yeah, where are we now? I imagine? Well we
did see it. Where we are now because we could
see how the Ausraelians are able to take down so
many of the incoming missiles.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Well, I would be so grateful if you would watch it, colonel,
giving your expertise and experience. And a House of Dynamite
is the name of the movie. And then just hit
me on my cell if you're having trouble finding it.
Very good, Thank you, sir, appreciate the time.
Speaker 5 (26:33):
I'm sure about it.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
Thank you, you take care of colonel. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
That is Colonel kirk Dale. And boy, I must have
lost my persuasive abilities here. Listen to this text, Dan,
spoiler alert. Watch that House of Dynamite movie last night.
You were one hundred percent right and the movie was
great up until the ending. Well why did you watch it?
I spent yesterday's show saying this is the worst movie
(26:58):
I've ever seen. Do not watch and spoiler alert because
this movie is getting a lot of hype and it's
getting an awful lot of attention. It is a fantastic
movie up until the end. You know the scenario, right, Okay,
North Korea's launched ANWKE gets headed for Chicago, the reaction
of the government. Great acting, very well produced, very compelling movie.
(27:22):
Why is it an insult to you? It is an
absolute insult to you. It is abusive of you because
you know what they do at the end. They build
this whole movie around what is the president going to
decide to do. Is the president going to retaliate and
choose one of the options where there's a preemptive strike
now on all of our enemies, or is the president
(27:44):
going to allow the casualties in Chicago ten million dead
in order to preserve the rest of the nation in
the world. It's beautifully put together up to that very
endpoint in the movie, and then they just ended. They
ended before he makes a decision. It's the most arrogant, elitist,
offensive thing I've ever seen in a movie, because it's
(28:07):
some arrogant, abusive lefty who's willing to burn all of
your time to make their political point. In the end
that oh, this is what you need to think about.
Such garbage, So please don't waste your time. Don't watch it.
If you do, watch it. You'll see it the same
way I do. And it's a shame because it's been
so well made up to that point. Hey, when we
(28:30):
come back and I'm talking about again, the name of
the movie is a House of Dynamite. I'll get to
our jam phone lines. Everybody in the line, I will
get you on air in the next segment. That's a
promise talking about Phil Wiser suing the Trump administration to
try to stop Space Command from being moved to Alabama.
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 4 (28:50):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 7 (28:53):
They have just been rocking a low IQ person.
Speaker 8 (28:55):
They have.
Speaker 7 (28:57):
AOC's low IQ. You give her to I like you Tess,
have her passed? Like the exams that I decided to
take that cognitive tests. Let Aoz go against Trump. Let
Jasmine go against from I. Don't they get a Jasmine.
The first couple of questions there is a tiger and elephants.
Speaker 5 (29:16):
As you have.
Speaker 7 (29:16):
You know, when you get up to about five or six,
and then when you get up to ten and twenty
and twenty five, they couldn't come close to answering any
of those questions.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
Only President Trump can make his Annual medical Exam. Hilarious
And if you get a chance to see that video,
the best part of it is Marco Rubio in the background.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Did you see that Jesse trying to keep a straight
face in the background as President.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Trump is talking about the bears and the zebras and
elephants and everything else. It's great. There's more where that
came from. Hey, what we're talking about right now is
Phil Wiser has filed suit today, getting a lot of
attention around the country, arguing that Space Command cannot be
moved out of Colorado, that the Trump had administration acted unconstitutionally,
(30:03):
alleging that the Trump administration is moving Space Command because
we have mail in voting and he's using statements. President
Trump made it the announcement to support that. So I
think the move was politically motivated and a bad decision.
I wish the Trump administration had not done that. I
think this lawsuit is ultimately a no hoper, whether they
(30:25):
get a preliminary injunction or not, for a lot of reasons,
including the DOJ Inspector General came out independently and said
that there were I think I'm quoting this right factually
sound and well justified reasons for moving it to Alabama,
But just getting your take on all of this. And
as we go to the phone lines again, what this
(30:46):
helps remind us all of is that these elected democrats
in Colorado truly don't care about the people at Colorado.
If they did, then they wouldn't have gone out of
their way to hurt Trump, way beyond normal political discourse,
out of their way to hurt Trump knowing you know
that if he won, he would control all this sort
(31:08):
of decision making, all the federal benefits for Colorado, et cetera.
How does it help the people of Colorado to go
out of your way to try to keep him off
the ballot here? That kind of extraordinary stuff. Yeah, those
those aren't people who are looking out for your best interests.
Let's go to Bill first here on the Dan caplish'll
welcome Hey Bill by Dan.
Speaker 8 (31:31):
Hi Dan, this is Bill, and thanks for receiving this call. Sure,
I've got an opinion, it's not much more than that.
But I'm a retired bed retired airport into that. But
I wasn't in the space command at all. Your question
in why Colorado would would? I guess they have none
(31:51):
much say so but why would the government want to
move Space Command Alabama. I can offer you my opinion
on that, and it relates directly to a political thing.
It wasn't but about three months ago that.
Speaker 6 (32:06):
The governor Polpos was talking about.
Speaker 8 (32:11):
He wanted to build a bridge around the governor's area,
and all of a sudden there was a big no
on that. I mean, people rejected that. But then he
turned around and he indicated to the people that there's
a big short pall in the state's debt and it
(32:36):
was like one point eight billion something like that. And
I'm not trying to be exact in that, but I
think you know what I mean. The issue is this
guy woffles left and right, and I don't understand how
it could only happen in a blue state. To happen
this way is to have people what are they thinking
(33:02):
when they think Space Commands moving? And why would it move?
Because Polpas is not the kind of guy who's going
to take that money and treat it earnestly. There's something
involved in that, and that's the only reason I can
think of that there would be a big rejection. Not
(33:22):
to mention the fact that I wish that people in
Colorado would start to wake up and realize, wait a minute,
we're not talking about Colorado by itself, We're talking about
the whole country.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Yeah, well, Bill, sure, appreciate that very much. Appreciate your service,
my friend. Want to try to get everybody in here.
We'll go next to Scott says, thirty five years in aerospace.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
You're on the Dan Kapla show. Welcome Scott, oh Dan.
Speaker 6 (33:52):
And last time I met you was in front of
mc nichols. We were having a beer before an avalanche.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Oh man, huh it was.
Speaker 5 (34:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (34:04):
So I've uh, thirty of those years were out here
in Colorado, and then I spent five years, last five
years out in the Sacramento area. I've worked on all
sorts of different projects, you name it, I've done it.
And I've traveled a lot of my job from here
(34:25):
to New York, to Florida, to Texas, to California, all
the way up to Washington, liooning. And I mean, I
would think it would be neat to have this face
command here, But.
Speaker 9 (34:44):
I think that was it an admiral that called a
couple of two calls ago. Colonel colonel, yeah, colonel he uh,
he kind of said it right nowadays, you know, because
of community communication and.
Speaker 6 (34:58):
We're spread out all over geographically, you can't really say,
you know, Denver would be an advantage over Alabama. Alabama
would be an advantage for Eastern range Test range launches,
although most of the military launches come out of Vandenburgh
(35:20):
over in California, so you know, California would be a
great spot too, But it's stink. No one wants to
have anything al And.
Speaker 1 (35:28):
Scott's so sorry to interrupt the music means we're at
a hard end, but really appreciate your expertise and and
your memory.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
Of that Becket McNichols arena. But hey, when we co back,
will continue this.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
But then an amazing story out of Florida teacher under
fire for a birthday song.
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