October 29, 2025 • 34 mins
A public school teacher in Polk County, Florida keeps her job after birthday song complaint; as school officials say she's not allowed to sing the song or film students moving forward.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast
edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to
give us a five star rating if you'd be so kind,
and to subscribe, download, and listen to the show every
single day on your favorite podcast platform. I got to
headlines today, some local, some national. Locally, you've got Attorney
General Phil Wiser. Another of these high publicity lawsuit filings
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that I don't think is going anywhere, this one against
Trump saying, hey, you can't move Space Command because you're
punishing us for having melon ballots, so it's unconstitutional. I
think that that lawsuit is destined to fail because there
are separate, independent reasons to move Space Command. I don't
think it should be moved. I think it should be
kept here in Colorado. I wish it would be kept
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here in Colorado. But the reality is this lawsuit isn't
going to keep it here. Even if they get an
initial injunction, it's not going to keep it here long term.
Why Because the Inspector General, Independent by Nature, Department of
Defense investigated whether the move to Huntsville, Alabama of Space
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Command was improper, politically motivated, etc. And the Inspector General
determined that the move from Colorado because Peterson Air Force
Space Command had been the interim location of Space Command
after its formation, after it was all pulled together, and
the Inspector General of Department of Defense found that there
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was good reason for the move. I think it was
called factually sound and well justified. But anyway, Wiser's running
for governor and he has this big attention getting lostuit
out there. But my point is it's just another example
of why we can be sure that the policies and
Wisers and all these elected Democrats at the highest levels
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don't really care about you or the people of Colorado,
because if they did, they would not have gone out
of their way to attack Donald Trump. Because you know,
if Donald Trump's elected president, Donald Trump is going to
get to make these decisions and lots of other decisions
that affect the flow of federal money to Colorado. So
that doesn't mean you need to agree with him on everything,
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of course not, and you shouldn't be punished for normal
political discourse. But going out of your way to savage
the guy going out of your way to say you
can't even be on our ballot here, what do you
expect to happen, and again I wish the Trump administration
had left it here. But these Yeah, these Democrats are
interested in their own headlines and ingratiating themselves with the
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radical secular left that runs the Democratic Party nationally and
controls the flow of big money. They don't care about
what effect their attacks on Trump have on you here
in Colorado, which, guess what, there's not going to be
any upside to you or to this state from all
of them attacking Trump the way that they do three
or three someone three eight two five five text DN
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five seven seven three nine.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
What do you expect a guy to do.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
When you tell them you can't even be on our
ballot here? Yeah, you think he's not going to remember that?
Why do they have to do that?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Texter?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Oh, I want to get to this other story.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
It's fascinating to me out of Florida, where this teacher
was under attack, a lot of people pushing for her
to be fired over a birthday song that she's saying too.
I think a first grader. We'll get to that shortly
as well. I do want to get to some of
these texts. Dad, I don't want space force to leave,
but it may not be political. I think the key
reason for moving Space Force to Alabama is the current
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home of NASA is in Huntsville. That's or Linda from
Canyon City, Thank you, or Linda. I know I have
another Texter and you didn't do that. But another texture
accusing me of being a homer on Space Command, and
maybe I am.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
But here's what I know.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Colorado has had a very proud and proven history of
military excellence military commands serving this nation. Well, Space Command
was based at Peterson, that was the interim location.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Why mess with it? Why move it?
Speaker 1 (04:01):
There's no indication whatsoever that they were coming up short
in any way, so why move it? Seems to me
the move is political to begin with. But thank you
for that note this texture, Dan, you missed the mark
on ice rejiggering and fell for Fox reporting. Today Wiser
is trying to get press for governor and you're being
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a homer regarding Space Command, but found other location more suitable.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Thank you for your support, Dan, Phil None the Wiser
should stay out of the mix.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
My understanding is that our flag officers have determined Space
Command best be based in Huntsville, Alabama. Dan Polus and
other Colorado politicians bashing of Trump resulted in a self
fulfilling prophecy after they tried to push Trump off the ballot.
Trump would have looked like a sucker if he acted
like Colorado deserved any of his good will. Dan Huntsville,
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Alabama is usually responsible for the first moonshot, and we
need some good NASCAR mechanics to work on the second moonshot.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
That's an interesting.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Twist AI And then the spoiler alert. It's worth mentioning again.
Remember on yesterday's show, I told you two very important
things that will affect your quality of life. Want a reminder?
Never go when the light turns green. So many people
are running red lights these days. Look both ways when
the light turns green, and at that advice has saved
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a lot of lives, including our very own daughter's life
and my own, because I practice what I preach. Please
do not go when the light turns green. Eventually, yes,
but look both ways first the other. Do not watch
this movie A House of Dynamite. It is an insult
to you. It's an insult to your family, it's an
insult to your intelligence, and above all, it steals your time.
(05:47):
It literally steals your time. Do not watch a House
of Dynamite premised on a nuclear attack on the US.
What the military response is. The political response is what
the president should do in the end. It's beautifully done
up until the end. When there is no end, they
don't resolve it. It's some arrogant lefty saying, oh, yes, see,
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this is the danger that's been created. But I think
so little of you, you stupid meathead. Watch my movie.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I'm not even gonna give you an ending. It's so arrogant.
Have you seen a Chessie?
Speaker 4 (06:24):
I haven't, and I was gonna watch it, but now
I will not thank you for sticking two hours of
my life.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
No, my sacrifice. I just wanted to benefit others. I
was so ticked when I got to the end of that.
Oh my goodness. Let's go back to the phone lines.
Daniel says he works for Space Force, and again, as
everybody knows thanks to Colonel Kurt Dale, and you may
have known it before, there's a difference between Space Force
and Space Command, which is a space command is a
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command operation that uses all branches and other resources. Daniel,
that has to be exciting. Working for Space Force.
Speaker 5 (07:00):
Worked since space they stood up and they worked for
the Air Force since for thirty five years. I'm that
project manager for the project. Actually, all the numbers everybody
talks about, those are my numbers.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Those are calculations.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Well, thank you for your service.
Speaker 5 (07:13):
So the real reason why it's not coming to Carile
Springs is because it makes absolutely no economical sense. Okay,
we're already betting down multiple Space Force missions and we
don't have enough space for all the people that are here.
We have them in lease space around the city in
the region, and we don't we don't have enough space
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to how all the missions that are being stood up
at Peterson Space Force space, and we don't have any
more space, and there's not any space available around Peterson
to expand Peterson's space space. In fact, the vast majority,
except for like twenty or thirty four acres, the vast
majority of the land that Peterson sits on is leased
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from the airport, from the city. And anyway, if we
were to put the command here, it would be about
a two point eight billion dollar project. Those are not
my numbers. I did the calculations. We would have to
have a product to build a new substation, and we
would have to get CSU to support us to bring
a whole new feed to support that Slika's We're talking
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about eighteen hundred new people for just that one command,
and we would have to build a new gate, new roadways,
we would have to reconstruct the sanitary sewer, the water lines,
the gas lines just to accommodate them on Peterson. And
if we do build that, sales can take up a
significant portion of the small available space. We have all
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those missions that are coming that we have no cons
for that's congressionally a poo new construction. We wouldn't have any.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Place to cite those.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Wow, Peterson, and you're saying that this Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville,
they just have more of these more land, more infrastructure
options exactly.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
And plus our area costs factor for construction is significantly
higher than the still by about eighteen percent. So basically,
if they build it here, the taxpayer is going to
pay about eight hundred million more dollars to build it here,
almost a billion more dollars to build it here, and
it's going to consume all the available space we have
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on Peterson's space force space, and all those missions that
are slated they are already here, but we have them
operating out of these spaces and scattered to the four wins,
and we're supposed to consolidate them so that they can
you know, perform the mission correct or critical space force missions.
That would throw a huge monkey lench in that. So
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it's a terrible decision to put it here from just
facility and from an economic stance. And it's just amazing me.
I listen to everybody talk and like these politicians speak
and they have absolutely no clue.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
They say patently.
Speaker 5 (10:02):
Ridiculous statements that are not based on any factual basis whatsoever.
And it's a tragedy. But it just by me being
so intimate with this project, it just gives me insight
into how incompetent our political leadership is.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Well.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Man, we are so lucky that you called. Thank you
for that.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
I mean you educated me right.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
I started this show saying Space Command should be here,
and I've had caller after caller who actually knows what
they're talking about, I mean intimately.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Telling me I'm wrong on that.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
And you've had the ultimate knowledge on this.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
So thank you for that.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
Yeah, all the numbers of everybody's talking about those are
my calculations.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Well, really, thank you for your service. Really do appreciate that,
and I hope you join us some other time. What
would love to just have a long conversation with you
about Space Force.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Sure, thanks, thank you, man to take care. Wow.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
How cal is that Jesse be able to hear from
Daniel on that. I've always prided myself on admitting when
I'm wrong, and eh, I'm obviously wrong on this one.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Thank you, Daniel. You're on the Dan Capla Show.
Speaker 6 (11:10):
And now back to the Dankapla Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Wow, what a great group of callers today.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
Three or three seven one, three eight, two five five
the number text d An five seven seven three nine.
Let me get back to some of those texts as well,
and then I want to work in some of these
other topics. But we've spent most of the day so
far on this lawsuit. Colorado's Attorney General Phil Wiser just
filed against the Trump administration. I think that's number twenty nine.
How many did he file against Biden? I think there
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would be zero? Right, Yeah, nothing to see here anyway.
So he files this lawsuit saying, hey, you can't move
space command because it's been temporary at Peterson. You can't
move space Command to Alabama. Because then you're punishing us
in Colorado for having mail in voting.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
And the hook that Wiser has is.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
When Trump made the announcement that the permanent Space Command
would be in Alabama, Trump mentioned Colorado's mail in balloty
and he went off on it, And so that's Wiser's hook.
The fatal flaw I think Wiser has in this lawsuit
is that the DoD Inspector General, independent by nature, has
already investigated the decision to move it to Huntsville, because
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Trump had initially made that during the first term and
found that it was factually sound and well justified. So again,
I expect this lawsuit will eventually fail and Space Command
will be in Huntsville. But I was blown away here
because I started the show saying it should be in Colorado,
and everything I read made me believe that, And also
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I live here. I want this state to succeed, and
this state has this proud tradition of a large military
presence serving the nation very well, and Space commands Bennett Peterson,
So why move it right? Ain't broke, don't fix it?
And then we've had so many callers with intimate knowledge
and experience, including our last caller and yeah, I don't
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have a way to like vet these people independently, right,
other than Colonel Kirkdale, who I know. But you can
decide for yourself and I can decide for myself. And
they all sound one authentic but common denominator is they
all say that no, Colorado's not the right location for
space command. So I'm glad we've had the benefit of
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these callers text or Dan well, multiple knowledgeable callers, especially
Daniel indirectly saying it's not a political decision by a
businessman who has every right to stick it to Colorado
leadership Democrats. It was a nice jab and bait for
childish folks about mail in balloting. Pardon Tina Peters, says
the Texter Dan. And then we've got some more text
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on that I'll get to in a second, but no enlightening.
And that's been one of the great things for me
and talk radio over the decades, is if I'm wrong
about something. And I don't say this to be a jerk,
but it's been very, very rare because I work hard
to prepare for the show. I think about these things,
I do research, I talk to experts. So fortunately, over
the decades I've been right the vast, vast, vast majority.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Of the time.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
But the beauty is it's tested by fire. It's one
thing to say you're right. It's another thing to go
on air for hours a day. We don't censor. Jesse
Thomas will tell you he's buying the glass today. Jesse,
did I tell you to put anybody on or not
put anybody on? No, sir, We take on all comers, right, Yeah, absolutely,
fearless radio the only way to do it. Fearless radio.
(14:35):
Can we trademark that, yes, thank you, my friend. Great
to have you here. So that's the deal. So if
I am wrong about something, I'm going to know it,
and you're going to know it because somebody's going to
call who has facts that contradict me, and then there's
nowhere to hide, and there shouldn't be anywhere to hide,
and I wouldn't try to hide because it's all about
a relentless search for the truth. So beauty of talk radio,
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and thank you to our callers on that. Yeah, But
it just goes back to the premise I started the
show with, which is that Space Command is going to
be located in Alabama. This lawsuit is not ultimately going
to stop it because they're good independent grounds. Now at
that point I was just basing it on the DoD
Inspector General, but our callers have had so much to add,
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so a lot.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
More meat on the bone.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Thank you for that text or dance, So you know
I always remember your no go on green and problo
they run red lights like fools. Because of you, I'm
writing this text. Thanks Mary, Mary, that makes my day.
I mean that you have no idea if you were here,
you would see the goosebumps on my arms. So thank
you for that. And I hear that from so many
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different people. No go on green, look both ways when
the light turns green, because so many people running red lights.
And I'll show you if you ever run into me.
I have it on my phone, the video. My daughter
she would have been killed instantly if she went when
the light turn green, because this semi on Bellevue ran
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that red light. Of what she estimated was eighty You
can't really tell from the video, but it was way
way more than sixty five and a forty five. She
would have been killed. But she did not go when
the light turn green.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Dad, the more you talk about this movie now, I
shouldn't want it.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
It makes me want to watch it, and I'm not
going to lose any sleep over that.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
Texter.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
Because you are warned about this movie, A House of Dynamite,
worst movie ever made. Do not watch it. Do not
watch it because it is fantastic up till the end,
but there is no end. So they play you for
a fool, They abuse you, they waste your time to
make some lefty political point.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
It is. It's an insult.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
So if you choose to watch it, you're really going
to enjoy it right up to the very end, and
then you're going to be furious. Dad just saw breaking
news that Peyton Manny is right for a lieutenant governor.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Do people think we do this show drunk?
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Jesse?
Speaker 1 (17:01):
I literally can't remember the last time I've been drunk,
and I've never been high, So what do they think
we are? Peyton Manning? Peyton Manning would not take the
job of governor if you handed it to him right now,
You would not take the job of senator. I think
he probably would take the job as president. And I
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don't know him personally. I'm just another admirer of his.
But yeah, I'm just trying to wonder the origin of
that text. Yeah, somebody's got to tell him it's not
Friday yet. Jill, you're on the Dan Caplis sholl welcome.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Hi.
Speaker 7 (17:38):
Did how you do it?
Speaker 1 (17:39):
I am living the dream? But Jill, I just made
a mistake. Because we're about out of time for this hour.
We'll ask Jill to hang and we'll bring her back
at let's call it five thirty five. And then I
am promising you this. After we talked to Jill, I
got to play this sound for you. This trying to
get this teacher fired in Florida for singing a birthday
song to a child that the parents.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Alleged was racist.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
And I bet it's a birthday song you've heard, probably
even sung to people.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Want to get your take on this year on the
Dan Capsules Show.
Speaker 6 (18:16):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
If you just joined us.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
We're talking about Wiser suing Trump claiming it's unconstitutional to
move Space Command to Alabama. The Trump's punishing Colorado for
mail in balloting. Wiser will lose because there are independent grounds.
Doj Inspector General said so for the move, but once
again he sued Trump. Now what twenty nine or thirty
times Biden, how many? Yeah, I think zero three at three, seven, one, three, eight, two, five,
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five of the number. If you haven't heard the show
and you get a chance to hear the podcast, we
have had amazing callers on Space Command, people in high
positions currently or prior, just giving us so much valuable
insight into why uniformally in their opinions it has been
better to move Space Command out of Colorado. So fascinating
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to hear them and certainly changed my perspective on it.
Many many text on different topics. I do want to
deliver on this sound. I promised Jill we'd take her first,
and I want to give you this sound. I know
it's a hard turn, but I think you'll find it
real interesting. This teacher someone fired in Florida. For a
birthday song, she sang to one of her first graders, Jill,
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you're back on the Dan Kaplas show.
Speaker 7 (19:28):
Thank you, Thank you Dan. I just want to say,
listening to Daniel and the Colonel, it looks to me
like President Trump has come out for us again and
saved Colorado. How many millions and millions of dollars by
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not putting space.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
For us here. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
No, that's right, Dan, Yeah, Yeah.
Speaker 7 (19:53):
I mean so you know, he basically saved us from
having to spend all that money for no reason. Yeah,
and I just wanted to say God bless President Trump
for that.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Well, Joe appreciate the call.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Yeah, I heard information from Daniel who called and described
how he's in a very high ranking position in Space Force,
and then he took us into the detailed explanation of
why he thought it was better for it to be
in Alabama and really impacted my perception of it. Hey
still as a Colorado and as somebody who's seen the
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great military tradition here and the success of Space Command
while it's spending Colorado. Yeah, it's it's hard for me
to root against Colorado, Right, But then you listen to
somebody like Daniel, and he, from his perspective, believe strongly
it's it's better off in Alabama.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
So appreciate that call. Is this our Alexa, Alexa? How
are you hear from you? I'm living the dream? How
are you?
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Yes? You are? Do you know how many years I've
been so envious of your neighbors church or treating at
your house?
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Oh man?
Speaker 3 (20:59):
The full side as hershey Bar's colleague.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
Yeah, and I try to be a good neighbor year round,
but definitely on Halloween.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
And thank you for the reminder.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
Us.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
I am supposed to stop tonight and pick those up.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
Oh you better do it.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
I better do that.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
Oh no, no, no matter what it takes, we will have
the full size bars and we will not run out. Good.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
Well, you know what, I don't remember our attorney general
the last few years. I don't remember him coming out
against setanal trendy arragua. Can he actually do the job
that mosttorney generals do to make our safe state safer
rather than racking up how many times he can sue
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the Trump administration. This is just absurd, Dan, I want
to be safer. They just did a evaluation between Denver
and Cheyenne, Wyoming. For a family of four making one
hundred and twenty thousand dollars a year, it is thirty
seven thousand dollars. That's thirty percent cheaper for a family
to live in Cheyenne than in Denver. These people are
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not helping their state.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Yeah, he is so highly politicized.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
And the crazy thing, Alexa is there are so and
I'm saying there are so many good lawyers in the
AG's office who are doing an awful lot of good
work on stuff you never hear of. But when it
comes to the top, guy Phil Wiser, he's such a
political animal that you're right, things he should be using
the full force of the office, and he has a
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very talented office, the full force of the office to attack.
He doesn't for political reasons. And that's such a waste
for the state. Because you look at some state offices
and you say, boy, I wish they had some more
talent in there. You look at the AG's office. They
got a ton of talent. He just won't use it
for the things that we really need him to use
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it for.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
Yeah. Well, and then you see him also several years
ago he got one that attorneys out of Chicago for
goodly Raye, Oh my goodness, Elijah and McLay. Yeah, it's
like we really that I don't know, you seem to
be pretty darn successful. Yeah, I guess most of your
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lawyers are located in Colorado.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Oh my goodness, in the office. Well, what I could
never thank you for remembering that election lawyers.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
What I couldn't figure out is they've got a lot
of talented lawyers in that AG's office. So why did
he go to It was Chicago? You're right, why do
you go to Chicago for those lawyers? And it's been
a minute, but didn't they lose or at least lose
one of the cases. You could have found Colorado lawyers
to lose it.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Yeah, yeah, at a much cheaper rate too.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (23:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
And then you of course had may or Mikey get
the attorneys from Washington, d C. Yeah, oh yeah, defending him.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
So yeah, nothing but the best, nothing but the best.
Yeah yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
And then they then they try to keep Trump off
the ballot here and they're surprised when maybe he doesn't
want to do Colorado favors.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
Yeah, Alexa, great to hear from you. I've got to
deliver on my promise to play this. Uh you see
the story, you see the story about the birth they're
not looking for. You will enjoy it. You will enjoy
Thank you, Alexa. Great dear from you. Yeah, this is
a teacher some folks wanted fired down in Florida. Fortunately
she's keeping her job. But I'd still really like your take.
Speaker 9 (24:30):
On this and developing in Pole County Tonight, an elementary
school teacher will remain in the classroom. The school district
investigated her after she's sang a birthday song to a student.
It's a version the child's parent claims is offensive and
racially insensitive.
Speaker 8 (24:44):
Happy birthdank you you Livings, you come monkey, I know
want to everybody.
Speaker 9 (25:00):
And new tonight. Paul County School says they found no
evidence that this teacher meant any harm. Ten David Bay
News reporter Angelusia Bruten joins US Live from district headquarters
this evening in Angalusia. You have the human resources report
break down those findings for US.
Speaker 10 (25:14):
Courtney Pole County School says that the investigation included several
interviews with students as well as the teacher, Kimberly Langston.
It says that the intent does not erase the impact,
but the teacher did not have any ill intent. Sived
a written reprimand for a lack of judgment in photographing
and relaying several student images without parental consent. The policies
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she violated are students safety and welfare, staff technology, acceptable
use in safety, and student records. Investigation says other videos
were shared of the teacher singing happy Birthday to students.
Langston's written statement says she has been singing this song
to students for twenty two years. The district says, although
this is a long standing practice, she is not allowed
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to sing this song or film students moving forward.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
So what do you think about that? Now?
Speaker 1 (26:03):
The student's mother. Student's mother went public on air Interview
TV with the six year old there on her lap.
Speaker 10 (26:15):
Hi, legend, did you have a birthday last week? Yes, Legend,
Whittaker just turned six years old.
Speaker 8 (26:21):
Can we pay Happy birthday to you?
Speaker 10 (26:23):
He attends Floral Avenue Elementary and Bartow where his class
and teachers celebrated with the song Happy Birthday. But what
happened next? Would you like the funny song now that
I sang to you? Stirred up, hurt feelings and anger?
Speaker 8 (26:39):
Happy birthday you?
Speaker 10 (26:42):
You?
Speaker 8 (26:43):
Then busy? You tcome monkey? You know huck want to.
Speaker 11 (26:52):
Club?
Speaker 9 (26:52):
Everybody?
Speaker 10 (26:54):
I like stir Bretha Legend says the song hurt his feelings.
His mother does ray pray their says, the teacher sent
her the video and she went straight to the main office.
Speaker 11 (27:04):
I automatically said that's unacceptable and I don't feel I
don't think nothing's funny about it.
Speaker 10 (27:10):
Crayther says, there's a history of black people being described
that way, which makes it extremely upsetting.
Speaker 9 (27:16):
My skin is boiling.
Speaker 11 (27:17):
I don't even like racism and to know where we
come from in our ancestors and for us to be
labeled like that because Lane Cools lady based saying that
we're ugly, we're at like a monkey and all this,
and that I don't like that at all.
Speaker 10 (27:30):
Polk County Public Schools District staff and the HR department
are reviewing this.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
I find so whose sign do you come down on?
The mother or the teacher. You're on the Dan Capla Show.
Speaker 6 (27:44):
And now back to the Dan Tapliss Show podcast.
Speaker 9 (27:47):
And developing in Polk County tonight, an elementary school teacher
will remain in the classroom. The school district investigated her
after she sang a birthday song to a student. It's
a version the child's parent claims is offensive and racially insensitive.
Speaker 8 (28:01):
Happy birth, Thank you you, you liven buzz you you
tlcome monkey.
Speaker 10 (28:11):
I so want to.
Speaker 8 (28:15):
Club everybody.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
How awful of this mother to do this to her child? Right,
because if you watch this video, if you get a
chance to see this video at home, looks like this
wonderful little boy. And you see the video of him
in class when Happy Birthday is being sung and he's
so happy, and then his mother just turns this all
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ugly for him.
Speaker 6 (28:43):
Hi, legend, did you have a birthday last week?
Speaker 10 (28:46):
Yes, Legend, Whittaker just turned six years old.
Speaker 8 (28:49):
Can we take happy birthday to you?
Speaker 10 (28:51):
He attends Floral Avenue Elementary in bartow where his class
and teachers celebrated with a song.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
And then it goes on from there.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
The point of that sound is, why are they putting
this six year old on camera? This is the mother
putting this child on camera. All the teacher was doing
was having the class and happy birthday. Then she asked
him if he wanted the special funny birthday song. He
said yes. You could tell he was loving it, and
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the teacher sent it to his mom, send it to
his mom, and then she goes and runs to the
school and claims its racism.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
But my point is just what about putting the child first?
Speaker 1 (29:33):
And why would the mother put the child on camera
in a TV interview? How is that any good for
the child? And to just turn this into a racial
thing for the child just kind of poisoning things.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
In the classroom for him. That's what ticks me off.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
And I've brought this up on air before over the
years in lots of different context when parents have put
their young children in the middle of stuff.
Speaker 2 (29:58):
It has nothing to do with race.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
We've talked about white parents who've done it, Brown parents
who've done it, at black parents. It's just parents who
choose to use their child as kind of a leverage
in a story like that just bugs me. And the
underlying issue come on obviously that there wasn't anything racist
about it, any racist intent, anything like that. So yeah,
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just so sad for the teacher who's just trying to
be a good teacher and make class fun for those kids,
and you could hear the affection in her voice. And
then for the child you know who now has been
on TV and all of that, and imagine, you know
what he hears everywhere he goes Jesse, do you.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Remember that song? Anybody ever sing that?
Speaker 4 (30:44):
I remember it? Yeah, one hundred percent. I think we've
all sung it, depending on our age, right, Yeah, yeah,
I had heard it for a while exactly that teacher
didn't have any bad intent.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
Yeah, yeah, I have not heard that for a while,
But since we have the great Jesse Thomas here.
Speaker 4 (30:58):
Ryan is off I think at a political right and yeah,
he went up north to moderate something with I think
Georgia Particler andbody else.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Yeah. Sheriff Reames, Yeah, there you go. A great crew.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
While I was in trial for that long long trial,
Sheriff Reemes and DJ Brockler did a show together here
filling in for me, and I heard it was instant
classic stuff. So we've got to reunite them. But big
news today right on the Michael Brown Show this morning.
Speaker 4 (31:26):
Yeah, they're rearranging the deck chairs, so to speak. So
Michael Brown gets to sleep in a couple more hours
in the morning and he'll be over at KOA between
what nine a m.
Speaker 6 (31:37):
Till noon? Now.
Speaker 4 (31:38):
Prior to that, it is Colorado Morning News with Gina
Gondek from five am to six a m. And then
Ross Kamisky will come in and he will go six
to nine with Gina, I'm told, and Dragon Redbeard will kind.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
Of oversee all that as far as what we do.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
When does that start?
Speaker 6 (31:57):
November tenth?
Speaker 1 (31:58):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (31:58):
November tenth, wow.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Yeah, And then there's going to be open auditions for
this prime morning drive spots six thirty KITSCHW in Denver six.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
Am to ten am open tryouts for a little bit.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
So we'll talk tomorrow about Hey, who would you like
to see in that time slot? You know, that is
one of the prime time slots in all of radio
in Colorado six to ten am on six thirty KHW Denver,
which we're very proud carries the name KAPLA show along
with other iHeart stations, but the legendary Peter Boyles had
that time slot for years. It was you know, must
(32:32):
hear radio throughout the city, So it's a very very
important timeslot. Michael Brown has done a tremendous job there
and he will be at Dynamite of.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Course on KOA. So who would you like to see there?
Speaker 1 (32:43):
And we'll get into depth tomorrow And don't feel like
you're limited any particular pool of people. I'm on record
is saying if Ryan Schuling wants that spot, I have
to believe he's a favorite because he's such a great
talent and very well respected and established. But you and
I share a belief that he may not be a
morning guy.
Speaker 4 (33:03):
It'd be a little rough, he'd have to make some
significant adjustments. Yeah, and I hope somebody tells the people
down at Circle K on the corner that Michael Brown
will not be in at five thirty in the morning
anymore to get his giant diet coke.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
Yeah, it'll send the authorities after him. Will be brutal.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Michael Brown and Donald Trump key to success diet coke Texters. Dan,
we used to sing that song to all of our
friends growing up. Skin skin color did not matter. Nineteen seventies, Dan,
mother is raising a thin skin son and galvanizing his victimhood.
She could have used it as a teaching moment. The
boy looks like an absolutely wonderful child, and I just
feel so bad that he's been put in the middle
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of this. And I do blame the mom for that,
not the teacher.
Speaker 4 (33:44):
Dan.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
That teacher should be tested for sanity singing that song
in this day and age, any student is criminally stupid,
completely disagree texture. But that tells me is you've got
a teacher who's completely colorblind. That's what doctor King wanted,
That's what we're all supposed to be, is completely color blind.
And so I think what you got there was just
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purity from that teacher.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
I don't think.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Anybody can honestly suggest there was anything racial from the teacher.
Speaker 2 (34:14):
Dad.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
I used to sing that song to my friends all
the time. It was fun that mom is looking for
a handout, just so sad for the child looks like
just a wonderful child. And to be thrown on camera
like that and everything else. But Jesse, great to work
with you. Thank you, my friend.
Speaker 6 (34:30):
I enjoyed it.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Thank you and Ryan. We'll be back with us tomorrow.
Thank you for your time today.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Thank you to all of those great callers who.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
Called on the Space Command issue, including people who are
pretty high ranking.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
Learned a lot grateful for that.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Join us tomorrow on the Dan Kapla Show.
This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast
edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to
give us a five star rating if you'd be so kind,
and to subscribe, download, and listen to the show every
single day on your favorite podcast platform. I got to
headlines today, some local, some national. Locally, you've got Attorney
General Phil Wiser. Another of these high publicity lawsuit filings
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that I don't think is going anywhere, this one against
Trump saying, hey, you can't move Space Command because you're
punishing us for having melon ballots, so it's unconstitutional. I
think that that lawsuit is destined to fail because there
are separate, independent reasons to move Space Command. I don't
think it should be moved. I think it should be
kept here in Colorado. I wish it would be kept
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here in Colorado. But the reality is this lawsuit isn't
going to keep it here. Even if they get an
initial injunction, it's not going to keep it here long term.
Why Because the Inspector General, Independent by Nature, Department of
Defense investigated whether the move to Huntsville, Alabama of Space
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Command was improper, politically motivated, etc. And the Inspector General
determined that the move from Colorado because Peterson Air Force
Space Command had been the interim location of Space Command
after its formation, after it was all pulled together, and
the Inspector General of Department of Defense found that there
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was good reason for the move. I think it was
called factually sound and well justified. But anyway, Wiser's running
for governor and he has this big attention getting lostuit
out there. But my point is it's just another example
of why we can be sure that the policies and
Wisers and all these elected Democrats at the highest levels
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don't really care about you or the people of Colorado,
because if they did, they would not have gone out
of their way to attack Donald Trump. Because you know,
if Donald Trump's elected president, Donald Trump is going to
get to make these decisions and lots of other decisions
that affect the flow of federal money to Colorado. So
that doesn't mean you need to agree with him on everything,
(02:07):
of course not, and you shouldn't be punished for normal
political discourse. But going out of your way to savage
the guy going out of your way to say you
can't even be on our ballot here, what do you
expect to happen, and again I wish the Trump administration
had left it here. But these Yeah, these Democrats are
interested in their own headlines and ingratiating themselves with the
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radical secular left that runs the Democratic Party nationally and
controls the flow of big money. They don't care about
what effect their attacks on Trump have on you here
in Colorado, which, guess what, there's not going to be
any upside to you or to this state from all
of them attacking Trump the way that they do three
or three someone three eight two five five text DN
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five seven seven three nine.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
What do you expect a guy to do.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
When you tell them you can't even be on our
ballot here? Yeah, you think he's not going to remember that?
Why do they have to do that?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Texter?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Oh, I want to get to this other story.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
It's fascinating to me out of Florida, where this teacher
was under attack, a lot of people pushing for her
to be fired over a birthday song that she's saying too.
I think a first grader. We'll get to that shortly
as well. I do want to get to some of
these texts. Dad, I don't want space force to leave,
but it may not be political. I think the key
reason for moving Space Force to Alabama is the current
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home of NASA is in Huntsville. That's or Linda from
Canyon City, Thank you, or Linda. I know I have
another Texter and you didn't do that. But another texture
accusing me of being a homer on Space Command, and
maybe I am.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
But here's what I know.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Colorado has had a very proud and proven history of
military excellence military commands serving this nation. Well, Space Command
was based at Peterson, that was the interim location.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Why mess with it? Why move it?
Speaker 1 (04:01):
There's no indication whatsoever that they were coming up short
in any way, so why move it? Seems to me
the move is political to begin with. But thank you
for that note this texture, Dan, you missed the mark
on ice rejiggering and fell for Fox reporting. Today Wiser
is trying to get press for governor and you're being
(04:21):
a homer regarding Space Command, but found other location more suitable.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Thank you for your support, Dan, Phil None the Wiser
should stay out of the mix.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
My understanding is that our flag officers have determined Space
Command best be based in Huntsville, Alabama. Dan Polus and
other Colorado politicians bashing of Trump resulted in a self
fulfilling prophecy after they tried to push Trump off the ballot.
Trump would have looked like a sucker if he acted
like Colorado deserved any of his good will. Dan Huntsville,
(04:52):
Alabama is usually responsible for the first moonshot, and we
need some good NASCAR mechanics to work on the second moonshot.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
That's an interesting.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Twist AI And then the spoiler alert. It's worth mentioning again.
Remember on yesterday's show, I told you two very important
things that will affect your quality of life. Want a reminder?
Never go when the light turns green. So many people
are running red lights these days. Look both ways when
the light turns green, and at that advice has saved
(05:24):
a lot of lives, including our very own daughter's life
and my own, because I practice what I preach. Please
do not go when the light turns green. Eventually, yes,
but look both ways first the other. Do not watch
this movie A House of Dynamite. It is an insult
to you. It's an insult to your family, it's an
insult to your intelligence, and above all, it steals your time.
(05:47):
It literally steals your time. Do not watch a House
of Dynamite premised on a nuclear attack on the US.
What the military response is. The political response is what
the president should do in the end. It's beautifully done
up until the end. When there is no end, they
don't resolve it. It's some arrogant lefty saying, oh, yes, see,
(06:12):
this is the danger that's been created. But I think
so little of you, you stupid meathead. Watch my movie.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I'm not even gonna give you an ending. It's so arrogant.
Have you seen a Chessie?
Speaker 4 (06:24):
I haven't, and I was gonna watch it, but now
I will not thank you for sticking two hours of
my life.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
No, my sacrifice. I just wanted to benefit others. I
was so ticked when I got to the end of that.
Oh my goodness. Let's go back to the phone lines.
Daniel says he works for Space Force, and again, as
everybody knows thanks to Colonel Kurt Dale, and you may
have known it before, there's a difference between Space Force
and Space Command, which is a space command is a
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command operation that uses all branches and other resources. Daniel,
that has to be exciting. Working for Space Force.
Speaker 5 (07:00):
Worked since space they stood up and they worked for
the Air Force since for thirty five years. I'm that
project manager for the project. Actually, all the numbers everybody
talks about, those are my numbers.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Those are calculations.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Well, thank you for your service.
Speaker 5 (07:13):
So the real reason why it's not coming to Carile
Springs is because it makes absolutely no economical sense. Okay,
we're already betting down multiple Space Force missions and we
don't have enough space for all the people that are here.
We have them in lease space around the city in
the region, and we don't we don't have enough space
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to how all the missions that are being stood up
at Peterson Space Force space, and we don't have any
more space, and there's not any space available around Peterson
to expand Peterson's space space. In fact, the vast majority,
except for like twenty or thirty four acres, the vast
majority of the land that Peterson sits on is leased
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from the airport, from the city. And anyway, if we
were to put the command here, it would be about
a two point eight billion dollar project. Those are not
my numbers. I did the calculations. We would have to
have a product to build a new substation, and we
would have to get CSU to support us to bring
a whole new feed to support that Slika's We're talking
(08:19):
about eighteen hundred new people for just that one command,
and we would have to build a new gate, new roadways,
we would have to reconstruct the sanitary sewer, the water lines,
the gas lines just to accommodate them on Peterson. And
if we do build that, sales can take up a
significant portion of the small available space. We have all
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those missions that are coming that we have no cons
for that's congressionally a poo new construction. We wouldn't have any.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Place to cite those.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Wow, Peterson, and you're saying that this Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville,
they just have more of these more land, more infrastructure
options exactly.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
And plus our area costs factor for construction is significantly
higher than the still by about eighteen percent. So basically,
if they build it here, the taxpayer is going to
pay about eight hundred million more dollars to build it here,
almost a billion more dollars to build it here, and
it's going to consume all the available space we have
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on Peterson's space force space, and all those missions that
are slated they are already here, but we have them
operating out of these spaces and scattered to the four wins,
and we're supposed to consolidate them so that they can
you know, perform the mission correct or critical space force missions.
That would throw a huge monkey lench in that. So
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it's a terrible decision to put it here from just
facility and from an economic stance. And it's just amazing me.
I listen to everybody talk and like these politicians speak
and they have absolutely no clue.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
They say patently.
Speaker 5 (10:02):
Ridiculous statements that are not based on any factual basis whatsoever.
And it's a tragedy. But it just by me being
so intimate with this project, it just gives me insight
into how incompetent our political leadership is.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Well.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Man, we are so lucky that you called. Thank you
for that.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
I mean you educated me right.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
I started this show saying Space Command should be here,
and I've had caller after caller who actually knows what
they're talking about, I mean intimately.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Telling me I'm wrong on that.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
And you've had the ultimate knowledge on this.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
So thank you for that.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
Yeah, all the numbers of everybody's talking about those are
my calculations.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Well, really, thank you for your service. Really do appreciate that,
and I hope you join us some other time. What
would love to just have a long conversation with you
about Space Force.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Sure, thanks, thank you, man to take care. Wow.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
How cal is that Jesse be able to hear from
Daniel on that. I've always prided myself on admitting when
I'm wrong, and eh, I'm obviously wrong on this one.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Thank you, Daniel. You're on the Dan Capla Show.
Speaker 6 (11:10):
And now back to the Dankapla Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Wow, what a great group of callers today.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
Three or three seven one, three eight, two five five
the number text d An five seven seven three nine.
Let me get back to some of those texts as well,
and then I want to work in some of these
other topics. But we've spent most of the day so
far on this lawsuit. Colorado's Attorney General Phil Wiser just
filed against the Trump administration. I think that's number twenty nine.
How many did he file against Biden? I think there
(11:38):
would be zero? Right, Yeah, nothing to see here anyway.
So he files this lawsuit saying, hey, you can't move
space command because it's been temporary at Peterson. You can't
move space Command to Alabama. Because then you're punishing us
in Colorado for having mail in voting.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
And the hook that Wiser has is.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
When Trump made the announcement that the permanent Space Command
would be in Alabama, Trump mentioned Colorado's mail in balloty
and he went off on it, And so that's Wiser's hook.
The fatal flaw I think Wiser has in this lawsuit
is that the DoD Inspector General, independent by nature, has
already investigated the decision to move it to Huntsville, because
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Trump had initially made that during the first term and
found that it was factually sound and well justified. So again,
I expect this lawsuit will eventually fail and Space Command
will be in Huntsville. But I was blown away here
because I started the show saying it should be in Colorado,
and everything I read made me believe that, And also
(12:44):
I live here. I want this state to succeed, and
this state has this proud tradition of a large military
presence serving the nation very well, and Space commands Bennett Peterson,
So why move it right? Ain't broke, don't fix it?
And then we've had so many callers with intimate knowledge
and experience, including our last caller and yeah, I don't
(13:07):
have a way to like vet these people independently, right,
other than Colonel Kirkdale, who I know. But you can
decide for yourself and I can decide for myself. And
they all sound one authentic but common denominator is they
all say that no, Colorado's not the right location for
space command. So I'm glad we've had the benefit of
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these callers text or Dan well, multiple knowledgeable callers, especially
Daniel indirectly saying it's not a political decision by a
businessman who has every right to stick it to Colorado
leadership Democrats. It was a nice jab and bait for
childish folks about mail in balloting. Pardon Tina Peters, says
the Texter Dan. And then we've got some more text
(13:50):
on that I'll get to in a second, but no enlightening.
And that's been one of the great things for me
and talk radio over the decades, is if I'm wrong
about something. And I don't say this to be a jerk,
but it's been very, very rare because I work hard
to prepare for the show. I think about these things,
I do research, I talk to experts. So fortunately, over
the decades I've been right the vast, vast, vast majority.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Of the time.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
But the beauty is it's tested by fire. It's one
thing to say you're right. It's another thing to go
on air for hours a day. We don't censor. Jesse
Thomas will tell you he's buying the glass today. Jesse,
did I tell you to put anybody on or not
put anybody on? No, sir, We take on all comers, right, Yeah, absolutely,
fearless radio the only way to do it. Fearless radio.
(14:35):
Can we trademark that, yes, thank you, my friend. Great
to have you here. So that's the deal. So if
I am wrong about something, I'm going to know it,
and you're going to know it because somebody's going to
call who has facts that contradict me, and then there's
nowhere to hide, and there shouldn't be anywhere to hide,
and I wouldn't try to hide because it's all about
a relentless search for the truth. So beauty of talk radio,
(14:57):
and thank you to our callers on that. Yeah, But
it just goes back to the premise I started the
show with, which is that Space Command is going to
be located in Alabama. This lawsuit is not ultimately going
to stop it because they're good independent grounds. Now at
that point I was just basing it on the DoD
Inspector General, but our callers have had so much to add,
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so a lot.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
More meat on the bone.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Thank you for that text or dance, So you know
I always remember your no go on green and problo
they run red lights like fools. Because of you, I'm
writing this text. Thanks Mary, Mary, that makes my day.
I mean that you have no idea if you were here,
you would see the goosebumps on my arms. So thank
you for that. And I hear that from so many
(15:44):
different people. No go on green, look both ways when
the light turns green, because so many people running red lights.
And I'll show you if you ever run into me.
I have it on my phone, the video. My daughter
she would have been killed instantly if she went when
the light turn green, because this semi on Bellevue ran
(16:07):
that red light. Of what she estimated was eighty You
can't really tell from the video, but it was way
way more than sixty five and a forty five. She
would have been killed. But she did not go when
the light turn green.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Dad, the more you talk about this movie now, I
shouldn't want it.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
It makes me want to watch it, and I'm not
going to lose any sleep over that.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
Texter.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
Because you are warned about this movie, A House of Dynamite,
worst movie ever made. Do not watch it. Do not
watch it because it is fantastic up till the end,
but there is no end. So they play you for
a fool, They abuse you, they waste your time to
make some lefty political point.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
It is. It's an insult.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
So if you choose to watch it, you're really going
to enjoy it right up to the very end, and
then you're going to be furious. Dad just saw breaking
news that Peyton Manny is right for a lieutenant governor.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Do people think we do this show drunk?
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Jesse?
Speaker 1 (17:01):
I literally can't remember the last time I've been drunk,
and I've never been high, So what do they think
we are? Peyton Manning? Peyton Manning would not take the
job of governor if you handed it to him right now,
You would not take the job of senator. I think
he probably would take the job as president. And I
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don't know him personally. I'm just another admirer of his.
But yeah, I'm just trying to wonder the origin of
that text. Yeah, somebody's got to tell him it's not
Friday yet. Jill, you're on the Dan Caplis sholl welcome.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Hi.
Speaker 7 (17:38):
Did how you do it?
Speaker 1 (17:39):
I am living the dream? But Jill, I just made
a mistake. Because we're about out of time for this hour.
We'll ask Jill to hang and we'll bring her back
at let's call it five thirty five. And then I
am promising you this. After we talked to Jill, I
got to play this sound for you. This trying to
get this teacher fired in Florida for singing a birthday
song to a child that the parents.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Alleged was racist.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
And I bet it's a birthday song you've heard, probably
even sung to people.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Want to get your take on this year on the
Dan Capsules Show.
Speaker 6 (18:16):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
If you just joined us.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
We're talking about Wiser suing Trump claiming it's unconstitutional to
move Space Command to Alabama. The Trump's punishing Colorado for
mail in balloting. Wiser will lose because there are independent grounds.
Doj Inspector General said so for the move, but once
again he sued Trump. Now what twenty nine or thirty
times Biden, how many? Yeah, I think zero three at three, seven, one, three, eight, two, five,
(18:44):
five of the number. If you haven't heard the show
and you get a chance to hear the podcast, we
have had amazing callers on Space Command, people in high
positions currently or prior, just giving us so much valuable
insight into why uniformally in their opinions it has been
better to move Space Command out of Colorado. So fascinating
(19:06):
to hear them and certainly changed my perspective on it.
Many many text on different topics. I do want to
deliver on this sound. I promised Jill we'd take her first,
and I want to give you this sound. I know
it's a hard turn, but I think you'll find it
real interesting. This teacher someone fired in Florida. For a
birthday song, she sang to one of her first graders, Jill,
(19:27):
you're back on the Dan Kaplas show.
Speaker 7 (19:28):
Thank you, Thank you Dan. I just want to say,
listening to Daniel and the Colonel, it looks to me
like President Trump has come out for us again and
saved Colorado. How many millions and millions of dollars by
(19:48):
not putting space.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
For us here. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
No, that's right, Dan, Yeah, Yeah.
Speaker 7 (19:53):
I mean so you know, he basically saved us from
having to spend all that money for no reason. Yeah,
and I just wanted to say God bless President Trump
for that.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Well, Joe appreciate the call.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Yeah, I heard information from Daniel who called and described
how he's in a very high ranking position in Space Force,
and then he took us into the detailed explanation of
why he thought it was better for it to be
in Alabama and really impacted my perception of it. Hey
still as a Colorado and as somebody who's seen the
(20:26):
great military tradition here and the success of Space Command
while it's spending Colorado. Yeah, it's it's hard for me
to root against Colorado, Right, But then you listen to
somebody like Daniel, and he, from his perspective, believe strongly
it's it's better off in Alabama.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
So appreciate that call. Is this our Alexa, Alexa? How
are you hear from you? I'm living the dream? How
are you?
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Yes? You are? Do you know how many years I've
been so envious of your neighbors church or treating at
your house?
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Oh man?
Speaker 3 (20:59):
The full side as hershey Bar's colleague.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
Yeah, and I try to be a good neighbor year round,
but definitely on Halloween.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
And thank you for the reminder.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
Us.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
I am supposed to stop tonight and pick those up.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
Oh you better do it.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
I better do that.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
Oh no, no, no matter what it takes, we will have
the full size bars and we will not run out. Good.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
Well, you know what, I don't remember our attorney general
the last few years. I don't remember him coming out
against setanal trendy arragua. Can he actually do the job
that mosttorney generals do to make our safe state safer
rather than racking up how many times he can sue
(21:43):
the Trump administration. This is just absurd, Dan, I want
to be safer. They just did a evaluation between Denver
and Cheyenne, Wyoming. For a family of four making one
hundred and twenty thousand dollars a year, it is thirty
seven thousand dollars. That's thirty percent cheaper for a family
to live in Cheyenne than in Denver. These people are
(22:06):
not helping their state.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Yeah, he is so highly politicized.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
And the crazy thing, Alexa is there are so and
I'm saying there are so many good lawyers in the
AG's office who are doing an awful lot of good
work on stuff you never hear of. But when it
comes to the top, guy Phil Wiser, he's such a
political animal that you're right, things he should be using
the full force of the office, and he has a
(22:32):
very talented office, the full force of the office to attack.
He doesn't for political reasons. And that's such a waste
for the state. Because you look at some state offices
and you say, boy, I wish they had some more
talent in there. You look at the AG's office. They
got a ton of talent. He just won't use it
for the things that we really need him to use
(22:52):
it for.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
Yeah. Well, and then you see him also several years
ago he got one that attorneys out of Chicago for
goodly Raye, Oh my goodness, Elijah and McLay. Yeah, it's
like we really that I don't know, you seem to
be pretty darn successful. Yeah, I guess most of your
(23:18):
lawyers are located in Colorado.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Oh my goodness, in the office. Well, what I could
never thank you for remembering that election lawyers.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
What I couldn't figure out is they've got a lot
of talented lawyers in that AG's office. So why did
he go to It was Chicago? You're right, why do
you go to Chicago for those lawyers? And it's been
a minute, but didn't they lose or at least lose
one of the cases. You could have found Colorado lawyers
to lose it.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Yeah, yeah, at a much cheaper rate too.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (23:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
And then you of course had may or Mikey get
the attorneys from Washington, d C. Yeah, oh yeah, defending him.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
So yeah, nothing but the best, nothing but the best.
Yeah yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
And then they then they try to keep Trump off
the ballot here and they're surprised when maybe he doesn't
want to do Colorado favors.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
Yeah, Alexa, great to hear from you. I've got to
deliver on my promise to play this. Uh you see
the story, you see the story about the birth they're
not looking for. You will enjoy it. You will enjoy
Thank you, Alexa. Great dear from you. Yeah, this is
a teacher some folks wanted fired down in Florida. Fortunately
she's keeping her job. But I'd still really like your take.
Speaker 9 (24:30):
On this and developing in Pole County Tonight, an elementary
school teacher will remain in the classroom. The school district
investigated her after she's sang a birthday song to a student.
It's a version the child's parent claims is offensive and
racially insensitive.
Speaker 8 (24:44):
Happy birthdank you you Livings, you come monkey, I know
want to everybody.
Speaker 9 (25:00):
And new tonight. Paul County School says they found no
evidence that this teacher meant any harm. Ten David Bay
News reporter Angelusia Bruten joins US Live from district headquarters
this evening in Angalusia. You have the human resources report
break down those findings for US.
Speaker 10 (25:14):
Courtney Pole County School says that the investigation included several
interviews with students as well as the teacher, Kimberly Langston.
It says that the intent does not erase the impact,
but the teacher did not have any ill intent. Sived
a written reprimand for a lack of judgment in photographing
and relaying several student images without parental consent. The policies
(25:35):
she violated are students safety and welfare, staff technology, acceptable
use in safety, and student records. Investigation says other videos
were shared of the teacher singing happy Birthday to students.
Langston's written statement says she has been singing this song
to students for twenty two years. The district says, although
this is a long standing practice, she is not allowed
(25:57):
to sing this song or film students moving forward.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
So what do you think about that? Now?
Speaker 1 (26:03):
The student's mother. Student's mother went public on air Interview
TV with the six year old there on her lap.
Speaker 10 (26:15):
Hi, legend, did you have a birthday last week? Yes, Legend,
Whittaker just turned six years old.
Speaker 8 (26:21):
Can we pay Happy birthday to you?
Speaker 10 (26:23):
He attends Floral Avenue Elementary and Bartow where his class
and teachers celebrated with the song Happy Birthday. But what
happened next? Would you like the funny song now that
I sang to you? Stirred up, hurt feelings and anger?
Speaker 8 (26:39):
Happy birthday you?
Speaker 10 (26:42):
You?
Speaker 8 (26:43):
Then busy? You tcome monkey? You know huck want to.
Speaker 11 (26:52):
Club?
Speaker 9 (26:52):
Everybody?
Speaker 10 (26:54):
I like stir Bretha Legend says the song hurt his feelings.
His mother does ray pray their says, the teacher sent
her the video and she went straight to the main office.
Speaker 11 (27:04):
I automatically said that's unacceptable and I don't feel I
don't think nothing's funny about it.
Speaker 10 (27:10):
Crayther says, there's a history of black people being described
that way, which makes it extremely upsetting.
Speaker 9 (27:16):
My skin is boiling.
Speaker 11 (27:17):
I don't even like racism and to know where we
come from in our ancestors and for us to be
labeled like that because Lane Cools lady based saying that
we're ugly, we're at like a monkey and all this,
and that I don't like that at all.
Speaker 10 (27:30):
Polk County Public Schools District staff and the HR department
are reviewing this.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
I find so whose sign do you come down on?
The mother or the teacher. You're on the Dan Capla Show.
Speaker 6 (27:44):
And now back to the Dan Tapliss Show podcast.
Speaker 9 (27:47):
And developing in Polk County tonight, an elementary school teacher
will remain in the classroom. The school district investigated her
after she sang a birthday song to a student. It's
a version the child's parent claims is offensive and racially insensitive.
Speaker 8 (28:01):
Happy birth, Thank you you, you liven buzz you you
tlcome monkey.
Speaker 10 (28:11):
I so want to.
Speaker 8 (28:15):
Club everybody.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
How awful of this mother to do this to her child? Right,
because if you watch this video, if you get a
chance to see this video at home, looks like this
wonderful little boy. And you see the video of him
in class when Happy Birthday is being sung and he's
so happy, and then his mother just turns this all
(28:40):
ugly for him.
Speaker 6 (28:43):
Hi, legend, did you have a birthday last week?
Speaker 10 (28:46):
Yes, Legend, Whittaker just turned six years old.
Speaker 8 (28:49):
Can we take happy birthday to you?
Speaker 10 (28:51):
He attends Floral Avenue Elementary in bartow where his class
and teachers celebrated with a song.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
And then it goes on from there.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
The point of that sound is, why are they putting
this six year old on camera? This is the mother
putting this child on camera. All the teacher was doing
was having the class and happy birthday. Then she asked
him if he wanted the special funny birthday song. He
said yes. You could tell he was loving it, and
(29:20):
the teacher sent it to his mom, send it to
his mom, and then she goes and runs to the
school and claims its racism.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
But my point is just what about putting the child first?
Speaker 1 (29:33):
And why would the mother put the child on camera
in a TV interview? How is that any good for
the child? And to just turn this into a racial
thing for the child just kind of poisoning things.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
In the classroom for him. That's what ticks me off.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
And I've brought this up on air before over the
years in lots of different context when parents have put
their young children in the middle of stuff.
Speaker 2 (29:58):
It has nothing to do with race.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
We've talked about white parents who've done it, Brown parents
who've done it, at black parents. It's just parents who
choose to use their child as kind of a leverage
in a story like that just bugs me. And the
underlying issue come on obviously that there wasn't anything racist
about it, any racist intent, anything like that. So yeah,
(30:22):
just so sad for the teacher who's just trying to
be a good teacher and make class fun for those kids,
and you could hear the affection in her voice. And
then for the child you know who now has been
on TV and all of that, and imagine, you know
what he hears everywhere he goes Jesse, do you.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Remember that song? Anybody ever sing that?
Speaker 4 (30:44):
I remember it? Yeah, one hundred percent. I think we've
all sung it, depending on our age, right, Yeah, yeah,
I had heard it for a while exactly that teacher
didn't have any bad intent.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
Yeah, yeah, I have not heard that for a while,
But since we have the great Jesse Thomas here.
Speaker 4 (30:58):
Ryan is off I think at a political right and yeah,
he went up north to moderate something with I think
Georgia Particler andbody else.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Yeah. Sheriff Reames, Yeah, there you go. A great crew.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
While I was in trial for that long long trial,
Sheriff Reemes and DJ Brockler did a show together here
filling in for me, and I heard it was instant
classic stuff. So we've got to reunite them. But big
news today right on the Michael Brown Show this morning.
Speaker 4 (31:26):
Yeah, they're rearranging the deck chairs, so to speak. So
Michael Brown gets to sleep in a couple more hours
in the morning and he'll be over at KOA between
what nine a m.
Speaker 6 (31:37):
Till noon? Now.
Speaker 4 (31:38):
Prior to that, it is Colorado Morning News with Gina
Gondek from five am to six a m. And then
Ross Kamisky will come in and he will go six
to nine with Gina, I'm told, and Dragon Redbeard will kind.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
Of oversee all that as far as what we do.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
When does that start?
Speaker 6 (31:57):
November tenth?
Speaker 1 (31:58):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (31:58):
November tenth, wow.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Yeah, And then there's going to be open auditions for
this prime morning drive spots six thirty KITSCHW in Denver six.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
Am to ten am open tryouts for a little bit.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
So we'll talk tomorrow about Hey, who would you like
to see in that time slot? You know, that is
one of the prime time slots in all of radio
in Colorado six to ten am on six thirty KHW Denver,
which we're very proud carries the name KAPLA show along
with other iHeart stations, but the legendary Peter Boyles had
that time slot for years. It was you know, must
(32:32):
hear radio throughout the city, So it's a very very
important timeslot. Michael Brown has done a tremendous job there
and he will be at Dynamite of.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Course on KOA. So who would you like to see there?
Speaker 1 (32:43):
And we'll get into depth tomorrow And don't feel like
you're limited any particular pool of people. I'm on record
is saying if Ryan Schuling wants that spot, I have
to believe he's a favorite because he's such a great
talent and very well respected and established. But you and
I share a belief that he may not be a
morning guy.
Speaker 4 (33:03):
It'd be a little rough, he'd have to make some
significant adjustments. Yeah, and I hope somebody tells the people
down at Circle K on the corner that Michael Brown
will not be in at five thirty in the morning
anymore to get his giant diet coke.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
Yeah, it'll send the authorities after him. Will be brutal.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Michael Brown and Donald Trump key to success diet coke Texters. Dan,
we used to sing that song to all of our
friends growing up. Skin skin color did not matter. Nineteen seventies, Dan,
mother is raising a thin skin son and galvanizing his victimhood.
She could have used it as a teaching moment. The
boy looks like an absolutely wonderful child, and I just
feel so bad that he's been put in the middle
(33:40):
of this. And I do blame the mom for that,
not the teacher.
Speaker 4 (33:44):
Dan.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
That teacher should be tested for sanity singing that song
in this day and age, any student is criminally stupid,
completely disagree texture. But that tells me is you've got
a teacher who's completely colorblind. That's what doctor King wanted,
That's what we're all supposed to be, is completely color blind.
And so I think what you got there was just
(34:06):
purity from that teacher.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
I don't think.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Anybody can honestly suggest there was anything racial from the teacher.
Speaker 2 (34:14):
Dad.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
I used to sing that song to my friends all
the time. It was fun that mom is looking for
a handout, just so sad for the child looks like
just a wonderful child. And to be thrown on camera
like that and everything else. But Jesse, great to work
with you. Thank you, my friend.
Speaker 6 (34:30):
I enjoyed it.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Thank you and Ryan. We'll be back with us tomorrow.
Thank you for your time today.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Thank you to all of those great callers who.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
Called on the Space Command issue, including people who are
pretty high ranking.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
Learned a lot grateful for that.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Join us tomorrow on the Dan Kapla Show.
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