Dan takes calls and texts on whether the Trump administration reportedly ordering follow-up strikes on surviving smuggler from narco boats en route from South America is acceptable. Or would this be an example of an 'illegal order' Democrat veterans in Congress have been railing against?
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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
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and to subscribe, download, and listen to the show every
single day on your favorite podcast platform. American way to
protect our children, protect our wives, to protect your spouse,
and yet in Colorado we're not rising up to do that.
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I'd love for you to tell me why. More importantly,
I'd love to do it. I'd love to put our
heads together and come up with the way to do it,
because it is doable. And obviously, what I'm talking about,
I've been talking about it for a long time, is
the carnage on our roadways right now. It is a
killing field. And we've had this explosion of these high profile,
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horrific fatal crashes over the course of the last ten
days or so. But it's going on very systematically out
there right now. And we all know why, right that
the left is undermined law enforcement financially and otherwise, and
so right now, you have an awful lot of reckless drivers.
You have criminals escaping scenes who who just feel like
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they can't be caught, and you see that play out
on the roads around you probably every single day. So
what are we going to do about it? Are we
men or mice? Are we women or mice? What are
we going to do about this? Three or three seven
one three eight two five five texts D A N
five seven seven three nine. And we talked about a
lot last week right before Thanksgiving, when we have this
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beautiful family wiped out by this mass killer on Highway
eighty three in Franktown after he had just carjacked car
from somebody from the Aurora parking rod And so is
this just going to be the new normal? What are
we going to do about this? And that one, of course,
raises other issues. We have the every day quote unquote
reckless drivers who are just out there. Maybe they're on drugs,
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maybe they're drunk, maybe it's both, maybe they're just high
on the speed. They don't believe they're going to get caught,
but they are endangering and killing every day, And so
what are we going to do about him? And then
we had a state senator, faith Winner, you know, beloved
by many who knew her, who was killed just a
few blocks from where we're doing the show today. She
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was killed out at Orchard night twenty five and then
Governor Polu issued very appropriately and he was right to
and it was a beautiful statement, you know, mourning her
death as he should have done. But where was his
statement mourning the death of the thirty five year old
father and the three children who were slaughtered in that
car by a criminal who should have been in jail
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here in Colorado?
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Where was his statement about that? One? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Three out, three, seven, three eight, two five five text
d an five, seven, seventh through nine. We'll start the
calls with Sewn in Loveland. You're on the Dan Kaplis show.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Welcome Dan, Thanks for taking my power. I believe my
personal opinion is the answer is mandatory minimum sentencing and
that falls to the responsibility of the legislature. You know what, Dan,
it would it would slowly down, if not outright stop
it in my opinion.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
And if it, if it doesn't, you know what, it
takes that person off the street for a mandatory sentence.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Yeah, great, great suggestion, my friend, appreciate the call of
that is that is brilliant. So mandatory minimums, yes, as
well as felonies. What and let me ask you this,
which traffic related charges and this would include DUI. Which
traffic related charges would you elevate to felonies? Three oh
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A N five seven seven three nine. And and that
would be a major to turn right out of the
shoot because everybody understands, everybody smart enough to get find
the wheel understands the significance of a felony. So it
wouldn't be enough to just label it a felony and
then it got automatically pled down. They'd actually have to
be prosecuted. But first things first, what traffic related offenses
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would you elevate to a felony? Text d an five
seven seventh three nine in one great suggestion for which
would you have mandatory minimum jail time? And I understand
that takes resources, But what is more precious than the
lives of the people of Colorado, starting with the kids.
Some things are worth spending money on. And that's the
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number one thing worth spending money on, protecting the innocent
from the guilty. All right, let's get to some more
texts and calls. Dan two died in a high speed
crash and where today's stolen vehicle out of Fort Collins.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
That from jeff Man.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
It just seems like it's happening every day, every single day,
and it isn't every day, but it's most days, and
it's getting worse, right because again, criminals are are not
always dumb, and sometimes they're very smart people who decide
to misuse their intelligence.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
And right now that the.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Word is out and social media, when you talk about
some of these big, you know, gathering of crowdhrucket types,
but beyond that, yeah, they it's very very clear to
the people who want to break the law on the
roadways that there is much less chance that they'll be
caught than there would have been even a few years ago.
And do not blame the men and women in blue.
It is not their fault. It is not their fault.
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It is the politicians. Don't blame the judges. It's not
their fault. It is the politicians. It is these weak laws.
It's the lack of funding, it's the lack of backing
up the cops, and it's the lack of punishing the offenders.
How in the world could this killer in Highway eighty
three have even still been out on the street. And
what about we have so many texts today on drones day,
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and it seems like there should be a way to
use drones to chase down offenders without risk to civilians.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
I'm with you on that.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Sheriff Freemes joined us in Weld County. He explained just
how very large that is, and it's going to be
different in a rural county, but certainly in a metro area.
In fact, I got an email from a buddy of
mine who's into very very elevated levels of tech, who
was saying, Yeah, in a metro area, you can set
up a grid modern drones, very high speed. You set
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up a grid, you set up a system you can
easily quickly deploy, coordinate information. Yeah, but you have to
have the willingness. You have to have the willingness of
the elected officials. Do you see Mike Johnston of Denver
right now? You see who allowed the lawless to take
over the Aurora a area campus, that area of campus
where they did and so many other things Johnston has done.
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It's Johnston, right, Ryan, who said he was going to
send Denver police out to the county line to fight
off the Feds, enthorcing federal law am in square moment.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Do you that's right?
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Fifty thousand he's going to put in the streets. That's right,
even crazier stuff than mom Donnie.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
But that statement was yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
So do you really see Mike Johnston and the left
now a backing that kind of move for public safety
in the metro areas, you know, on the city level
with Johnston, but then state support with laws and funding. No,
they're going the opposite direction. If they thought they could
deploy all these drones and every everything else to help
the criminals avoid going to jail, they might do that.
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But to help law enforcement, not a chance. I mean,
look at Johnston and the big fight in Denver to
take down the flock cameras, the license plate readers, and
I know to a point Johnston has said, no, we
want to maintain those, but this should be the biggest
slam dunk in the history of Earth. But you see
all the lefties in Denver wanting to take down those
license plate readers and heck crying right now. We did
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a segment on this while back. How many of these
traffic cams on I seventy are out or being taken down,
which is just like basic public safety stuff.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
So love your thoughts.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I've offered a lot of concrete ones on air today
and in the past forty two years, I've been studying this,
representing victims and catastrophic injury and death cases.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
And you know, just as you would if.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
You were doing that job that I have, and you
may well be doing a job where where you're seeing
all this happen too. Is every single time I think, oh, Man,
could have been my kid. You know, it could have
been my mom, could have been my dad while they
were still with us. It could be my web and
you just you can see how your life would be
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destroyed in a heartbeat, and you can also see ways
that it could have been prevented. Every single one of
these I've ever done over the decades was preventable, could
have been prevented, So you learn the ways it could
have been prevented now, just sitting here right now. Things
you can do today, because I know it's going to
take some time to change laws and things like that,
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but things you can do today. And I don't mean
to be so redundant on this, but I can't tell you, Ryan,
how often do we get text from people saying, Dan,
you told me on air, don't go in the light turnscreen,
don't go in light turns great, look both ways in
light turning. How often do we get a text from
somebody saying, hey, man, that saved my life today.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
I called the Dan caplis real every day.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Thank you, Mavan, thank you for doing that. I do too.
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
And obviously it happened with our daughter in that semi
light turn green.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
She didn't go.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
What was your reaction to my Dan, your emotions that
day when Caroline called you and told you what had happened.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Oh man, I was ready to kill. I was just
ready to go.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
And we have tried, we have tried everywhere we can
think of to track that guy down. But unfortunately the
image we've used professionals and everything else, but the image
that was taken of the side of that truck you
cannot identify, big modern truck and clearly going way over
the speed limit. But that light was red for two
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or three seconds before the truck went through at probably
twenty over the speed limit eight pounds probably, yeah, yeah,
So throughout three seven, three, eight, two five five, please
do that, do not go, and the light turns red,
look both ways, because right now, all these killers on
the roadways, all these reckless drivers, so many are not
even bothering to slow down before they blow through these
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lights and get yourself from your family and the safest
car you possibly can. And one of the tips on
that is, yeah, the federal you know, crash safety rating
stuff worth looking at and some good stuff there, But
I think the insurance industry safety ratings are better because
the insurance industry has a lot of money at stake,
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and I think they're very, very thorough, and I'd look
at those before you buy used or new car. I
know a lot of people getting used now because the
new cars are so expensive. But please, Yeah, like I
often say, I would eat dog food to make sure
my kids and my wife are in the safest car
possible because that is a huge difference maker. And obviously
it all starts at the seat belt on.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Right.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Princess di was in a cutting edge you know Mercedes,
you know when obviously the most current year make best model,
and when she was killed because she didn't have a
seatbuilt on it. Princess died a seat belt on. She
walks away from that easily. You're on the dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 4 (10:57):
And now back to the dan Kaplas Show Podcas.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Loving that, Ryan, Thank you five twenty one.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
We're talking about how to keep you alive today, not
Ryan Shuling, though we sure do want that. I'm a
love but you, but you as you listen to this show,
and your family, and you know I'm right there with you.
So many people listening right now. We all go to
great lengths to buy, you know, the very best firearms
for our situation, to make sure we're able to defend
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our family at home and elsewhere and other innocent people.
And that's a great thing, and we should keep doing that.
But but yet, not that much thought goes into protecting
our family and ourselves out on the roadways, because right
now we are in infinitely more danger. More importantly, our
family is your family and mine out on the roadways
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than we are at home. And we got to be
ready for anything that might happen at home or outside,
et cetera, when it comes to you know, Second Amendment firearms,
but far more likely that a loved one of yours,
God forbid will be killed or maimed on the roadway.
And it's getting worse and worse and worse in Colorado
under leftist rule. And we've had the explosion of these
high profile horrific wrecks over the last ten days. But
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what are we going to do about it? And so
we're getting very concrete today Texter and a caller. Great idea,
Shawn the caller about mandatory minimums. And I'm asking you
what traffic related defenses would you have mandatory minimums for
and how long would those sentences be? And then felonies,
and I think this would be particularly effective. What traffic
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type of fences would you elevate to felony level? Because
right now, and this is the biggest part. Right now,
you know these killers, these reckless drivers, these people fleeing
crime scenes. They're just sure they're not going to get caught.
And don't blame law enforcement for it, right, blame the politicians.
But they're just sure they aren't going to get caught.
What do we do about it? Three h three someone
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three eight two five five the number. I'll get to
some of those texts. I do want to lighten it
up with this really cool sound of if you grew
up in the eighties, you know these lines from parents.
I'll get to that. I do want to get into
these allegations that Pete Hegsath gave orders that either directly
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or indirectly caused, you know, some of these drug runners
to be killed after they'd survived an initial strike. I
want to touch on that. Sheriff Steve Riams. I'm sure
he'll be covering that too. He's in tomorrow for me.
I start a jury trial tomorrow morning in beautiful Colorado Springs,
very much looking forward to that. But Sheriff Steve will
have the show while I'm in trial this week. On that, Dan,
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says a Texter to DN five seven seven three nine.
I want mandatory jail sentences for driving under the influence
of drugs or alcohol, reckless or dangerous driving, including speed
twenty five miles over the speed limit, hit and run,
and vehicular assault or homicide. Well, said Jim Ryan. I
tell you people all over the state right now would
throw up. They would literally throw up if they knew
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how few people did any kind of meaningful jail time
after killing somebody while behind the wheel. And again, you know,
blame the law, blame the left, blame the lawmakers, blame
these incredibly, incredibly weak traffic laws.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
But yet, so what about it? And let me get.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Concrete here, would you support as you're driving home this
afternoon would you support mandatory jail for first time dui offenders?
And as you know, they come in all shapes and sizes.
We all know how horrifically dangerous it is and how
many people get killed even by first time dui drivers.
And when I say even, I'm not minimizing it at all.
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I'm just saying that normally, if somebody gets picked up
for dui, you know it's not their first rodeo. They've
probably done it what ten times one hundred times before
without being caught. Would you support mandatory jail for first
time do you? Would you support making driving while texting
a felony? And I'm sure your your initial reaction to
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that is no, and maybe you've even done it yourself,
but I'd ask you to consider this. It is literally
driving while blindfolded. If somebody is driving that vehicle while texting,
it is the same as driving blindfolded. They're propelling that
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very heavy block of metal down the roadway without looking
at the roadway. It's no different than driving blindfolded. Would
you elevate driving while texting to a felony?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
What speed?
Speaker 1 (15:38):
How far over would you have to be before you'd
elevate that to a felony or in your mind, would
it depend on circumstances? Love, you're taking all this three
or three someone three eight two five five text DN
five seven seven three nine one of the otter text
RNE of the day. Did the flot cameras help with
the thirty car pile up in Gypsum? I have no
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idea what our friend is referring to there.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Now.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
We have talked on this show about how some of
the traffic cams along I seventy were being taken down,
and it's like, what these are basic safety mechanisms. Why
would you do that?
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Dan?
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Like your caller sean, a violent carjacking should be ten
to twenty minimum. Boy, I don't think anybody would argue
with that, except maybe Jared Polis and the rest of
the left. By the way, that very thoughtful and very
appropriate statement of mourning from Jared Polis when Senator faith
Winner was killed not far from here a few days
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ago on I twenty five. Where was his statement for
the thirty five year old father and the three children
massacred in that car by the criminal with the eleven
page criminal record who should have been in Colorado jail?
Where was the statement there? Seems to me like basic
decency would have required one. Okay, let me get to
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this lighter sound. I promised if you grew up in
the eighties, you know these lines from your parents, I
would suggest it would apply to like the seventies too.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Only eighties kids heard their parents talk like this. Te
today's kids will never know.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Go outside and don't come back till the street.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Lights come on.
Speaker 4 (17:18):
And we actually did.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
No phone, no snacks, just a bike and a stick
we pretended was a sword.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Your bored, I'll give you something to.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Do instant shores. You heard that, baseboards, garage, whatever they
pointed at. Stop crying before I give you something to
cry about it. We all heard. Oh that shut us
down immediately.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
I'm not a short ordered cook.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
You eat what I make.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
Burnt meat loaf, mystery casserole, doesn't matter, you're eating it.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
I brought you.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Into this world, and I can take you out.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
That's true. You heard that smile, but.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
You knew they meant business. I don't think I heard
she was because I said so.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
The end of every argument, final boss, entergy.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you
Oh yeah, we heard that. Oh yeah, every.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
Parent had this one ready, like it was part of
their script.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Eighties parenting was savage, but somehow we survived and turned
out fine.
Speaker 5 (18:12):
Man.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
I don't know we had that earlier in the eighties.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
I could.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Did your parents have a favorite? My mom's favorite and
it was so cool?
Speaker 4 (18:19):
Was a favorite?
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Kid was, well, I'm sure you were that.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
No, no, no, no, I'm not my mom's or her
stop everything. Line was you're a capitalist, You're better than that.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
That's right, and it stuck.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (18:32):
Yeah, yeah, I never had to worry about my mom's cooking.
It was phenomenal. I miss it to this day.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Yeah, but what I what froze me about that? And
she had to use it a lot, but it always worked,
was and I love it. Just the pride in the
family and the pride in the family name.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
Yeah, that very very effective, very effective.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Yeah, and if your parents did, there were some great
lines from your parents you want to pass.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Along, particularly if they worked. We'd love to hear those.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Three or three seOne, three eight, two five five takes
d an five seven seventh, three nine.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
Glad you're with us particularly important show today as we're
talking about, Hey, how to keep you alive, how to
protect your family? Obviously our roadways have turned into a
killing field. Don't blame law enforcement, blaming the politicians who
undermine them. But the bad guys know. The bad guys
know there's not much enforcement. And if they run, Let's
say I've committed a crime and they run that, if
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they run fast enough, odds are they won't be chasing. Again,
that's not law enforcement's fault. And all these reckless drivers
know that, Hey, if they just go fast enough, you know,
rules of engagement, other practicalities, and simply the way the
Left has undermined law enforcement, chances are they'll get away
at least short term. So what do we do about it?
What do we do about it to better protect you
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in your family? Caller suggested mandatory minimums, good idea for
what traffic related offenses would you support mandatory minimums? And
how about felonies? What traffic related stuff would you elevate
to a felony? Now, lots of other stuff going on
today as well. I do want to talk about the
left now trying to get after President Trump and heg
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seth over taking out these drug runners in the Caribbean.
Wait a second, these are chemical weapons attacks on America,
just as I've talked about for years with China, you know,
running fentanyl into America up through Mexico, the cartels running
their garbage up into color These are chemical weapons attacks
on our country. The fact that they take this other form,
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what difference does that make? So I fully support Trump
protecting our country from this. Now you have this separate issue.
You have this claim that during one of these encounters,
when the military took out one of these drug boats,
that there were a couple of survivors and a second
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strike was unauthorized to kill the survivors. So that is
an allegation. That is an allegation at this point. Now,
I'd love to get your take on that. There are
some published reports CNN reporting that the administration has confirmed
that there was a second strike, But that doesn't mean
there was a second strike where the order was, oh,
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kill those two survivors, as opposed to a second strike
meant to make sure that the boat was obliterated. So
obviously you cannot trust You cannot trust most of the
media when it comes to this stuff. I don't think
there's a talk issue here. You can tell me different.
My guess is one hundred percent of the people in
this audience would agree that if and I'm not saying
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this was a scenario at all, but if it was
a scenario where orders given to take out the drug
boat and then there are two survivors, and then a
second order is given to target the two survivors and
kill them, I have to believe one hundred out of
one hundred people in this audience would agree that would
be wrong. But there is not proof out there at
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this point that that is what happened here. Now it
sounds like and I say sounds like because we don't
have all the facts at this point. But as you
start to piece these reports together, it may be the
case where there was an order given to do a
second strike to make sure the boat was obliterated. I'd
be very very, very very surprised if there was a
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second order to specifically target survivors. Ryan you think there
would be anybody in this audience who would disagree that
in that hypothetical, and I'm not saying that hypothetical supportive,
but in that hypothetical, no, you cannot target survivors in
that scenario to take them out.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
Well, you don't want this to escalate. And I think
this is well within the jurisdiction the purview of the
President of the United States as commander in chief, to
protect our borders from boats that are planning to invade
our country and our waters with illicit drugs that kill Americans.
I mean, when you look at it that way, it's
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to your point, it's no different than any kind of
chemical weapon.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Chemical weapons attacks. So no, these strikes are one thousand
percent justified. That the question is if the left's allegation
is true, and underline that if a thousand times they
lie about Trump all the time, and if the left's
allegations are true, and if a second order was given
specifically to kill a couple of survivors of the first strike, yeah,
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that that order would be legal. But that's again, we
have not seen facts supporting that such an order was given.
There may have been a second order given to make
sure the boat was destroyed, but I'd be very very
surprised if we ever learned that there was a second
order given, or if there had been a second order
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given to actually target survivors. Hard for me to believe
that such an order would be given. I think it
would clearly be legal, and I don't think it would
be given. Three out three someone three eight two five
five techs d an five seven seven three nine. Our
friend Alexa writes two large pile ups and I seventy
over the weekend, the one in Gypsum and another one
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just east of Glenwood Springs. At from Alexa, obviously there
was horrific weather. It was I'm losing track of the days,
but I was heading into the office because I started
trial tomorrow. I was heading in the office. Was it
Friday morning after Thanksgiving or Saturday, I can't remember, but
it was sheet ice on the roadways. Must have been
Saturday morning, sheet ice on the roadways, and I have
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a really effective SUV with great snow tires, and I
was just sliding everywhere. That's how icy it was. So
I would imagine there was weather involved in both of
those big crashes up there. But at the same time,
we all know how crazy the roadways have become and
how many people you have driven at a at out
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of Haiti's speed even when the weather is horrible. Let's
go to Jay and we ridge. You're on the Dan
KAPLA show Welcome, Hey.
Speaker 5 (25:03):
Dan, Jay, were not quite a hundred out of one hundred.
I say, if you're shooting at terrorists and you don't
get them the first time, you shoot them again.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
In this kind of scenario, Now listen, if you're on
the battlefield, let's say we've got it, We've got okay,
fair enough. But let's say, in my example, we've got
Navy seals out there and they're conducting a mission, and
that they don't get their target the first time. Can
they then take their target out the second time? I
would think yes. I'm sure there are some scenarios where
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that would be prohibited, but generally speaking, in a situation
like this, what you're saying, my friend, is you're you're
going after one of these chemical weapons attackers, so you're
taking out this boat. You get two people to survive.
I don't think under that scenario on a battlefield, our
troops would be allowed to shoot somebody in the head
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if they're a survivor.
Speaker 5 (26:03):
If they're in a position to take them prisoner or something.
Maybe you do that that they're not. You've finished the job.
It's the job.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
But let me let me ask you about this. My friend,
and again, neither you nor I are assuming that the
left's allegation is true. As I've said, I'll be very
very surprised if if there was an actual order given
to take out survivors. And I don't trust the left,
but let's say on a battlefield. Let's say on a
battlefield that there are now a couple of wounded and
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they're laying there and they don't pose any threat because
of the nature of their injuries. I think we can
agree that that under rules of engagement, our military would
not be allowed to just kill them rather than take
them prisoner.
Speaker 5 (26:49):
There's still a threat. Then they're still a threat.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
Right, right, But you're getting to the course. I mean,
our troops have a right to defend themselves.
Speaker 5 (26:57):
But in this I think there's a lot unfold. There
sounds to me like the left doing the left thing.
I'll just run their mouths with no knowledge. But if
the job needs finished, and it should be finished, someone
needs to say, well, finish the job, all.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Right, Jay, Well appreciate the call, my friend. I I
think what and I think Jay would agree with this too.
He can call back and tell me I'm wrong if
he thinks I am. If the scenario, And again I'm
not assuming anything the Left says here is true. They
lie about Trump so much. But if you had a
scenario where the drug boat had been taken out, there
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were two survivors who did not pose any threat at
that time, my understanding of the rules of engagement is
that you would not be allowed to target the two
survivors for the purpose of killing them. I think that's
black and white. Again, I'm not assuming such an order
was given. I'm assuming such an order was not given,
and that the Left is trying to create something here
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that really didn't happen. I'm not questioning that there was
an order for a second strike on the boat at
this point. That wouldn't surprise me at all, and I
think there are some credible news reports that there was.
But that's a lot different than in order to target
survivors and kill them. I would be beyond shocked if
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that kind of order was given. You're on the Dankplas Show.
Speaker 4 (28:26):
And now back to the Dankapless Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
I want some more of those four and eight weekends.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
I'll bet that was marvelous.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
Three oh three seven one three eight two five five
texts dam five seven seven three nine. Not many people
lay on their deathbed and say, boy, I wish I'd
spent more time at the office.
Speaker 4 (28:43):
You know what I did yesterday, Dan, Real quick, guy.
I went with my baby sister Lizzie, who you met.
She visited here some time ago. And it was a
perfect winter wonderland setting. We had a big storm, about
a foot of snow in Michigan, and we went to
a Christmas tree farm and we cut down our own
tree like Nash the Lampoon's Christmas vacation, and we tethered
it to the top of her vehicle and we brought
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it back to her place and we put it in
the tree stand. Dan. It was the perfect height, just
shy of her ceiling. It was in cent.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
That is a great omen great it is. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Love that story. Love that story. How about this story
out of Denver, New York Post version Denver dad fights
off home invader attempting to get to his children's bedroom.
Somebody's in our house. Denver family said they lived every
parents worst night, maybre waking up in the middle of
the night to find a stranger walking toward the children's bedroom.
In an interview, Kevin and Sarah Root described the terrifying
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early morning encounter inside their Southwest Denver home. Breaking happened
around three thirty am. We heard the footsteps coming up
the stairs to where our room is, Kevin recalled. We
looked at each other and said, somebody's in our house.
You realize you're not dreaming.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
This is real.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Sarah called nine to one one. Husband went to the hallway.
The fear of what's going to happen when my husband
opens the door, that's what replays in my mind the most.
And then it could on to say. Kevin shouted several
times for the man to leave. He kept walking toward
the children's rooms, and then when he paused at the
top of the stairs, pushed him down the stairs. And
then doesn't get into a lot of detail about what
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happened during the three minutes or so before law enforcement
got there. And so great job by that dad, it,
you know. And it's everybody's individual choice right as to
whether to have a firearm. And I don't know whether
that family did or not, And I would never criticize
anybody who chose not to. I would tell you that
that was me for many many years if there was
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not a firearm available, that was me. For many, many years,
and part of it was just my own concern about
making a mistake with the firearm, and you know, they
would I be risking my own children's safety. But eventually,
you know, things happened and I had to and I'm
so glad I did, and we got very very well
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trained and well trained and safe storage and everything else.
And I just sleep so much better. I just sleeps
so much better knowing that if something happened, you know,
we you know, we have the ability to protect ourselves
because no matter how great law enforcement is, unless they
are there at that very moment, then you're going to
have to handle it yourself. So great job by that, Dad.
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Glad it all worked out. Three out three someone three
eight two five five text d an five seven seven
three nine. I sure hope they Well it's Denver, right,
so I hope there's a full prosecution.
Speaker 2 (31:30):
You know that law enforcement will want that.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
Speaking of which, Ryan, we need to get the new DA,
John Walsh, the new Denver DA John Walsh on the
show at some point. And I've known John from some
stuff in the past, always been impressed with him, and
I just like to talk to him about his his philosophy.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
In Denver.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
We know his predecessor, at least in my view, as
predecessor was way, way, way, way too soft on crime.
But John, I've always known him to be a good
man and very smart and competent professional. So I would
love to have him on the show and we'll maybe
do an hour sometime and just talk about his approach
to the office. I do want to end the show
talking about some lighter stuff that's still real important Broncos.
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You know, obviously everybody enjoyed that win, but it was
so great to hear Chris Collinsworth, who's who's just one
of the best analysts in the business and a former player,
say what I've been saying forever on this show is
you gotta let bo Nick's play Now Sean Payton. Obviously
he's a Hall of Fame type coach and Denver's benefiting
from it. But as Consworth kept saying, you gotta let
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Nicks throw down field. You gotta let him throw on
these third and lungs downfield, not just the dump offs.
Get him ready for the postseason. And when you turn
Nicks loose, he does some amazing things. Yeah, turn him loose.
From the beginning, you're gonna get some more picks. Who cares,
You're gonna get a lot more touchdowns. So I do
hope we see more of that over the coming weeks.
But are you surprised Ryan and this ten and two start?
Speaker 4 (32:54):
Oh, I'm shocked. I thought that'd be good, but I
didn't see them taking such a big step forward, and
especially early in the season. You'll recall they were one
and two. They had lost, you know, two games there
right at the end, very frustrating. They didn't let that
phase them and it's been paddled to the metal ever since.
Very impressive.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
Yeah, tremendous future too. I mean you now have the
best ownership in all of sports, and so yeah, just
a tremendous future ahead. So yeah, looking forward to that.
I didn't think this would be a super Bowl year.
I thought would be a playoff here, competitive part of
a team that's that's grown in a hurry. But yeah,
it's going to be fun to watch coach Prime and Boulder.
Don't give up on him, not at all. We're so
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lucky he's here.
Speaker 4 (33:36):
Life.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
You're gonna have ups and downs. It's all about you
know what we do when we get knocked down. And
he's been knocked down, and I think we're going to
see the best of him now. Tough road back, but
he's the first to admit that I think we're going
to see the best of him right now. There very
bright future in Fort Collins with Jim Moore being hired,
tremendous higher and so yeah, it's a great time to
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be a sports faner obviously at the Avalanche odds on
favorites for the Stanley Cup and the Nuggets, I think
they get that full team back on the floor, very
good shot at an NBA title, and the Rockies.
Speaker 4 (34:10):
They can take inspiration from all of what you just said.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
Now I'm about to write my check for season tickets again,
but yeah, yeah, I guess you never give up. And
if we're in a city where every team won everything,
it'd lose some of the thrill, a little bit.
Speaker 4 (34:29):
Of the luster. I agree with you. I'd love to
see the Rockies turn it around.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
And we saw one of the worst things in all
of sports over the weekend when Lane Kiffen, you know,
bolted Old Miss, and I know Ole Miss football isn't
a big topic around harry Son, you know, graduated from
Old Miss, and we really loved that campus and his
experience there. He did incredibly well there, just straight at student,
all these top honors everything else, and went on to
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do great things. Love the experience and it's a great
football environment. You got this guy, Lane Kiffin. They give
him everything he needs to be successful. They finally make
the college football playoffs. It'll be formalized soon. And he
bolts for LSU over the weekend. Just the very worst, right,
just just the very worst, but exposed himself in the process.
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And very sad, very very sad for all those kids
who work so hard. Everybody invests in the team, they're
going to the playoffs, and the coach bolts for another woman.
But yeah, my friend, it'll be great to have Shriff frames.
And now tomorrow I start a jury trial and beautiful
Colorado Springs tomorrow. Cannot wait for that, and does Shriff
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Fremes will have this show while I'm gone, and I
look forward to getting back together with you soon.
Speaker 5 (35:42):
Ryan.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
Thank you for your great work. Please do be safe
out there. When the light turns green, look both ways.
Talk to you soon.
Speaker 2 (35:49):
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. American way to
protect our children, protect our wives, to protect your spouse,
and yet in Colorado we're not rising up to do that.
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I'd love for you to tell me why. More importantly,
I'd love to do it. I'd love to put our
heads together and come up with the way to do it,
because it is doable. And obviously, what I'm talking about,
I've been talking about it for a long time, is
the carnage on our roadways right now. It is a
killing field. And we've had this explosion of these high profile,
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horrific fatal crashes over the course of the last ten
days or so. But it's going on very systematically out
there right now. And we all know why, right that
the left is undermined law enforcement financially and otherwise, and
so right now, you have an awful lot of reckless drivers.
You have criminals escaping scenes who who just feel like
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they can't be caught, and you see that play out
on the roads around you probably every single day. So
what are we going to do about it? Are we
men or mice? Are we women or mice? What are
we going to do about this? Three or three seven
one three eight two five five texts D A N
five seven seven three nine. And we talked about a
lot last week right before Thanksgiving, when we have this
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beautiful family wiped out by this mass killer on Highway
eighty three in Franktown after he had just carjacked car
from somebody from the Aurora parking rod And so is
this just going to be the new normal? What are
we going to do about this? And that one, of course,
raises other issues. We have the every day quote unquote
reckless drivers who are just out there. Maybe they're on drugs,
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maybe they're drunk, maybe it's both, maybe they're just high
on the speed. They don't believe they're going to get caught,
but they are endangering and killing every day, And so
what are we going to do about him? And then
we had a state senator, faith Winner, you know, beloved
by many who knew her, who was killed just a
few blocks from where we're doing the show today. She
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was killed out at Orchard night twenty five and then
Governor Polu issued very appropriately and he was right to
and it was a beautiful statement, you know, mourning her
death as he should have done. But where was his
statement mourning the death of the thirty five year old
father and the three children who were slaughtered in that
car by a criminal who should have been in jail
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here in Colorado?
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Where was his statement about that? One? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Three out, three, seven, three eight, two five five text
d an five, seven, seventh through nine. We'll start the
calls with Sewn in Loveland. You're on the Dan Kaplis show.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Welcome Dan, Thanks for taking my power. I believe my
personal opinion is the answer is mandatory minimum sentencing and
that falls to the responsibility of the legislature. You know what, Dan,
it would it would slowly down, if not outright stop
it in my opinion.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
And if it, if it doesn't, you know what, it
takes that person off the street for a mandatory sentence.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Yeah, great, great suggestion, my friend, appreciate the call of
that is that is brilliant. So mandatory minimums, yes, as
well as felonies. What and let me ask you this,
which traffic related charges and this would include DUI. Which
traffic related charges would you elevate to felonies? Three oh
three seven one three eight two five five text d
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A N five seven seven three nine. And and that
would be a major to turn right out of the
shoot because everybody understands, everybody smart enough to get find
the wheel understands the significance of a felony. So it
wouldn't be enough to just label it a felony and
then it got automatically pled down. They'd actually have to
be prosecuted. But first things first, what traffic related offenses
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would you elevate to a felony? Text d an five
seven seventh three nine in one great suggestion for which
would you have mandatory minimum jail time? And I understand
that takes resources, But what is more precious than the
lives of the people of Colorado, starting with the kids.
Some things are worth spending money on. And that's the
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number one thing worth spending money on, protecting the innocent
from the guilty. All right, let's get to some more
texts and calls. Dan two died in a high speed
crash and where today's stolen vehicle out of Fort Collins.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
That from jeff Man.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
It just seems like it's happening every day, every single day,
and it isn't every day, but it's most days, and
it's getting worse, right because again, criminals are are not
always dumb, and sometimes they're very smart people who decide
to misuse their intelligence.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
And right now that the.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Word is out and social media, when you talk about
some of these big, you know, gathering of crowdhrucket types,
but beyond that, yeah, they it's very very clear to
the people who want to break the law on the
roadways that there is much less chance that they'll be
caught than there would have been even a few years ago.
And do not blame the men and women in blue.
It is not their fault. It is not their fault.
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It is the politicians. Don't blame the judges. It's not
their fault. It is the politicians. It is these weak laws.
It's the lack of funding, it's the lack of backing
up the cops, and it's the lack of punishing the offenders.
How in the world could this killer in Highway eighty
three have even still been out on the street. And
what about we have so many texts today on drones day,
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and it seems like there should be a way to
use drones to chase down offenders without risk to civilians.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
I'm with you on that.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Sheriff Freemes joined us in Weld County. He explained just
how very large that is, and it's going to be
different in a rural county, but certainly in a metro area.
In fact, I got an email from a buddy of
mine who's into very very elevated levels of tech, who
was saying, Yeah, in a metro area, you can set
up a grid modern drones, very high speed. You set
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up a grid, you set up a system you can
easily quickly deploy, coordinate information. Yeah, but you have to
have the willingness. You have to have the willingness of
the elected officials. Do you see Mike Johnston of Denver
right now? You see who allowed the lawless to take
over the Aurora a area campus, that area of campus
where they did and so many other things Johnston has done.
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It's Johnston, right, Ryan, who said he was going to
send Denver police out to the county line to fight
off the Feds, enthorcing federal law am in square moment.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Do you that's right?
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Fifty thousand he's going to put in the streets. That's right,
even crazier stuff than mom Donnie.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
But that statement was yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
So do you really see Mike Johnston and the left
now a backing that kind of move for public safety
in the metro areas, you know, on the city level
with Johnston, but then state support with laws and funding. No,
they're going the opposite direction. If they thought they could
deploy all these drones and every everything else to help
the criminals avoid going to jail, they might do that.
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But to help law enforcement, not a chance. I mean,
look at Johnston and the big fight in Denver to
take down the flock cameras, the license plate readers, and
I know to a point Johnston has said, no, we
want to maintain those, but this should be the biggest
slam dunk in the history of Earth. But you see
all the lefties in Denver wanting to take down those
license plate readers and heck crying right now. We did
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a segment on this while back. How many of these
traffic cams on I seventy are out or being taken down,
which is just like basic public safety stuff.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
So love your thoughts.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I've offered a lot of concrete ones on air today
and in the past forty two years, I've been studying this,
representing victims and catastrophic injury and death cases.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
And you know, just as you would if.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
You were doing that job that I have, and you
may well be doing a job where where you're seeing
all this happen too. Is every single time I think, oh, Man,
could have been my kid. You know, it could have
been my mom, could have been my dad while they
were still with us. It could be my web and
you just you can see how your life would be
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destroyed in a heartbeat, and you can also see ways
that it could have been prevented. Every single one of
these I've ever done over the decades was preventable, could
have been prevented, So you learn the ways it could
have been prevented now, just sitting here right now. Things
you can do today, because I know it's going to
take some time to change laws and things like that,
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but things you can do today. And I don't mean
to be so redundant on this, but I can't tell you, Ryan,
how often do we get text from people saying, Dan,
you told me on air, don't go in the light turnscreen,
don't go in light turns great, look both ways in
light turning. How often do we get a text from
somebody saying, hey, man, that saved my life today.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
I called the Dan caplis real every day.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Thank you, Mavan, thank you for doing that. I do too.
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
And obviously it happened with our daughter in that semi
light turn green.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
She didn't go.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
What was your reaction to my Dan, your emotions that
day when Caroline called you and told you what had happened.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Oh man, I was ready to kill. I was just
ready to go.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
And we have tried, we have tried everywhere we can
think of to track that guy down. But unfortunately the
image we've used professionals and everything else, but the image
that was taken of the side of that truck you
cannot identify, big modern truck and clearly going way over
the speed limit. But that light was red for two
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or three seconds before the truck went through at probably
twenty over the speed limit eight pounds probably, yeah, yeah,
So throughout three seven, three, eight, two five five, please
do that, do not go, and the light turns red,
look both ways, because right now, all these killers on
the roadways, all these reckless drivers, so many are not
even bothering to slow down before they blow through these
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lights and get yourself from your family and the safest
car you possibly can. And one of the tips on
that is, yeah, the federal you know, crash safety rating
stuff worth looking at and some good stuff there, But
I think the insurance industry safety ratings are better because
the insurance industry has a lot of money at stake,
(10:19):
and I think they're very, very thorough, and I'd look
at those before you buy used or new car. I
know a lot of people getting used now because the
new cars are so expensive. But please, Yeah, like I
often say, I would eat dog food to make sure
my kids and my wife are in the safest car
possible because that is a huge difference maker. And obviously
it all starts at the seat belt on.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Right.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Princess di was in a cutting edge you know Mercedes,
you know when obviously the most current year make best model,
and when she was killed because she didn't have a
seatbuilt on it. Princess died a seat belt on. She
walks away from that easily. You're on the dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 4 (10:57):
And now back to the dan Kaplas Show Podcas.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Loving that, Ryan, Thank you five twenty one.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
We're talking about how to keep you alive today, not
Ryan Shuling, though we sure do want that. I'm a
love but you, but you as you listen to this show,
and your family, and you know I'm right there with you.
So many people listening right now. We all go to
great lengths to buy, you know, the very best firearms
for our situation, to make sure we're able to defend
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our family at home and elsewhere and other innocent people.
And that's a great thing, and we should keep doing that.
But but yet, not that much thought goes into protecting
our family and ourselves out on the roadways, because right
now we are in infinitely more danger. More importantly, our
family is your family and mine out on the roadways
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than we are at home. And we got to be
ready for anything that might happen at home or outside,
et cetera, when it comes to you know, Second Amendment firearms,
but far more likely that a loved one of yours,
God forbid will be killed or maimed on the roadway.
And it's getting worse and worse and worse in Colorado
under leftist rule. And we've had the explosion of these
high profile horrific wrecks over the last ten days. But
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what are we going to do about it? And so
we're getting very concrete today Texter and a caller. Great idea,
Shawn the caller about mandatory minimums. And I'm asking you
what traffic related defenses would you have mandatory minimums for
and how long would those sentences be? And then felonies,
and I think this would be particularly effective. What traffic
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type of fences would you elevate to felony level? Because
right now, and this is the biggest part. Right now,
you know these killers, these reckless drivers, these people fleeing
crime scenes. They're just sure they're not going to get caught.
And don't blame law enforcement for it, right, blame the politicians.
But they're just sure they aren't going to get caught.
What do we do about it? Three h three someone
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three eight two five five the number. I'll get to
some of those texts. I do want to lighten it
up with this really cool sound of if you grew
up in the eighties, you know these lines from parents.
I'll get to that. I do want to get into
these allegations that Pete Hegsath gave orders that either directly
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or indirectly caused, you know, some of these drug runners
to be killed after they'd survived an initial strike. I
want to touch on that. Sheriff Steve Riams. I'm sure
he'll be covering that too. He's in tomorrow for me.
I start a jury trial tomorrow morning in beautiful Colorado Springs,
very much looking forward to that. But Sheriff Steve will
have the show while I'm in trial this week. On that, Dan,
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says a Texter to DN five seven seven three nine.
I want mandatory jail sentences for driving under the influence
of drugs or alcohol, reckless or dangerous driving, including speed
twenty five miles over the speed limit, hit and run,
and vehicular assault or homicide. Well, said Jim Ryan. I
tell you people all over the state right now would
throw up. They would literally throw up if they knew
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how few people did any kind of meaningful jail time
after killing somebody while behind the wheel. And again, you know,
blame the law, blame the left, blame the lawmakers, blame
these incredibly, incredibly weak traffic laws.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
But yet, so what about it? And let me get.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Concrete here, would you support as you're driving home this
afternoon would you support mandatory jail for first time dui offenders?
And as you know, they come in all shapes and sizes.
We all know how horrifically dangerous it is and how
many people get killed even by first time dui drivers.
And when I say even, I'm not minimizing it at all.
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I'm just saying that normally, if somebody gets picked up
for dui, you know it's not their first rodeo. They've
probably done it what ten times one hundred times before
without being caught. Would you support mandatory jail for first
time do you? Would you support making driving while texting
a felony? And I'm sure your your initial reaction to
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that is no, and maybe you've even done it yourself,
but I'd ask you to consider this. It is literally
driving while blindfolded. If somebody is driving that vehicle while texting,
it is the same as driving blindfolded. They're propelling that
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very heavy block of metal down the roadway without looking
at the roadway. It's no different than driving blindfolded. Would
you elevate driving while texting to a felony?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
What speed?
Speaker 1 (15:38):
How far over would you have to be before you'd
elevate that to a felony or in your mind, would
it depend on circumstances? Love, you're taking all this three
or three someone three eight two five five text DN
five seven seven three nine one of the otter text
RNE of the day. Did the flot cameras help with
the thirty car pile up in Gypsum? I have no
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idea what our friend is referring to there.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Now.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
We have talked on this show about how some of
the traffic cams along I seventy were being taken down,
and it's like, what these are basic safety mechanisms. Why
would you do that?
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Dan?
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Like your caller sean, a violent carjacking should be ten
to twenty minimum. Boy, I don't think anybody would argue
with that, except maybe Jared Polis and the rest of
the left. By the way, that very thoughtful and very
appropriate statement of mourning from Jared Polis when Senator faith
Winner was killed not far from here a few days
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ago on I twenty five. Where was his statement for
the thirty five year old father and the three children
massacred in that car by the criminal with the eleven
page criminal record who should have been in Colorado jail?
Where was the statement there? Seems to me like basic
decency would have required one. Okay, let me get to
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this lighter sound. I promised if you grew up in
the eighties, you know these lines from your parents, I
would suggest it would apply to like the seventies too.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Only eighties kids heard their parents talk like this. Te
today's kids will never know.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Go outside and don't come back till the street.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Lights come on.
Speaker 4 (17:18):
And we actually did.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
No phone, no snacks, just a bike and a stick
we pretended was a sword.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Your bored, I'll give you something to.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Do instant shores. You heard that, baseboards, garage, whatever they
pointed at. Stop crying before I give you something to
cry about it. We all heard. Oh that shut us
down immediately.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
I'm not a short ordered cook.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
You eat what I make.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
Burnt meat loaf, mystery casserole, doesn't matter, you're eating it.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
I brought you.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Into this world, and I can take you out.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
That's true. You heard that smile, but.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
You knew they meant business. I don't think I heard
she was because I said so.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
The end of every argument, final boss, entergy.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you
Oh yeah, we heard that. Oh yeah, every.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
Parent had this one ready, like it was part of
their script.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Eighties parenting was savage, but somehow we survived and turned
out fine.
Speaker 5 (18:12):
Man.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
I don't know we had that earlier in the eighties.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
I could.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Did your parents have a favorite? My mom's favorite and
it was so cool?
Speaker 4 (18:19):
Was a favorite?
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Kid was, well, I'm sure you were that.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
No, no, no, no, I'm not my mom's or her
stop everything. Line was you're a capitalist, You're better than that.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
That's right, and it stuck.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (18:32):
Yeah, yeah, I never had to worry about my mom's cooking.
It was phenomenal. I miss it to this day.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Yeah, but what I what froze me about that? And
she had to use it a lot, but it always worked,
was and I love it. Just the pride in the
family and the pride in the family name.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
Yeah, that very very effective, very effective.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Yeah, and if your parents did, there were some great
lines from your parents you want to pass.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Along, particularly if they worked. We'd love to hear those.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Three or three seOne, three eight, two five five takes
d an five seven seventh, three nine.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
Glad you're with us particularly important show today as we're
talking about, Hey, how to keep you alive, how to
protect your family? Obviously our roadways have turned into a
killing field. Don't blame law enforcement, blaming the politicians who
undermine them. But the bad guys know. The bad guys
know there's not much enforcement. And if they run, Let's
say I've committed a crime and they run that, if
(19:38):
they run fast enough, odds are they won't be chasing. Again,
that's not law enforcement's fault. And all these reckless drivers
know that, Hey, if they just go fast enough, you know,
rules of engagement, other practicalities, and simply the way the
Left has undermined law enforcement, chances are they'll get away
at least short term. So what do we do about it?
What do we do about it to better protect you
(19:58):
in your family? Caller suggested mandatory minimums, good idea for
what traffic related offenses would you support mandatory minimums? And
how about felonies? What traffic related stuff would you elevate
to a felony? Now, lots of other stuff going on
today as well. I do want to talk about the
left now trying to get after President Trump and heg
(20:20):
seth over taking out these drug runners in the Caribbean.
Wait a second, these are chemical weapons attacks on America,
just as I've talked about for years with China, you know,
running fentanyl into America up through Mexico, the cartels running
their garbage up into color These are chemical weapons attacks
on our country. The fact that they take this other form,
(20:40):
what difference does that make? So I fully support Trump
protecting our country from this. Now you have this separate issue.
You have this claim that during one of these encounters,
when the military took out one of these drug boats,
that there were a couple of survivors and a second
(21:01):
strike was unauthorized to kill the survivors. So that is
an allegation. That is an allegation at this point. Now,
I'd love to get your take on that. There are
some published reports CNN reporting that the administration has confirmed
that there was a second strike, But that doesn't mean
there was a second strike where the order was, oh,
(21:23):
kill those two survivors, as opposed to a second strike
meant to make sure that the boat was obliterated. So
obviously you cannot trust You cannot trust most of the
media when it comes to this stuff. I don't think
there's a talk issue here. You can tell me different.
My guess is one hundred percent of the people in
this audience would agree that if and I'm not saying
(21:44):
this was a scenario at all, but if it was
a scenario where orders given to take out the drug
boat and then there are two survivors, and then a
second order is given to target the two survivors and
kill them, I have to believe one hundred out of
one hundred people in this audience would agree that would
be wrong. But there is not proof out there at
(22:07):
this point that that is what happened here. Now it
sounds like and I say sounds like because we don't
have all the facts at this point. But as you
start to piece these reports together, it may be the
case where there was an order given to do a
second strike to make sure the boat was obliterated. I'd
be very very, very very surprised if there was a
(22:27):
second order to specifically target survivors. Ryan you think there
would be anybody in this audience who would disagree that
in that hypothetical, and I'm not saying that hypothetical supportive,
but in that hypothetical, no, you cannot target survivors in
that scenario to take them out.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
Well, you don't want this to escalate. And I think
this is well within the jurisdiction the purview of the
President of the United States as commander in chief, to
protect our borders from boats that are planning to invade
our country and our waters with illicit drugs that kill Americans.
I mean, when you look at it that way, it's
(23:06):
to your point, it's no different than any kind of
chemical weapon.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Chemical weapons attacks. So no, these strikes are one thousand
percent justified. That the question is if the left's allegation
is true, and underline that if a thousand times they
lie about Trump all the time, and if the left's
allegations are true, and if a second order was given
specifically to kill a couple of survivors of the first strike, yeah,
(23:31):
that that order would be legal. But that's again, we
have not seen facts supporting that such an order was given.
There may have been a second order given to make
sure the boat was destroyed, but I'd be very very
surprised if we ever learned that there was a second
order given, or if there had been a second order
(23:51):
given to actually target survivors. Hard for me to believe
that such an order would be given. I think it
would clearly be legal, and I don't think it would
be given. Three out three someone three eight two five
five techs d an five seven seven three nine. Our
friend Alexa writes two large pile ups and I seventy
over the weekend, the one in Gypsum and another one
(24:13):
just east of Glenwood Springs. At from Alexa, obviously there
was horrific weather. It was I'm losing track of the days,
but I was heading into the office because I started
trial tomorrow. I was heading in the office. Was it
Friday morning after Thanksgiving or Saturday, I can't remember, but
it was sheet ice on the roadways. Must have been
Saturday morning, sheet ice on the roadways, and I have
(24:34):
a really effective SUV with great snow tires, and I
was just sliding everywhere. That's how icy it was. So
I would imagine there was weather involved in both of
those big crashes up there. But at the same time,
we all know how crazy the roadways have become and
how many people you have driven at a at out
(24:55):
of Haiti's speed even when the weather is horrible. Let's
go to Jay and we ridge. You're on the Dan
KAPLA show Welcome, Hey.
Speaker 5 (25:03):
Dan, Jay, were not quite a hundred out of one hundred.
I say, if you're shooting at terrorists and you don't
get them the first time, you shoot them again.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
In this kind of scenario, Now listen, if you're on
the battlefield, let's say we've got it, We've got okay,
fair enough. But let's say, in my example, we've got
Navy seals out there and they're conducting a mission, and
that they don't get their target the first time. Can
they then take their target out the second time? I
would think yes. I'm sure there are some scenarios where
(25:39):
that would be prohibited, but generally speaking, in a situation
like this, what you're saying, my friend, is you're you're
going after one of these chemical weapons attackers, so you're
taking out this boat. You get two people to survive.
I don't think under that scenario on a battlefield, our
troops would be allowed to shoot somebody in the head
(26:00):
if they're a survivor.
Speaker 5 (26:03):
If they're in a position to take them prisoner or something.
Maybe you do that that they're not. You've finished the job.
It's the job.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
But let me let me ask you about this. My friend,
and again, neither you nor I are assuming that the
left's allegation is true. As I've said, I'll be very
very surprised if if there was an actual order given
to take out survivors. And I don't trust the left,
but let's say on a battlefield. Let's say on a
battlefield that there are now a couple of wounded and
(26:35):
they're laying there and they don't pose any threat because
of the nature of their injuries. I think we can
agree that that under rules of engagement, our military would
not be allowed to just kill them rather than take
them prisoner.
Speaker 5 (26:49):
There's still a threat. Then they're still a threat.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
Right, right, But you're getting to the course. I mean,
our troops have a right to defend themselves.
Speaker 5 (26:57):
But in this I think there's a lot unfold. There
sounds to me like the left doing the left thing.
I'll just run their mouths with no knowledge. But if
the job needs finished, and it should be finished, someone
needs to say, well, finish the job, all.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Right, Jay, Well appreciate the call, my friend. I I
think what and I think Jay would agree with this too.
He can call back and tell me I'm wrong if
he thinks I am. If the scenario, And again I'm
not assuming anything the Left says here is true. They
lie about Trump so much. But if you had a
scenario where the drug boat had been taken out, there
(27:36):
were two survivors who did not pose any threat at
that time, my understanding of the rules of engagement is
that you would not be allowed to target the two
survivors for the purpose of killing them. I think that's
black and white. Again, I'm not assuming such an order
was given. I'm assuming such an order was not given,
and that the Left is trying to create something here
(27:59):
that really didn't happen. I'm not questioning that there was
an order for a second strike on the boat at
this point. That wouldn't surprise me at all, and I
think there are some credible news reports that there was.
But that's a lot different than in order to target
survivors and kill them. I would be beyond shocked if
(28:22):
that kind of order was given. You're on the Dankplas Show.
Speaker 4 (28:26):
And now back to the Dankapless Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
I want some more of those four and eight weekends.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
I'll bet that was marvelous.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
Three oh three seven one three eight two five five
texts dam five seven seven three nine. Not many people
lay on their deathbed and say, boy, I wish I'd
spent more time at the office.
Speaker 4 (28:43):
You know what I did yesterday, Dan, Real quick, guy.
I went with my baby sister Lizzie, who you met.
She visited here some time ago. And it was a
perfect winter wonderland setting. We had a big storm, about
a foot of snow in Michigan, and we went to
a Christmas tree farm and we cut down our own
tree like Nash the Lampoon's Christmas vacation, and we tethered
it to the top of her vehicle and we brought
(29:05):
it back to her place and we put it in
the tree stand. Dan. It was the perfect height, just
shy of her ceiling. It was in cent.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
That is a great omen great it is. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Love that story. Love that story. How about this story
out of Denver, New York Post version Denver dad fights
off home invader attempting to get to his children's bedroom.
Somebody's in our house. Denver family said they lived every
parents worst night, maybre waking up in the middle of
the night to find a stranger walking toward the children's bedroom.
In an interview, Kevin and Sarah Root described the terrifying
(29:36):
early morning encounter inside their Southwest Denver home. Breaking happened
around three thirty am. We heard the footsteps coming up
the stairs to where our room is, Kevin recalled. We
looked at each other and said, somebody's in our house.
You realize you're not dreaming.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
This is real.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Sarah called nine to one one. Husband went to the hallway.
The fear of what's going to happen when my husband
opens the door, that's what replays in my mind the most.
And then it could on to say. Kevin shouted several
times for the man to leave. He kept walking toward
the children's rooms, and then when he paused at the
top of the stairs, pushed him down the stairs. And
then doesn't get into a lot of detail about what
(30:12):
happened during the three minutes or so before law enforcement
got there. And so great job by that dad, it,
you know. And it's everybody's individual choice right as to
whether to have a firearm. And I don't know whether
that family did or not, And I would never criticize
anybody who chose not to. I would tell you that
that was me for many many years if there was
(30:33):
not a firearm available, that was me. For many, many years,
and part of it was just my own concern about
making a mistake with the firearm, and you know, they
would I be risking my own children's safety. But eventually,
you know, things happened and I had to and I'm
so glad I did, and we got very very well
(30:54):
trained and well trained and safe storage and everything else.
And I just sleep so much better. I just sleeps
so much better knowing that if something happened, you know,
we you know, we have the ability to protect ourselves
because no matter how great law enforcement is, unless they
are there at that very moment, then you're going to
have to handle it yourself. So great job by that, Dad.
(31:18):
Glad it all worked out. Three out three someone three
eight two five five text d an five seven seven
three nine. I sure hope they Well it's Denver, right,
so I hope there's a full prosecution.
Speaker 2 (31:30):
You know that law enforcement will want that.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
Speaking of which, Ryan, we need to get the new DA,
John Walsh, the new Denver DA John Walsh on the
show at some point. And I've known John from some
stuff in the past, always been impressed with him, and
I just like to talk to him about his his philosophy.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
In Denver.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
We know his predecessor, at least in my view, as
predecessor was way, way, way, way too soft on crime.
But John, I've always known him to be a good
man and very smart and competent professional. So I would
love to have him on the show and we'll maybe
do an hour sometime and just talk about his approach
to the office. I do want to end the show
talking about some lighter stuff that's still real important Broncos.
(32:11):
You know, obviously everybody enjoyed that win, but it was
so great to hear Chris Collinsworth, who's who's just one
of the best analysts in the business and a former player,
say what I've been saying forever on this show is
you gotta let bo Nick's play Now Sean Payton. Obviously
he's a Hall of Fame type coach and Denver's benefiting
from it. But as Consworth kept saying, you gotta let
(32:32):
Nicks throw down field. You gotta let him throw on
these third and lungs downfield, not just the dump offs.
Get him ready for the postseason. And when you turn
Nicks loose, he does some amazing things. Yeah, turn him loose.
From the beginning, you're gonna get some more picks. Who cares,
You're gonna get a lot more touchdowns. So I do
hope we see more of that over the coming weeks.
But are you surprised Ryan and this ten and two start?
Speaker 4 (32:54):
Oh, I'm shocked. I thought that'd be good, but I
didn't see them taking such a big step forward, and
especially early in the season. You'll recall they were one
and two. They had lost, you know, two games there
right at the end, very frustrating. They didn't let that
phase them and it's been paddled to the metal ever since.
Very impressive.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
Yeah, tremendous future too. I mean you now have the
best ownership in all of sports, and so yeah, just
a tremendous future ahead. So yeah, looking forward to that.
I didn't think this would be a super Bowl year.
I thought would be a playoff here, competitive part of
a team that's that's grown in a hurry. But yeah,
it's going to be fun to watch coach Prime and Boulder.
Don't give up on him, not at all. We're so
(33:35):
lucky he's here.
Speaker 4 (33:36):
Life.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
You're gonna have ups and downs. It's all about you
know what we do when we get knocked down. And
he's been knocked down, and I think we're going to
see the best of him now. Tough road back, but
he's the first to admit that I think we're going
to see the best of him right now. There very
bright future in Fort Collins with Jim Moore being hired,
tremendous higher and so yeah, it's a great time to
(33:57):
be a sports faner obviously at the Avalanche odds on
favorites for the Stanley Cup and the Nuggets, I think
they get that full team back on the floor, very
good shot at an NBA title, and the Rockies.
Speaker 4 (34:10):
They can take inspiration from all of what you just said.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
Now I'm about to write my check for season tickets again,
but yeah, yeah, I guess you never give up. And
if we're in a city where every team won everything,
it'd lose some of the thrill, a little bit.
Speaker 4 (34:29):
Of the luster. I agree with you. I'd love to
see the Rockies turn it around.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
And we saw one of the worst things in all
of sports over the weekend when Lane Kiffen, you know,
bolted Old Miss, and I know Ole Miss football isn't
a big topic around harry Son, you know, graduated from
Old Miss, and we really loved that campus and his
experience there. He did incredibly well there, just straight at student,
all these top honors everything else, and went on to
(34:55):
do great things. Love the experience and it's a great
football environment. You got this guy, Lane Kiffin. They give
him everything he needs to be successful. They finally make
the college football playoffs. It'll be formalized soon. And he
bolts for LSU over the weekend. Just the very worst, right,
just just the very worst, but exposed himself in the process.
(35:16):
And very sad, very very sad for all those kids
who work so hard. Everybody invests in the team, they're
going to the playoffs, and the coach bolts for another woman.
But yeah, my friend, it'll be great to have Shriff frames.
And now tomorrow I start a jury trial and beautiful
Colorado Springs tomorrow. Cannot wait for that, and does Shriff
(35:38):
Fremes will have this show while I'm gone, and I
look forward to getting back together with you soon.
Speaker 5 (35:42):
Ryan.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
Thank you for your great work. Please do be safe
out there. When the light turns green, look both ways.
Talk to you soon.
Speaker 2 (35:49):
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