On September 10, 2024, Brad Beck, Jon Boesen, Producer Joe, and Luke Cashman joined the show. Discussed his essay on preserving tangible experiences in a digital world, the 15-year anniversary of Liberty Toastmasters, and the importance of community organizations Explained the legal aspects of dog bite injuries, emphasizing the importance of gathering evidence and remaining calm after incidents Participated in the book discussion on Hazlitt’s chapters.
Brad Beck explores the disappearing world of physical, tactile experiences in his essay “Bring the Past into the Present.” He observes that concert tickets have become digital codes, music exists only as streams, and the sensory experiences that once defined our interactions are rapidly vanishing. Beck recalls the smell of mimeograph paper in school, the aroma of Play-Doh containers, and the sulfur from cap guns as formative sensory memories that today’s children may never experience.
The discussion extends to the importance of handwriting letters, collecting stamps and coins, and participating in community organizations like Rotary, Kiwanis, and Optimist clubs. Beck argues that these tactile and communal activities crowd out government intervention because citizens handle community needs themselves. He notes that Liberty Toastmasters, which he co-founded in 2009 after graduating from the Leadership Program of the Rockies, celebrates its 15-year anniversary on November 2nd with clubs in both Longmont and Denver.
“I’m not against technology or digital, but we’re at a point, we’re at an inflection point in our society where things are not what they seem to be. They’re not real. And I think part of that is because we’re not doing things with our hands, our body, our mind.”
Brad Beck, Liberty Toastmasters Co-founder
Kim Monson details her Colorado 2024 Election Project, a three-pronged initiative to ensure election integrity. The first benchmark of $50,000 has been reached, funding United Sovereign Americans’ legal team to challenge Colorado’s election administration. Working with the Wisconsin Center for Election Justice and Omega for America, the project compares official voter rolls with property tax records and National Change of Address reports.
The team has uncovered 143,000 Colorado ballots with improper addresses and 1,957 active Denver voters verified as having moved out of state. Perhaps most striking is the discovery of an active voter born in 1907 who died in 2007, still receiving ballots at age 117. Beck emphasizes that these verification efforts should be the government’s responsibility, not a citizen initiative funded by private donations ranging from $25 to $25,000.
“And if you can do it, why don’t our elected representatives do this as well. It’s the right thing to do. It’s the moral thing to do. And yet they’re not doing it.”
Brad Beck, Liberty Toastmasters Co-founder
Jon Boesen of Boesen Law explains the legal complexities surrounding dog bite injuries, noting that these incidents occur frequently both on trails and in neighborhoods. He describes scenarios where owners ignore leash laws, leading to attacks on other dogs and the humans trying to protect them. Boesen emphasizes the importance of remaining calm after an incident, gathering information, taking photographs, and calling authorities, despite the natural adrenaline response that makes clear thinking difficult.
“And dogs can do a lot of harm in a very short period of time.”
Jon Boesen, Boesen Law
Luke Cashman and Producer Joe lead a discussion on chapters 14, 15, and 16 of Henry Hazlitt’s “Economics in One Lesson,” focusing on whether governments should save failing industries. Luke argues that while Hazlitt’s mathematical approach to economics is logically sound, it fails to account for the human cost when industries fail. He contends there’s a moral duty to help affected workers transition rather than letting them suffer immediate consequences.
Beck offers a different perspective, distinguishing between voluntary assistance and forced participation through taxation. He recalls the Chrysler bailout and Lee Iacocca’s K-Car, questioning whether government should rescue for-profit companies. The discussion touches on the Luddite movement during the Industrial Revolution, when workers sabotaged machines rather than adapt to technological change, a parallel Beck draws to today’s debates about artificial intelligence.
“If it’s going to fail, it’s going to fail. And it’s been showing very obviously now that electric vehicles are failing.”
Producer Joe, The Kim Monson Show
The conversation turns to current policy proposals including unrealized capital gains taxes and price gouging allegations against grocery stores. Luke points out that corporations report record profits while consumers struggle to afford groceries, though Kim counters that inflation is government-induced. Beck notes that small businesses face disproportionate regulatory burdens compared to large corporations, creating an uneven playing field from the start.
Producer Joe raises the cascading effects of government intervention, comparing economic systems to natural ecosystems where controlled burns prevent larger disasters. The discussion concludes with Henry Hazlitt’s observation that inflation and socialism feed on each other, creating financial chaos that enables further government expansion.
“Henry Hazlitt, who was an uneducated individual who pulled himself up and read these things, became somebody who understood economics. He wasn’t educated, and he didn’t go to college, but he brought himself to be with the greats of this subject of economics.”
Brad Beck, Liberty Toastmasters Co-founder
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