Ritter – Not a Defender of Colorado, Not a Defender of the U.S. Constitution

by Elliot Fladen | 10:10 am, October 16, 2010

Colorado Governor Ritter has announced that he will be joining with several governors in support of the Federal law to require that every person purchase health insurance. Let’s get something straight – our federal government was set out to be a government of limited, enumerated powers.  The power to regulate health care is nowhere listed [...]

Cheat Sheet for Those Resisting The “Vote Tancredo” Talk

by Elliot Fladen | 9:08 pm, October 15, 2010

Well, I had an argument today with a good friend who is also a very articulate Tancredo supporter.  This friend, who shall remain nameless, likely was motivated by Tancredo’s stellar performance in recent polls.  During the argument, the supporter maintained that I needed to tell my friends to support Tancredo and support him myself.  I [...]

So If the Difference Between Tanc and Hick Is So Big…..

by Elliot Fladen | 6:24 am, October 15, 2010

Then why is the Gazette, long known as a conservative/libertarian paper, endorsing Hickenlooper instead of Tancredo?  Maybe the “you are throwing your vote away by voting for Jaimes Brown” argument isn’t as strong as some notable libertarians seem to think….. (said in good jest!)

Protect Our Culture?

by Elliot Fladen | 4:57 am, October 14, 2010

Just out of curiosity, why is it ok to have regulation for the purposes of protecting our culture when it comes to immigration, but not ok when it comes to government funding of art?  Both seem rather collectivist to me.

Of Apologism, Pragmatism, and Principle

by Elliot Fladen | 6:58 pm, October 11, 2010

I’ve written much on the governor’s race.  For those of you who don’t know, I view Maes very negatively, but refuse to vote for Tom Tancredo because of his quasi-socialist justifications on his signature  issue of immigration (its the justifications and not the position that is key for me). Specifically, I’ve repeatedly written that within [...]

Fox News Screws One Up

by Elliot Fladen | 4:37 am, October 10, 2010

I love Fox News, but they REALLY dropped the ball on this one. They pitch several foreign countries’ filing of a mere Amicus Brief as something sinister. Its not. Anybody can file an amicus brief, so long as the court doesn’t object, which it never does. Charles Manson could probably file one if he had [...]

Stephen Bailey – A Man With a Plan (On Immigration)

by Elliot Fladen | 7:08 am, October 4, 2010

Last night, I interviewed Stephen Bailey, who is running for Congressional Office in CO-2 against Jared Polis.  Our discussion touched on many topics, but while I try to figure out how to upload audio to the internet the only one I’ll be able to focus on is immigration. On immigration, Stephen Bailey is the first [...]

Unite or Bust? How the Tancredo Supporters Are Copying the Flawed Logic of My Haredi Rabbi Brothers

by Elliot Fladen | 7:12 am, October 3, 2010

I no longer speak to my brothers.  Correction – they no longer speak to me.  You see, my brothers, Seth (Avi) and Harris (Tzvi) Fladen are ultraorthodox Haredi Rabbis.  They were not born with this faith – they are ba’al teshuvah – Jews born as secular – who have “returned” to observance.  Before (and even [...]

The Seeming Contradiction That Is Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate Jaimes Brown – A BIG-L Libertarian Supporting A Big Tent.

by Elliot Fladen | 10:35 pm, September 27, 2010

Tonight I  had a shocking interview with Jaimes Brown, libertarian candidate for Colorado Governor.  No, he didn’t come out for progressive taxation or banning alcohol; actually, we spoke for about an hour, and Jaimes Brown stated standard libertarian positions on all the usual topics: immigration, foreign policy, the drug war (including hemp cars!), income v. [...]

What Will Maes’ Story Be Now?

by Elliot Fladen | 6:18 am, September 17, 2010

Denver Post does some due diligence on Dan Maes’s story about his work for the KBI.  Basically, instead of being a threat (as practically a rookie cop) to “powerful people” in Liberal, Kansas, Dan Maes allegedly blew an investigation.  I look forward to Maes releasing his personnel file to clear up the confusion. Look, Maes was [...]

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