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2010 Colorado Governor prediction

by | 10:59 pm, January 8, 2010

If Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper decides to run for Colorado Governor, Scott McInnis and the Republicans will lose.

Irrespective of politics, many people vote for someone they like. To quote Jules Winnfield, “Personality goes a long way.”
Hickenlooper comes across as a nice, pleasant, likable guy. McInnis, well…. doesn’t.

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Today’s newspeak translation

by | 8:29 am, January 8, 2010

So much of society is entrenched in statist Orwellian newspeak, it is helpful to be reminded what words actually mean.
Today’s newspeak translation comes straight off a front page headline of the Denver Post. The headline states
“Colorado jobless fund needs loan.”
The subhead says
“The state must borrow hundreds of millions from Uncle Sam
to keep its unemployment-insurance fund afloat.”
This, of course, is a blatant misrepresentation. Or, to be less kind, a damned lie.
An accurate, and even truthful, headine would say
“Colorado jobless fund needs more taxpayer money.”
The translated subhead should read
“The state must get hundreds of millions of dollars that the federal government
already took from you to keep its unemployment-benefit program afloat.”


This translation is provided as a public service by BlueCarp.

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A simple lesson

by | 4:38 pm, January 5, 2010

Los Angeles Times columnist Doyle McManus, in a column published in the Denver Post today, does a great job illustrating the lack of communication between government intelligence agencies.
Regarding the failed attempt to blow up a plane on Christmas day, he quotes U.S. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.):
“If my credit card company can figure out that I didn’t buy a pair of tennis shoes in Columbus, Ohio, the intelligence community ought to be able to figure out that something was wrong with this picture.”

Well, Representative Harman, your credit card company is part of the private sector. It must provide a competitive service, or go out of business. Indeed, it must make a profit. The way to make profit is to please costumers.
The intelligence community has no such incentive.

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But I thought the government didn’t have enough money.

by | 9:41 am, January 3, 2010

From the Associated Press:

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter does not have a staff photographer – but he has billed taxpayers more than $200,000 to hire outside contractors and pay for photographs, videos and TV ads promoting his accomplishments since June 2008, including videos of him receiving a “Father of the Year” award and a press conference naming his friend, Michael Bennet, to a U.S. Senate seat.

Until nonsense like this goes away, statists can save their tears about a lack of government money and the need for more taxes.
The government need for more money is a lie.

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More Constitutional Misunderstanding

by | 10:15 am, December 23, 2009

Linda Lodenkamper wrote a letter to the editor of the Denver Post taking the paper to task for its position regarding Stephanie Villafuerte.

Ms. Villafuerte had been nominated to become Colorado’s next U.S. Attorney. A controversy arose and she withdraw her name from consideration.
Ms. Lodenkamper wrote:

Your editorial applauding this action ends with the following statement: “Villafuerte may not have done anything wrong, but from what she’s said publicly, she lacks the ability to prove it.” When did your newspaper change to “Guilty until proven innocent?”


This is an all too common misunderstanding. The concept of “innocent until proven guilty” has exactly one application – in a criminal court room.

It has no application to politics. None.

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Makin’ history

by | 1:00 pm, December 21, 2009

Just prior to the Senate passing a version of Obamacare, Democratic Senator Tom Hawkin, from Iowa, said “let’s make history.”

They did.
So did General Custer.

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I’ll drink to that

by | 12:57 pm, December 21, 2009

A headline from today’s Denver Post reads

“Colorado woman wins federal efficiency award.”

That’s like winning a temperance award from Dean Martin.

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Dilbert explains RTD and FasTracks

by | 10:07 am, December 19, 2009

Dilbert.com

The backers of this boondoggle said it would cost $4.7 billion. Too many people believed this fraud and said “OK” and approved a tax increase.

Woops. Now RTD says the actual cost will be $7.0 billion. They want voters to approve that, too.

Many will vote for it, thus sanctioning and approving their own robbery.

It starts to get hard to feel sorry for those that willingly submit to fraud. Of course, the bad part is that those voting for RTD want those that have not fallen for the scam to contribute, too.

And, due to the power of democracy, they can make it happen.

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Hugo Chavez: An Honest Man.

by | 11:08 am, December 18, 2009

Hugo Chavez gets to the heart of the matter at Copenhagen:

One could say, Mr. President, that a ghost is haunting Copenhagen, to paraphrase Karl Marx, the great Karl Marx, a ghost is haunting the streets of Copenhagen, and I think that ghost walks silently through this room, walking around among us, through the halls, out below, it rises, this ghost is a terrible ghost almost nobody wants to mention it: Capitalism is the ghost, almost nobody wants to mention it. It’s capitalism, the people roar, out there, hear them.

.…

Socialism, the other ghost Karl Marx spoke about, which walks here too, rather it is like a counter-ghost. Socialism, this is the direction, this is the path to save the planet, I don’t have the least doubt.

…

Our revolution seeks to help all people…socialism, the other ghost that is probably wandering around this room, that’s the way to save the planet, capitalism is the road to hell….let’s fight against capitalism and make it obey us.

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“Progressive” radio – same as it ever was.

by | 10:20 am, December 18, 2009

Yesterday, I was listening to “progressive” talk radio host Mario Solis Marich‘s show on AM 760.

A caller asked him who was going to pay for the pending government health care takeover.
Mario, like Barack Obama, said it was not going to cost anything.
The caller questioned that dubious statement and asked how it was possible that millions of people were going to get something they do not currently have for free.
Mario, unable to answer that question, asked the caller why he thought that it would cost something. He condescendingly said that “just because Hannity said so isn’t a good answer.” Heretofore, the caller had not mentioned Hannity.
(The irony was apparently lost on Mario that he believes that free stuff is possible because that’s what Obama says.)
When the caller refused to fall into Mario’s trap of answering a question with a question, Mario started yelling at him for refusing to answer the question. Which, of course, is what Mario himself did just seconds earlier. (Again, the irony was lost on Mario).
Mario, however, has all the buttons that control the conversation. He used them to silence the caller. Then he mocked the caller for not having answers. (Irony? What irony?)
This brief exchange demonstrates that Fox News does not have a monopoly on misplaced arrogance. Mario Solis is no more interested in civil discourse than Bill O’Reilly.

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