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10/15/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

Watch Tonight’s Presidential Debate Live with Snide Comments Included

I won't be covering tonight's final Presidential debate (thankfully!) , but you can watch some other wiseacres from the People's Press Collective provide their live, MST3K-style commentary. If all works as promised, you should be able to watch the video below as the debate is going on: Update: Live embedded feed removed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, General, National Politics Tagged With: live video, Mystery Science Theater, Peoples Press Collective, Presidential debate

10/15/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

Former Sen. Hank Brown Touts Colorado Amendment 49 Endorsements

Update: Audio embedded The campaign for Amendment 49, the Ethical Standards initiative, has released a new 30-second radio ad featuring former U.S. Senator Hank Brown: Here's the text of the ad:Both the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post urge you to vote Yes on Amendment 49. 49 stops government from being the bagman for special interests and lobbyists. This is Hank Brown, and I'm thrilled that nearly every newspaper across Colorado agrees: Yes on 49. The Pueblo Chieftain, the Grand Junction Sentinel, the Colorado Springs Gazette, and yes, the Boulder Camera, just to name a few. Join me and Bill Owens in voting Yes on 49. 49 keeps lobbyists in line. Paid for by EthicalStandardsNow.com. I'm not sure if there is any other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General Tagged With: Amendment 49, bagman, Bill Owens, Boulder Daily Camera, Colorado, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post, endorsements, Ethical Standards, Grand Junction Sentinel, Hank Brown, Independence Institute, lobbyists, major newspapers, Pueblo Chieftain, radio ad, Rocky Mountain News, special interests

10/15/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

Conservative Lesson from CoDA: Time to Latch on to Transparency Issue

We may never know just how authentic the "Educate the Idiots" document is (it's the word of a young, independent man with nothing to lose vs. a web of heavily-funded, Left-leaning organizations with their power and credibility at stake). But, as Jessica Fender's article in today's Denver Post demonstrates, the Colorado Democracy Alliance provides a teachable moment about the Left's sophisticated political organization, and how the conservative side has waited too long to wake up and get it. I am on the same page with Alan Philp on this one:A dearth of lasting conservative infrastructure and more limited resources mean Republicans won't see anything as sophisticated or coordinated for "some time to come," said Alan Philp, who led the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General Tagged With: "Educate the Idiots", Alan Philp, Colorado Democracy Alliance, conservatives, coordination, Dan Haley, Democratic apparatus, Denver Post, editor, electioneering efforts, full disclosure, heavily-funded, insfrastructure, Jessica Fender, Lefties, limited resources, sophisticated political organization, Transparency

10/14/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

Colorado State Government’s “Non-Union Rep” Launches Site

Dave Ohmart, the unofficial "non-union rep" for Colorado state government, finally has his Colorado Loses website up and running. Look for newsletters, events, and relevant legal information pertaining to employee rights in state government. Colorado Loses is the clever foil to the Colorado WINS union organizing coalition:Colorado WINS, the big state employee union, recently held a convention. Union loyalists were shown a video depicting flood and famine – images from the Gulf Coast of slums, Hurricane-ravaged homes and the like. The moral of the story: state employees are the only line of defense Colorado has against, uh, Hurricanes. No, floods. Wait, I’m confused. Hurricane Katrina was a tragedy, but it has nothing to do with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General, Labor Tagged With: Amendment 49, Amendment 54, Colorado Loses, Colorado WINS, convention, Dave Ohmart, employee rights, events, exploitation, Face the State, foil, good government, Hurricane Katrina, initiatives, legal information, newsletters, non-union rep, politicking, state government, tragedy, union organizing coalition, website

10/14/2008 By Ben 7 Comments

Stakes Raised in Ohio RICO Action against Obama’s ACORN Fraud Friends

ACORN's systemic problems with voter registration fraud have led to the filing of a RICO action lawsuit in Ohio (H/T Maggie Thurber). RICO refers to cases of racketeering and organized criminal activity - the stuff of John Gotti and company. The stakes have been raised. Also from Ohio, an independent Cleveland newspaper documents Barack Obama's associations with ACORN and his campaign's attempts to cover up the facts and rewrite history. I may have to rethink my dislike for Ohio. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, General, National Politics Tagged With: ACORN, Barack Obama, Cleveland, independent newspaper, John Gotti, Maggie Thurber, Ohio, organized criminal activity, racketeering, RICO action lawsuit, voter registration fraud, whitewashing

10/14/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

Channeling the Late Milton Friedman’s Insights on Current Market Crisis

Wondering what's going on with the current crisis in the financial markets? Friedman Foundation senior fellow Greg Forster channels the late great economist Milton Friedman via an article written by William F. Buckley during the stock market tumble of 1987. It's worth a read. I'd like to believe Friedman's assessments then apply to today's situation. He's been right about so many other things. But Julia Dunraven at Slapstick Politics has a more pessimistic view, with a lot of the numbers to back it up. Then again, maybe they're both right. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fiscal Policy, General, National Politics, World Events Tagged With: economist, Friedman Foundation, Greg Forster, Julia Dunraven, market crisis, Milton Friedman, pessimistic view, Slapstick Politics, William F. Buckley

10/14/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

Nick Kliebenstein for House District 33: Creative Ad, Conservative Leader

Nick Kliebenstein is one of the more impressive candidates I've seen this year. Running for the Colorado State House in District 33, which includes Broomfield and surrounding areas, Nick came up with this creative piece of Web advertising: At least I don't have to pronounce his name as I'm writing this post, but I am looking forward to hearing more about Nick Kliebenstein's independent conservative leadership in the state legislature for years to come. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, General Tagged With: Broomfield, Colorado, conservative, creative, District 33, independent, Nick Kliebenstein, pronunciation, state house, Web advertising, YouTube

10/14/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

Voter Fraud ACORN Opposes Colorado Amendment 49, Ethical Standards

ACORN, the increasingly notorious voter fraud group, is part of the Colorado C-3 Roundtable going around "educating" voters about various ballot initiatives. Among the initiatives ACORN hates and opposes (and which the Roundtable won't invite supporters to share their side of the debate) is Amendment 49, the Ethical Standards initiative. This amendment "will prohibit governments from bundling money from public employees’ paychecks and delivering the funds to special interests, like unions. These special interests use the money to lobby the same politicians who just delivered the cash to them." So why is ACORN part of the virulent opposition? We could start with its own ethical lapses, which include not only voter fraud but also an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General, Labor, National Politics Tagged With: ACORN, Amendment 49, bad precedent, ballot initiatives, Boulder Daily Camera, business groups, civic organizations, Colorado C-3 Roundtable, Colorado Springs Gazette, common sense, community leaders, corruption, Denver Post, ethical lapses, Ethical Standards, good-government measure, investigations, lobbyists, major newspapers, misuse of tax dollars, opposition, politicians, prohibit, Protect Colorado's Future, Rocky Mountain News, special interests, voter fraud

10/14/2008 By Ben 2 Comments

CNN Documents ACORN Voter Fraud: 2,100 Registrations All Phony

Though they couldn't bring themselves to identify ACORN's connection with Barack Obama and the Democratic Party (via Powerline): 2,100 voter registrations in one county, and they are ALL fraudulent? Has Barack Obama answered any questions about ACORN? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, General, National Politics Tagged With: ACORN, Barack Obama, CNN, Democratic Party, Powerline, voter fraud, voter registrations, YouTube

10/13/2008 By Ben 1 Comment

Amendment 54 Ad Spotlights Remedy for No-Bid Contract Corruption

Colorado's Amendment 54 proponents have taken their case to the airwaves for the first time [Video Updated]: The case of state senator Abel Tapia receiving hundreds of thousands in no-bid government contracts over 10 years was first brought to light by the Denver Post back in April. But as the ad correctly points out, Amendment 54 would create an electronic database of no-bid government contracts searchable by Colorado citizens. You can find the explanation for my endorsement of Amendment 54 and thumbnail explanations of all the measures on my guide to the 2008 Colorado ballot. ^^^^^^^ Most of the HP2-Q01 servicing HP desktops, workstations and notebooks and Cisco 640-553 implementing IOS network security students are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General Tagged With: 2008 Colorado ballot, Abel Tapia, airwaves, Amendment 54, Colorado, Denver Post, electronic database, endorsement, investigation, no-bid contracts, state senator, YouTube

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