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2/7/2026 By Ben 1 Comment

Nature Dousing the Global Warming Crowd with Ice-Cold Water?

From Lorne Gunter at the National Post yesterday:Snow cover over North America and much of Siberia, Mongolia and China is greater than at any time since 1966. The U.S. National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) reported that many American cities and towns suffered record cold temperatures in January and early February. According to the NCDC, the average temperature in January "was -0.3 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average." China is surviving its most brutal winter in a century. Temperatures in the normally balmy south were so low for so long that some middle-sized cities went days and even weeks without electricity because once power lines had toppled it was too cold or too icy to repair them. There have been so many snow … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Hysteria, Colorado Politics, General Tagged With: Arctic ice, Global warming hysteria, National Post, sunspot activity, U.S. National Climatic Data Center

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Dems Push Forward “Wet Noodle” Anti-Strike Legislation

A bill that would ban strikes for Colorado state workers passed a Senate committee yesterday, reports the Denver Post - all unleashed by the stroke of Gov. Bill Ritter's pen. Today's article omits the significant detail, so it's incumbent upon this blogger to remind you that the Democrat proposal is weak and ineffectual. Colorado Senate News features the best commentary on the bill:"Obviously, this bill wouldn't have been introduced at all if Republicans hadn't urged the governor to do the right thing and assure taxpayers their vital public services wouldn't be jeopardized by the threat of a strike," the GOP's Sen. Bill Cadman, of Colorado Springs, said after the committee vote. "Unfortunately, what we got from the governor and his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, General, Labor Tagged With: "wet noodle" enforcement, Colorado Senate News, Denver Post, Gov. Bill Ritter, No-strike legislation, Rep. Bill Cadman

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Jeffco GOP Assembly: Recap & Reflection on Renewed Hopes

At Saturday's Jefferson County Republican Assembly, the person who got the biggest ovation was a self-proclaimed Democrat. A bad sign? Not at all. The Democrat was Rose Moniak, a courageous elderly lady who seconded the nomination of Scott Storey for a second term as District Attorney. The victim of a heinous crime that nearly took her life, Moniak had the highest praise for Storey's personal diligence and compassion as a prosecutor. Storey was emotionally touched by the introduction, and Moniak was emotionally touched by the warm, prolonged standing ovation from the Assembly crowd. Moniak was also one of the personal stories from the crowd that U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer addressed from the podium. Schaffer has really honed the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, General, My Life Tagged With: 6th Congressional District, Best Destiny, Bob Schaffer, Jeffco GOP Assembly, John Bodnar, Libby Szabo, Mike Coffman, Rep. Jim Kerr, Rep. Ken Summers, Scott Storey, Steve Ward, Ted Harvey, Wil Armstrong

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

High-Ranking Democrat: Property Tax Hike Not Just for Schools

One year ago today, Gov. Bill Ritter announced his "Children's Amendment," which ended up passing as part of the 2007 School Finance Act - effectively raising property taxes on homes and businesses without a constitutional vote of the people. Now comes the revelation from a high-ranking member of Ritter's own Democratic Party: The money generated from the tax hike isn't just to fund schools. The chairman of the powerful Joint Budget Committee has acknowledged on the record that a sweeping statewide property-tax hike pushed through last year by his fellow Democrats will subsidize new social programs--not just schools, as originally promised. Democrat Bernie Buescher, of Grand Junction, said in a JBC meeting this week that some of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, Education, General Tagged With: Gov. Bill Ritter, mill levy "freeze", Property Tax Increase, Rep. Bernie Buescher

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For Dead Guvs, Ignorance on Arvada Statehouse Race is Bliss

The Dead Governors don't think the Republicans have a strong candidate in House District 27 (Arvada), and are putting their faith in Rep. Sara Gagliardi to win as a liberal incumbent. To borrow from a couple cliches, ignorance may be bliss, but what they don't know may come back to hurt them. Not that I'm predicting some sort of sweeping landslide of Republican state legislative victories in 2008. I'm too much of a realist for that. But you have to wonder if the Democrats' legislative majority is getting a little complacent, as their apologists repeatedly fail to notice how out of touch they are on issue after issue down at the statehouse. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, General Tagged With: Dead Governors, Rep. Sara Gagliardi

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Islamist GOP Candidate in Denver? It May Be Time for a Do-Over

Joshua has a very disturbing report that took me by surprise:The Republicans in State House District 6 in Denver are about to make a terrible mistake. At their Assembly on March 1, they nominated a terror apologist, and an avowed enemy of Israel, with no credible conservative credentials as their candidate to succeed Rep. Andrew Romanoff. Her name is Rima Barakat Sinclair. Joshua has all the details and the links to make his case. It's not the religion, but the Leftist affiliations, the moral equivalence, the deceptive behavior, and the dissembling rhetoric that Ms. Barakat Sinclair should have to answer clearly for. Rather than rehashing it all, I would say that if there is any truth and substance in this report, that Joshua's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christianity and Faith, Colorado Politics, General, World Events Tagged With: House District 6, Islamist, Joshua Sharf, Rima Barakat Sinclair

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Shakedown Colorado

The Web monkeys at the Independence Institute are busy again. The quality of their work keeps getting better and better. Compliments of Jon Caldara's blog, here's a promo that will catch your eye: Curiosity piqued? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, General, Random and Miscellaneous Tagged With: Independence Institute, Shakedown Colorado

2/7/2026 By Ben 3 Comments

Liberal Covets PBS Programming?

Liberal columnist Jason Salzman writes in the Saturday Rocky Mountain News:By the time Paul Chesser arrived at the "Environmental Hysteria" cocktail party thrown in his honor Feb. 11 at the "penthouse" of the Independence Institute in Golden, he was feeling pretty good about his day in the Denver media. In his briefing to Republican lawmakers earlier, Chesser had trashed Gov. Bill Ritter's plan to fight global warming, and an article with his views would appear in the next day's Post. Chesser, of the conservative John Locke Foundation, had yakked in the morning with KOA's Mike Rosen. The conservative blogosphere had dutifully transcribed Chesser's anti-environmental message, and he was booked on John Andrews' KNUS talk radio … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Hysteria, Colorado Politics, General Tagged With: Independence Institute, Jason Salzman, Rocky Mountain News

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Civil Rights Initiative Upheld

Good news yesterday for the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI). The Detroit News reports that a federal court has rejected legal attempts to undo the same sort of measure that was recently approved by Michigan voters:A federal judge Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a Michigan law that prohibits racial and gender preferences in government hiring and public university admissions. "To impugn the motives of 58 (percent) of Michigan's electorate, in the absence of extraordinary circumstances which do not exist here, simply is not warranted on this record," U.S. District Judge David Lawson wrote. Michigan voters approved the constitutional amendment known as Proposal 2 in November 2006. Several groups -- including the NAACP … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, General, National Politics Tagged With: Colorado Civil Rights initiative, federal court ruling, Ward Connerly

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Moloney: Look to the History of American Teacher Unions

Why did the Denver teachers union throw itself in the way of a request sought by teachers and school leaders for autonomy? In a column today for the Rocky Mountain News, former state education commissioner Dr. William Moloney adds some badly needed historical perspective:As this tragedy unfolds, observers sigh and say, "Oh, that's just the way all teachers unions behave." Not so! It's just the way American teachers unions behave, and it is profoundly important for public policy-makers to understand this critical distinction. The whole article is worth a perusal. It will help explain union opposition to the new Innovation Schools Act, too. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, Education, General, Labor Tagged With: Bruce Randolph, Dr. William Moloney, education reform, Innovation Schools Act, teachers union

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