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2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Would Ed Perlmutter Vote our Taxpayer Dollars to Bail Out the Big Three?

From The Hill (via Rocky Mountain Right):Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) sat on an exercise bicycle at the Wheat Ridge Recreation center this weekend, hearing unvarnished advice from constituents about the auto bailout. “It was one after another,” Perlmutter recounted. “One guy would come up and say, ‘You can’t let them fail.’ The next guy would say, ‘Let them go bankrupt.’ ” Perlmutter said he was leaning in favor of the bailout, but couldn’t say for certain until he sees final language. As a constituent of Ed Perlmutter who is paying very close attention to these developments, count me among the latter: Let them go bankrupt. It's the bitter medicine needed, certainly not a vast government takeover at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, Fiscal Policy, General, National Politics Tagged With: 2010, advice, auto bailout, bankrupt, colleague, Colorado, Colorado delegation, constituents, Democratic, Ed Perlmutter, fail, Jared Polis, leaning, massive bailout, Rocky Mountain Right, The Hill, Wheat Ridge Recreation Center

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Complete Colorado Offers Up Top 10 Political (& Non-Political) Stories of 2008

On New Years Day, CompleteColorado.com's Todd Shepherd (also a colleague of mine at the Independence Institute) shared his respective lists of Colorado's Top 10 political and non-political stories of 2008 with AM 740 KVOR guest talk radio host Jeff Crank (H/T El Presidente). A few of Todd's entries may take you by surprise, or trigger something lost in the memory banks. The entire broadcast is nearly an hour long, but any time you can give will glean some interesting perspectives: And if you haven't bookmarked Complete Colorado for regular stops, now is a good time to do so. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, Commemorative, General Tagged With: broadcast, colleague, Colorado, Complete Colorado, El Presidente, entries, Independence Institute, interesting perspectives, Jeff Crank, KVOR, memory banks, non-political stories, political stories, Slapstick Politics, surprise, talk radio, Todd Shepherd, Top 10

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Fiscally Conservative Kevin Lundberg Merits Nod for State Senate Seat

I see the upcoming showdown over the appointment to replace state senator Steve Johnson as a real testing ground: Do Republicans want well-qualified and proven fiscal conservatives of class and character - regardless of their views on social issues - or do they just want to toss officials overboard for their socially conservative views? Estes Park's Jon Nicholas gets it right: state representative Kevin Lundberg is the right person to fill Johnson's seat. Especially if Nicholas' observations (one technical error aside) about Lundberg's less well-known rivals indeed are correct: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Colorado Politics, Cultural Conservatism, Fiscal Policy, General Tagged With: Amendment 23, appearance, appointment, articulate, Blog Talk Radio, breakfast meeting, character, class, Colorado Union of Taxpayers, conservative principles, Deborah Moeck, Denver, Douglas Bruce, Estes Park, fiscal conservatives, fiscal watchdogs, hard-working, Jon Nicholas, Kevin Lundberg, lawmakers, limited government, Mike Lynch, personal endorsement, Referendum C, Republicans, responsible, right person, Rocky Mountain Alliance, social issues, spokesman, state representative, state senator, Steve Johnson, TABOR, testing ground, voting record, website, well-qualified

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

If You Think the Auto Bailout is Bad, Wait for the Price Tag from Card-Check

I've written before about the bad deal for workers if Congress passes the poorly-named Employee Free Choice Act (aka union card-check legislation). But what kind of impact could it have on the economy? In a recent 8-minute iVoices podcast interview, Barbara Comstock of the Workforce Fairness Institute says it's "more of a threat" than the proposed bailout of the Big 3 auto makers: As my good friend Joshua Sharf frequently remarks about putting the Democrats in charge:Progressively more intrusive. Progressively more expensive. Progressively more restrictive. Sadly, the disease is all over Washington D.C., with no apparent hope for recovery any time soon. Hold on to your hats. And your wallets. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, Fiscal Policy, General, Labor, My Life, National Politics Tagged With: Congress, economy, Employee Free Choice Act, impact

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Pre-Christmas Friday Laughs

It's Friday, so I'm keeping it light and to the point. Besides the close proximity to the Christmas holiday and other reasons, I'm just too mad about our lame-duck President Bush copping to the auto bailout and too mystified by the intensity of the Senate appointment process for Governor Ritter to replace Ken Salazar. So here goes an opportunity for a few laughs: Yesterday, a friend introduced me to the It's Lovely! I'll Take It blog, which glibly pans bad real estate listing photos (something in the spirit of this humorous masterpiece of a book). If you're looking for something a little more Christmas-y, you ought to read "Twas the Night Before Single-Payer" posted by Dr. Paul Hsieh over at the We Stand FIRM blog. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, Fiscal Policy, General, Health Care, National Politics, Random and Miscellaneous Tagged With: auto bailout, Bill Ritter, Christmas holiday, Friday, George Bush, Interior Desecrations, It's Lovely I'll Take It, Ken Salazar, lame-duck president, laughs, light, parody, Paul Hsieh, real estate listing photos, Senate appointment process, single-payer health care, We Stand Firm

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Complete Colorado: Mayors Asking for $2.25 Billion in Federal Pork Handouts

Complete Colorado is breaking a story about 10 different Colorado mayors requesting a total of $2.25 billion in federal pork. The biggest ask (go for the gusto, right?) comes from Colorado Springs at $1.25 billion. But the most interesting request hails from the People's Republic:The city of Boulder asked for $6 million to "...[p]rovide funding to convert 60 hybrid electric vehicles to Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles with Vehicle to Grid technology. The cars are part of the City of Boulder, Boulder County, and the University of Colorado fleets." The retrofit of each vehicle, therefore, would cost $100-thousand dollars a piece. I haven't seen a cost-benefit analysis, but how much is really gained by switching to the Plug-In Hybrid Electric … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, Fiscal Policy, General, National Politics, transportation Tagged With: Arvada, Boulder County, breaking story, bridge repair, Colorado Springs, Complete Colorado, federal pork, funding streams, hybrid electric vehicles, investigation, mayors, People's Republic of Boulder, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle, projects, relatively modest, retrofit, street, University of Colorado

2/7/2026 By Ben 2 Comments

GOP Leader Mark Hillman Speaks Reason to the Conservative Coalition

Former Republican legislative leader Mark Hillman once again shows why he deserves a leading position in Colorado's GOP, by speaking reason to the conservative coalition. It's a must-read from beginning to end, but here's the key thought:If the goal is winning elections, rather than purging membership rolls at the country club, throwing social conservatives under the bus is a catastrophically bad idea. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, Cultural Conservatism, Fiscal Policy, General, National Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, bedroom, belittle, Colorado, conservative coalition, crouthouse, debates, divide, government, Harry Reid, involved, key thought, legislative leader, liberal activists, Mark Hillman, must-read, Nancy Pelosi, principles, purge, Reason, Rebuild the Party, recommend, Republican, right spirit, social conservatives, social moderates, taxpayer funding, unite

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Chesser Gives Climate Change Alarmism a Well-Deserved Slap in the Face

A great read for this Friday is Paul Chesser's well-documented rant in the American Spectator. He gets it rolling as follows:Someone please tell me it's about to end. That it's O-V-A-H in New England. That's it's D-U-N in Rio Linda. That it's fini in France and finito in Italy. I've experienced a build-up of evidence that undermines climate change alarmism, and I'm at the tipping point. My head has formed a canopy of truth-trapping that can only contain so much before my circuits overheat, blood pressure elevates, and my faith in broad-based common sense melts away. So please: polish it off in Poznan -- wishful thinking, you might think, but signs point to the beginning of that end. Read on. As global warming pathologists insist that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Hysteria, Colorado Politics, General, National Politics Tagged With: 2008 Presidential campaign, American Spectator, Antarctic ice swells, anthropogenic, Arctic ice loss, Bill Ritter, candidates, carbon dioxide, climate change, climate change alarmism, climate trends, common sense, cooling pattern, Denver, disaster, global warming pathologists, Governor, great read, obsession, on the wane, Paul Chesser, phenomena, planetary meltdown, Poznan, public support, retrospect, scientists, solar cycles, temperature monitoring stations, valid theory, warming bias, well-documented rant, white Christmas, wishful thinking

2/7/2026 By Ben 2 Comments

“Un-American”? Michigan Bailout Rhetoric Reaches Fever Pitch

I can feel the pain of my home state of Michigan (and no, I'm not referring to the bitter cold temperatures we're experiencing here along the Front Range). The angst coming from the Motor City and its environs is palpable. One of the most poignant examples, at least from my perspective, relates to a scheduled weekend appearance by Kentucky's U.S. Senator (and former Detroit Tigers pitcher) Jim Bunning. Detroit Free Press columnist Brian Dickerson ripped Bunning a new one after the Republican Senator voted against the UAW's federal government bailout deal. Dickerson wrote:He may be losing his marbles, but U.S. senator and ex-Tiger pitching great Jim Bunning still has big brass cojones. After all, most of the GOP senators … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, Fiscal Policy, General, Labor, My Life, Sports and Leisure Tagged With: "un-American", angst, automotive bailout, bitter cold, Brian Dickerson, Canadian, Colorado, columnist, committee room, deal, Democrats, Detroit Free Press, Detroit Tigers, economically inept, event, federal government, former pitcher, Free Speech, Front Range, Gibraltar Trade Center, government takeovers, Governor, hearings, hypocrisy, Interior Department, Jennifer Granholm, Jim Bunning, Joseph McCarthy, Ken Salazar, Kentucky, Lansing, lofty clouds, Michigan, Mitch Albom, Mitch McConnell, Motor City, ownership, pain, palpable, poignant example, powerful contrast, ratcheted up, Republicans, Ron Gettelfinger, temerity, Toyota, Tuesdays with Morrie, U.S. Senator, United Auto Workers, vote, weekend appearance

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Rocky Mountain Alliance Blog Talk Radio On the Air Tonight at 9 PM

Remember, Rocky Mountain Alliance Blog Talk Radio is on the air tonight at 9 PM local Mountain Time. El Presidente - one of tonight's co-hosts - has the details. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Colorado Politics, General, My Life Tagged With: Blog Talk Radio, El Presidente, Rocky Mountain Alliance

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