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2/7/2026 By Ben 2 Comments

Obligatory Super Bowl Prediction

For what it's worth, here's the official prediction of Mount Virtus concerning tomorrow's big game: Super Bowl XLII (Feb 3, 2008 - Glendale, AZ): New England Patriots (19-0) 31 New York Giants (13-7) 17 MVP: Tom Brady But what do I know? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Sports and Leisure Tagged With: New England Patriots, New York Giants, predictions, Super Bowl, Tom Brady

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Mr. Bob and Michael Yon: Last Major Iraq Battle?

Mr. Bob (via the amazing Michael Yon) points us to "The Last Major Battle in Iraq?" It is to my discredit that I don't keep up with events in the Middle East as well as I should. With the success of the "Surge" strategy, events in Iraq largely have fallen off the MSM radar and out of the Presidential campaign debate. But it was interesting to read this news today. After you check out this post, remember also to stop by the Victory Caucus website, which is loaded with tons of information and commentary. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, World Events Tagged With: Iraq, Michael Yon, Mosul, Surge strategy, The Daily Blogster, Victory Caucus

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Rasmussen: Romney 30, McCain 30 … Where’s the Momentum?

Any fellow Romney for President supporters (or anyone not too excited by the prospect of McCain at the top of the GOP ticket) looking for a little good news heading into the Super Tuesday showdown, look here (H/T Michelle Malkin):In the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination, it’s John McCain at 30%, Mitt Romney at 30%, and Mike Huckabee at 21%. Ron Paul is supported by 5% of Likely Republican Primary Voters....Romney leads by sixteen percentage points among conservatives while McCain has a two-to-one advantage among moderate Primary Voters. Considering the "no-bounce" trend of this race over the past month, the McCain momentum meme may be mostly a myth (how do you like the alliteration?). This race isn't over yet, and may … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, National Politics Tagged With: Colorado Caucus, John McCain, Michelle Malkin, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, presidential primary, Ron Paul, Super Tuesday

2/7/2026 By Ben 3 Comments

Battle of Cambria 46 Years Later

Diverting from our regular blogging fare on this Friday, we pause to remember the 46th anniversary of the decisive and destructive Battle of Cambria. It is also the 12th anniversary of the founding of Cambria Tours (Facebook account required to view page). The ill-fated, crushing defeat of February 22, 1962, along the frozen pond and quiet streets of a midwestern hamlet, marked the ultimate demise of the small and short-lived Socialist Union of Al Gansee. It's all chronicled in the biography of the quixotic and eccentric, Michigan-born dictator, Passion and Purpose: The Rise and Fall of Al Gansee. Rumor also has it that the battle's story is being adapted into a screenplay. We'll see if it goes anywhere. Questions linger regarding how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Commemorative, General, My Life, Random and Miscellaneous Tagged With: Al Gansee, Battle of Cambria, Cambria Tours, Socialist Union of Al Gansee

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Attend Your Caucus Tomorrow

Colorado's registered Republicans and Democrats, don't forget that tomorrow evening is caucus time - your chance to pick a Presidential candidate, make your voice heard, and elect the delegates to the county and state assembly. Looks like there will be unusually high interest in 2008. The Denver Post has the basic information here:Colorado voters registered as Democrats or Republicans can participate in Tuesday's party caucuses, as long as they were registered before Dec. 5. Here's how: Process: At a caucus, state political parties hold presidential preference polls and conduct other party business. Democrats require a candidate to receive at least 15 percent of the available votes. Republicans hold a straight vote. Schedule: Caucuses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, General, National Politics Tagged With: Colorado Caucus, Democrat Party, Republican Party

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A Tale of Two Alans

Here is a true tale based on the published insights of two men, highlighting an important contrast in credibility. Both men are named Alan. Both are from the Denver area. Both are Democrats. There the similarity ends. The story stems around Denver's Life Skills Center charter school, a program tailored to serve the city's most desperate "last-chance" students. The school has made a positive difference with some, but not all, of the students it serves. As this Denver Post story points out, Life Skills has struggled to meet its performance standards but is showing improvement. The first Alan is Alan Franklin, a paid Left-wing hack who does the bidding of political attack dog Michael Huttner. Franklin jumped on the Life Skills story to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, Education, General Tagged With: Alan Franklin, Alan Gottlieb, Bob Schaffer, Life Skills Center, ProgressNow, Public Education and Business Coalition

2/7/2026 By Ben 1 Comment

Harassing Union Tactics Unleashed by Ritter’s Executive Order

From the University of Colorado newspaper comes a story about union organizers accused of harassing state employees:Last week, human resource directors from many state agencies met with leaders from several unions to voice their concerns about union organizers' tactics, which some called over-aggressive. One union organizer, employed by Colorado WINS, was arrested in downtown Denver in November for allegedly trespassing on Regional Transportation District property after attempting to distribute leaflets in an adjacent private building where a state agency is located. In a more recent incident, a union organizer who visited a Department of Corrections (DOC) employee at home, found himself on the business end of a gun. (The DOC could not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, General, Labor Tagged With: Collective Bargaining, Colorado Association of Public Employees, Colorado WINS, Communications Workers of America, Executive Order, Gov. Bill Ritter, harassment, SB 86, Sen. Shawn Mitchell, Silver & Gold Record, union organizing

2/7/2026 By Ben 1 Comment

Tribute to Buckley Reminder of “Great Task Remaining Before Us”

Over at Pajamas Media, Scott Johnson eulogizes the late William F. Buckley, Jr.. First, probably his most significant accomplishment:When Buckley founded National Review as the voice of the [conservative] movement, he performed two acts of statesmanship that were vital to the movement’s ultimate, if unlikely, success: he reserved exclusive ownership of the magazine to himself so as to prevent the kind of sectarian brawls that had killed other such magazines, and he prohibited John Birchers and other kooky anti-Semitic organizations from the magazine’s precincts. Johnson also observes what is left undone:Until [Buckley] gave up public speaking in 1998, his frequent campus speaking engagements were part missionary work, part … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Commemorative, Cultural Conservatism, Education, General Tagged With: Bill Buckley, Free Speech police, God and Man at Yale, National Review, Pajamas Media, Scott Johnson, university

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Video: Berkeley Bans U.S. Marines … How Will Udall Respond?

A new video produced by the National Republican Senatorial Committee raises questions about the Congressional Democrats and their priorities: Notice not only the radicals' self-absorbed, boorish behavior but the local law enforcement's capitulation. If Berkeley insists on boycotting the U.S. Marines, the proposed solution of withdrawing federal earmark subsidies only makes sense. Then maybe down the road we can consider voting to let Berkeley secede from the union and from our military protection. But seriously, given his recent troubles with Far Left anti-war activists, how will Mark Udall vote? Or will he beg Nancy Pelosi to keep the proposal off the floor? Cross posted at Schaffer v Udall … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, National Politics Tagged With: Berkeley, Ken Salazar, Mark Udall, moonbat Left, National Republican Senatorial Committee, U.S. Marines

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Barack Obama’s “No, We Can’t” About-Face on School Vouchers

I almost missed this one... From the editors of the New York Sun comes notice that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may be more cynical and duplicitous than widely given credit for:No sooner had we issued Elizabeth Green's dispatch under the headline "Obama Open to Private School Vouchers" than his campaign was scrambling to undo the potential damage with the Democratic primary electorate. On February 20, his campaign issued a statement headlined, "Response to Misleading Reports Concerning Senator Obama's Position on Vouchers" that said, "Senator Obama has always been a critic of vouchers." The statement went on, "Throughout his career, he has voted against voucher proposals and voiced concern for siphoning off resources from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, General, National Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Education Gadfly, hypocrisy, John McCain, National Education Association, New York Sun, school vouchers

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