Every day is seeking to rise to the challenge, 'neath the shadow of the mighty Rockies.
Sicko Deception
The truth-challenged windbag Michael Moore - a blight on the honor of my home state - has been called to the carpet again by those stubborn, annoying facts. Canadian expatriate Sally Pipes writes in "More lies from Moore" to expose the left-wing filmmaker's problem in using a clip of her in his new movie "Sicko" to supposedly demonstrate American ignorance of the Canadian healthcare system. Unfortunately for Moore, Pipes actually knows the problems of the system firsthand: I am a new American, but I grew up and worked for many years in Canada. And I know the health care system of my native country much more intimately than does Moore. There's a good reason why my former countrymen with the money to do so either use the services of a … [Read more...]
On TV with the AG
As explained here, I will be guest alongside Colorado Attorney General John Suthers on tomorrow evening's edition of Independent Thinking: I2I Education Policy Analyst Ben DeGrow and AG Suthers will join I2I president Jon Caldara to Discuss Supreme Court Victory on Friday's episode of Independent Thinking. The show will disect the legal victory for the free speech rights of workers. The episode airs on KBDI Channel 12 in Denver (Channel 32 in Colorado Springs) TOMORROW (Friday) at 8:30 PM, and on Sunday, July 8, at 11:30 AM. Just remember: it's an episode labor union leaders don't want you to see. … [Read more...]
Know Your Parodies
Only a handful of political insiders have even noticed - especially three Colorado blogs (leave a comment or send an email if you want to know which ones) bent on bringing down all GOP presidential candidates except the obscure also-ran Jim Gilmore - but there are some weird things being said at a site styled as an official Sam Brownback for President campaign blog. And news being slow as it is around a holiday, the Denver Post's Karen Crummy had a full-length story published on it today. For those who have gotten a lot of mileage out of disparaging Senator Brownback based on the outlandish absurdity posted on the site in question - in other words, for those who have chosen to disbelieve the obvious - this may come as a startling … [Read more...]
Anchors Aweigh
Godspeed to Mr. Bob, the Daily Blogster, leaving this week on deployment aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. If you haven't read it before, check out Bob's essay explaining why he joined the Naval Reserves after 9/11 at age 38. I have great admiration for Bob and am glad to count him as a friend, a friend I may not have met apart from the strange and fantastic world of the blogosphere. Fittingly, Bob's last post before deployment includes photos and a brief account from yesterday's unveiling of the Danny Dietz Navy SEAL memorial in Littleton. (Also covered at Slapstick Politics and picked up by Michelle Malkin.) Though raised in a family with many more Army connections than Navy ones (and it's been a LONG time since the Cadets won an … [Read more...]
On This Independence Day, Why Not Listen to the Declaration?
When you celebrate the United States' 231st birthday tomorrow, here's a suggestion to make your family's Independence Day a bit more meaningful: Read aloud the Declaration of Independence. Or better yet, you can listen to someone read it aloud for you. The Independence Institute (where I work my day job) has released today a Podcast recording of Jon Caldara reading aloud the full text of the Declaration. A full listen from beginning to end will take less than 12 minutes, but it will help put into perspective where we've come from as a nation and the Founding principles that make America great. God bless America, and may you all have a Safe and Happy Fourth! … [Read more...]
Colorado Lefties & Scooter
In case you need to be reminded what sort of demented apoplectic fits Colorado Lefties can inflict upon themselves with their irrational, knee-jerk Bush hatred, take a look at today's posting from the angry El Paso County Democratic Party: With his horrible, cynical, and constitutionally corrupt act of pardoning Scooter Libby, George Bush will have firmly cemented his reputation as the worst president in history. First, there's the inconvenient part about having to get facts straight: commutation is not pardon. Second, there's the hyperbolic rhetoric. Finally, and most noteworthy, is the selective outrage shared by the El Paso Dems and their Speaker heroine Nancy Pelosi: Pelosi was unwilling to criticize a president of her own party … [Read more...]
Bennett’s Powerful Message: Bring Back American History
Read William Bennett's impassioned plea to teach kids the soul of American history once more, published today in National Review Online. I share Dr. Bennett's passion: So many young Americans today are truly deprived in this respect. Bennett explains: Many of our history books are either too tendentious — disseminating a one-sided, politically correct view of the history of the greatest nation that ever existed; or, worse, they are boring — providing a watered down, anemic version of a people who have fought wars at home and abroad for the purposes of liberty and equality, conquered deadly diseases, and placed men on the moon. And later: In his farewell address to the nation, the large-minded amateur historian President Ronald … [Read more...]
Colorado’s Highways are 29th
Interesting fact for the day: according to a newly-released study from the Reason Foundation, Colorado ranks 29th in the nation for the quality of its state highways - but still considerably higher than the only other two states I've lived in for any length of time (Michigan and Pennsylvania). Follow the link to find more information. … [Read more...]
Be Gracious to the Left: Let Them Know the Weekend is Here
Readers of my blog, you may consider sending a sympathy card (or e-card) to SquareState's Luis and his Lefty friends. As he tells us, they've had a rough week. The immigration amnesty bill died (and still he blames Bush!), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against racial discrimination, and a Colorado court refused to overrule the parental consent requirement for minor abortions. Hey, look, in the rough-and-tumble world of politics and public policy, any of us can have a bad week from time to time. Last November was particularly unpleasant for those of us of a more conservative persuasion. So please consider, in the spirit of graciousness and magnanimity, letting a liberal near you know that the weekend is here and that next week is certain … [Read more...]
Dubious Anti-Right-to-Work Poll Fits Strategic Labor Agenda
Yesterday the Dead Governors touted the coincidentally-timed release of an April survey of Colorado voters showing alleged opposition to a right-to-work initiative at 56 percent to 36 percent support. Not surprisingly, Jason Bane and company appear to be carrying water for leaders in the union coalition, who are worried about having to spend money to defeat right-to-work and thus are trumping the dubious results of the RBI Strategies poll: Without including the words “Right to Work†in the ballot title or language, there is little support among Colorado voters for this potential initiative. Predictably, the opposition to the initiative is strong among Democrats (65% are against). However, even a majority of unaffiliated voters oppose … [Read more...]
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