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Paden Wins Fraters Endorsement
Yes, Barbara Paden, the famous Girl in Right, is officially a candidate for the Golden City Council. Thanks for your support in helping Barbara get the needed petition signatures to reach the ballot! While several members of the Rocky Mountain Alliance have already touted her candidacy, Barbara has also won a key Minnesota endorsement: that of Fraters' Saint Paul. Her fame spreads far and wide through the blogosphere - even to some of its darker corners - but how well will that translate into success in the special Golden election? We wish you all the best, Barbara. If you want to find tangible ways to help her campaign, check out the website. … [Read more...]
Outsourced
Still think there's no difference between the Republicans and Democrats at the State Capitol? Chew on this: Republicans understand economics; Democrats understand feel-good policy platitudes. For those who need an economic refresher to see why the Democrats are so misguided on the outsourcing issue, please read this publication from the Heritage Foundation. And bookmark Joshua's site for further continuing economic education. … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Outrage
Captain Ed is reporting that our new Senator Ken Salazar is backing off his campaign promise to support the President's judicial nominees. Here is the issue with which Salazar, who has otherwise attempted to act in a bipartisan manner, has made himself vulnerable in far off 2010. And yesterday reminds us why the judicial nominee issue is so vitally important: … [Read more...]
Howard Dean: Social Security Can’t Continue As Is
The keen antennae of Matt Margolis at Blogs for Bush have detected the following from a recent visit by new DNC Chair Howard Dean to Cornell University. From The Cornell Daily: Dean pointed out that, while he would not endorse this, if Social Security were left alone for 30 years, its benefits would be reduced to 80 percent of what it is now. He acknowledged that while there were indeed problems with the program, turning to Wall Street was not the answer. Now Dean still opposes the President's plan and wants to paint it with the false brush of "privatization," but he has essentially acknowledged the Democratic argument on Social Security is deeply flawed: we can't expect the program to keep functioning according to the status … [Read more...]
“Evil”? Overzealous, maybe…
The Rocky Mountain News makes a great point today: the use of the word evil is being tossed about quite casually these days. The Rocky mentioned remarks by Colorado's Democrat Speaker Andrew Romanoff to a reporter that the most rewarding jobs he has had "were the ones where you got up in the morning to do good and fight evil." (The quote comes from this story here, a very long profile of Romanoff. Consider yourself warned.) Romanoff Either Romanoff doesn't find his current job very rewarding, or he believes his legislative leadership position is fixed on fighting evil. Evil budget deficit? Evil Republicans? Hopefully, he wasn't taking cues from the Democratic National Committee's new chairman Howard Dean, who made his … [Read more...]
Supporting Lebanon
Events in Lebanon are moving fast and furious. It's inspiring to see its people, of different ethnic groups, emboldened and banding together to push Assad's Syrian bullies out of their government. (AP Photo) I just wanted to post this message of solidarity with the Lebanese people. The United States of America supports your actions. The road to freedom is not a smooth or painless one, but its great rewards cannot be discounted. Hugh has all the links to those keeping close tabs on the situation in and around Beirut. … [Read more...]
Terri’s Parents Seek Divorce
Seventeen days remain until the blind and barbaric act of removing Terri Schiavo's feeding tube will occur. And Judge George Greer is refusing to accept any motions from the Schindlers - including one to file a divorce for Terri from Michael, who has abandoned her to live with a woman he calls his "fiancee." The only motions Greer will accept, according to Blogs for Terri, are related to the death process. Basically, the judge is going to ignore the serious need to perform medical testing on Terri to determine the true nature of her condition. Instead, he's essentially telling the parents to get used to the fact their daughter is about to be starved to death, but you can pick where and whether they want to watch her slow and agonizing … [Read more...]
Democrat Priorities: Unions over Taxpayers
Even the Denver Post had to chide Colorado's Democrat legislators this time. A pointed editorial in today's Post calls on the House Transportation Committee to kill Senate Bill 61, which has already passed the Senate floor. Regrettably, Republican Senator Norma Anderson abandoned the party's principles to join the unanimous Democrat caucus and give SB61 a 19-16 victory on Feb. 14. The main problem with the bill, as the editorial indicates, is its proposed reduction of private contracting services in the Regional Transportation District (RTD). The result is $143.5 million more in taxpayer costs over the next 12 years to maintain existing services. Rather than searching for ways to provide services at more efficient costs, the … [Read more...]
Books I’m Reading Now
I'm an avid reader and writer. It would explain why I enjoy blogging so much. There are certain times - tell me if I'm the only one - when I get into several books at once: books I'm reading at different paces for different purposes, books that I find rewarding in different ways. Now is one of those times. And since I'm thoroughly enjoying and/or learning from all of them, I thought I'd leave a record of them here. Maybe one will pique your interest, too. Listed in order of author's last name: Jim Berg, Created for His Glory - A challenging and inspiring in-depth look at God's precious promises in the first three chapters of Ephesians. Michael Medved, Right Turns - This book truly is a splendid read, full of autobiographical … [Read more...]
The Ball is in the Democrats’ Court
The release of a poll by the Denver Chamber of Commerce confirms what an earlier poll commissioned by the Independence Institute and Colorado Club for Growth revealed: the citizens of this state do not support Speaker Andrew Romanoff's plan to resolve its budget problems. Any proposed plan that is passed through the legislature must be approved by Colorado voters, and according to the Chamber's poll only 37 percent like Romanoff's solution. Governor Owens' plan, which isn't much better insofar as it wants to modify the TABOR limits, receives 55 percent of support in the same poll. House Minority Leader Joe Stengel (R - Littleton) reacted quickly to the news, saying there was no chance the Republican caucus would cooperate with … [Read more...]
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