Monthly Archives: October 2008

Eliminating MA state income tax

Posted on October 5, 2008 by ChrisA

What an interesting concept, eliminating the Massachusetts state income tax… Supporters of Question 1, a measure that would eliminate the state’s 5.3 percent income tax, denounced government spending as wasteful and excessive and said workers deserve to keep more of … Continue reading →

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Communist Manifesto

Posted on October 5, 2008 by ChrisA

Article 5 seems most relevant at the present time… 1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes. 2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. 3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance. … Continue reading →

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Barney and Fannie

Posted on October 5, 2008 by ChrisA

Glenn Reynolds has a roundup of additional articles on Barney Frank, Fannie and confict of interest.

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Local poll shows 12 % swing

Posted on October 5, 2008 by ChrisA

An unscientific poll in the Longmont Times-Call shows a 12% swing towards the McCain/Palin ticket after the VP debate.

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Fannie Mae and conflict of interest

Posted on October 4, 2008 by ChrisA

Can you believe Barney Frank’s name surfaces again? Me neither! Perhaps it’s just FOX news making stuff up? Unqualified home buyers were not the only ones who benefitted from Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank’s efforts to deregulate Fannie Mae throughout the … Continue reading →

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Peak Aspen viewing season

Posted on October 4, 2008 by ChrisA

Great slide show.

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NRCC Bailout Ad

Posted on October 4, 2008 by ChrisA

The National Republican Congressional Committee has an ad out directing blame to the Democrats… Oddss are high you’ve already seen this ad before you got here! There is certainly more than one point of view, but this is one view … Continue reading →

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Drudge VP poll update

Posted on October 3, 2008 by ChrisA

Biden strengthened a few percentage points from yesterday evening.

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Programming skills in demand

Posted on October 3, 2008 by ChrisA

From Elance, a contract engineering web site… Get the latest skills in demand update here.

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VP Debate: Who won?

Posted on October 3, 2008 by ChrisA

From Drudge: From Instapundit:

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Katie Couric

Posted on October 3, 2008 by ChrisA

First words out of her mouth were something to the effect that “Sarah Palin didn’t embarrass herself”. Katie you embarrass yourself making a comment like that. Fox News commentor’s seems to think she did quite well.

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Oil Prices

Posted on October 3, 2008 by ChrisA

The short term (hourly bars for last 4 days)… and the longer term (daily chart from late June)…

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Elk in Rocky Mountain National Park

Posted on October 3, 2008 by ChrisA

Courtesy of the Longmont Times-Call.

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Radio reporter fired

Posted on October 3, 2008 by ChrisA

Longtime Metro Detroit radio reporter Karen Dinkins has been fired after wearing a pro-Barack Obama T-shirt while covering a rally for the presidential candidate Sunday at the Detroit Public Library. Amazing. I find myself feeling rather cynical regarding this statement … Continue reading →

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Economic issues hurting Republicans

Posted on October 2, 2008 by ChrisA

John Hinderaker over at Powerline has a rather dismal, but probably realistic update on Republican chances for the upcoming election. With a month to go, the election is looking bleak for us conservatives. The current economic crisis should, by rights, … Continue reading →

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Roll the dice

Posted on October 2, 2008 by ChrisA

Apparently Barney Frank wanted to “roll the dice” a little with Fannie and Freddie. Barney, you’re not rolling my dice in Vegas!

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Randy Luallin for County Commissioner – District 3

Posted on October 2, 2008 by ChrisA

From Randy’s web site, this is enough for me… Redress of Grievances: Since it is highly unlikely that there will ever be true debate in the upcoming elections: 3 minute introductions and 3 minute answers to canned questions without rebuttal … Continue reading →

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RETRACT: T+xxx on Boulder County $35,000 ballot reprint

Posted on October 2, 2008 by ChrisA

ERROR on my part. Turns out that the Daily Camera did report the ballot reprint issue as you can see here. Interestingly enough, they did not report the cost. The Boulder is a Stoopid Place blog apologizes to the Daily … Continue reading →

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Boulder County Ballot Issue 1A

Posted on October 2, 2008 by ChrisA

Here is an explanation of the Boulder County website of the benefits of ballot issue 1A… 1A asks voters to allow Boulder County to issue bonds for the purpose of providing financing options for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements … Continue reading →

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Not a prudent idea

Posted on October 2, 2008 by ChrisA

From stock and option systems trader Jay Kaeppel… There. Now I have sufficiently ticked everyone off. But that’s fine. You should be ticked off. And by that I mean ticked off enough to actually examine “the facts” rather than relying … Continue reading →

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