Monthly Archives: January 2009

Colorado climate coordinator

Governor Ritter named Boulder’s Alice Madden, Democrat (of course) from Boulder (of course) to be Colorado’s first climate coordinator. The bright point is… The $80,000-per-year position is funded through private grants from the Hewlett, Denver and Energy foundations. Madden shares … Continue reading

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ACORN and Government Stimulus

Gawd you gotta love these guys. Stimulus: The group that pushed banks into the risky loans that brought the economy down is now eligible for a huge chunk of stimulus cash. The stimulus plan does create jobs — for community … Continue reading

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UAW President Ron Gettlefinger

Ron doesn’t understand this simple message… It doesn’t mean Gettlefinger’s workers have a right to $28/hour if at that wage their employers can’t stay in business without an ongoing multi-billion dollar subsidy. I’m sorry if this seems obvious. It’s apparently … Continue reading

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Smoking is bad

Tobacco tax money is a necessary evil! Hilarious, what a noble cause the anti-smoking programs were going to be, and perhaps they have succeeded to some extent as the article reports smoking down 20%. Should states encourage smoking as a … Continue reading

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Fannie and Freddie back at the trough…

Time to hang these boys out to dry. Perhaps when we do that, they will acknowledge the political pressure they received to increase the amount of sub prime loans in their portfolio to grotesquely high levels. Of course, who is … Continue reading

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Earth to Citigroup

You just don’t get it do ya? Apparently the dismissal of John Thain went right over your heads? I’m going to by some stock just to vote against you stoopid idiot assholes. At least they gave up their 2008 bonuses!

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I forgot

Geez, I gotta try that next time I get audited.

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Sweet (global warming) irony

Geez, how many times has something like this happened? Al Gore is truly jinxed! I’m sure the Drudge link is temporary so here’s the whole post… Al Gore is scheduled before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday morning to … Continue reading

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Climate change irreversible

Here we go again, except now we have IRREVERSIBLE climate change. If it isn’t a government funded study, it’s a government organization, NOAA. Many damaging effects of climate change are already basically irreversible, according to a new study led by … Continue reading

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Ski area, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Captured this picture from the World webcam on the sidebar!

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Antarctic warming?

If you’ve heard that global warming has finally made it’s way to the Antarctic you can thank the ever enthusiastic MSM for latching on to bad science. Here’s a little background of the claim… However, to provide all their pictures … Continue reading

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Chinese, Japanese, Saudis and US debt

Will the above mentioned countries continue to “play the game”? Will THEY sacrifice since we won’t? When will they get sick of the US $?

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California budget out of control

Betsy concludes… If you’re an ordinary California taxpayer, you might want to think about that emigration possibility. The California government and the California Teacher Association (CTA) are totally out of control.

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Snow in United Arab Emirates

Snow fell in the UAE for only the 2nd time in recorded history. Good thing it’s only weather and not climate.

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Timothy Geithner == Idiot

Let’s see, Mr Geithner… 1. Hired an illegal alien2. Cheated on his taxes taxes3. TARP fund was his idea (certainly he can’t take full credit for that!). He doesn’t have the trust and credibility to be Treasury Secretary. Also, good … Continue reading

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Public debt to the penny

As of January 22nd it was 10,618,718,703,374.78 Updates available via the Bureau of Public debt.

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Longmont near “breaking point”

Longmont Times call reports that the Longmont is near the “breaking point”. I’m not impressed. Here are some snippits… This makes sense too me… “Let’s look at it realistically, not with rose-colored glasses but not with the outlook that the … Continue reading

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Message for global warming zealots

Your fellow citizens are NOT impressed, global warming in NOT a priority. This is good.

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The Boulder vision

Boulder city manager Jane Brautigam expressing her plans for the city… “I want to lift up my hope to the skies that with the new Obama administration and their focus on infrastructure building and green technology, that some of these … Continue reading

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Seagate cuts dividend

Seagate cutting the dividend can hardly be a surprise. What is surprising is that they didn’t eliminate it or cut it to a token rate of 1 cent as the banks have. Luczo said the restructuring and wage cuts will … Continue reading

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