Author Archives: ChrisA

Not above taking their money

Posted on March 7, 2011 by ChrisA

I captured this add from United Healthcare on the Daily Camera website.  Criticize the health insurance companies (hey I’m being nice here) on one hand but take their money with the other.  You can’t make this stuff up!

Posted in you can't make this stuff up | 1 Comment

Among the most cynical people on earth

Posted on March 7, 2011 by ChrisA

Yikes, I don’t feel that way.  Oh well, I could change the name of the blog I suppose!

Posted in legacy media, the weekend | 2 Comments

Lower Education bubble

Posted on March 6, 2011 by ChrisA

State Senator Rollie Heath wants to  raise taxes for education funding in Colorado. No surprise that the elite at the Daily Camera’s editorial board are salivating over the idea of raising taxes for education. They ignore extremely poor return of … Continue reading →

Posted in Boulder is stoopid, Education | Leave a comment

Medicare: $48 billion, Private Health Insurance Companies: $12.7 billion

Posted on March 6, 2011 by ChrisA

That’s $48 billion in estimated fraudulent losses and improper claims by Medicare compared to the $12.7 billion in p http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/medicare-loses-nearly-four-times-much-money-health-insurers-make_552860.htmlthink that government-run health care is a model of efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Last year, total outlays for Medicare were $509 billion; therefore, Medicare … Continue reading →

Posted in Boulder is stoopid, Culture of Corruption, ObamaCare | Leave a comment

Colorado pension liabilities

Posted on March 6, 2011 by ChrisA

States in Crisis Be sure to click on “what some economists calculate”.  Either way, Colorado falls between 10th and 20th but the pension liability changes from $17 billion to $53 billion. Here’s an excerpt from a March 2nd interview with Warren … Continue reading →

Posted in pension liabilities | Leave a comment

Operation Fast and Furious

Posted on March 6, 2011 by ChrisA

More information from the Christian Science Monitor.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Saturday night

Posted on March 6, 2011 by ChrisA
Posted in the weekend | Leave a comment

Wisconsin bomb threat

Posted on March 6, 2011 by ChrisA

This dude, called in a bomb threat to a Scott Walker neww conference. Just in case you haven’t heard it was a far left protestor. The “just in case you haven’t heard” part, if you haven’t perhaps you should wonder … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

ATF:Letting the guns cross the border

Posted on March 4, 2011 by ChrisA

Unbelievable.  Beyond unbelievable. And you want the government running healthcare? added 3/4@3:47p Shooting non-lethal bean bag rounds? No wonder we have a border problem. The U.S. Border Patrol is under fire for allegedly ordering its elite, SWAT-style units to use … Continue reading →

Posted in you can't make this stuff up | Leave a comment

Computer went kaput

Posted on March 4, 2011 by ChrisA

Sorry about the non-existant blogging, my computer went kaput.  Now I’m playing catch-up.  Blogging should resume soon, if not later today. Chris

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Congresswoman Shiela Jackson Lee

Posted on March 2, 2011 by ChrisA

United States of America CongressBITCH Shiela Jackson Lee is more appropriate.

Posted in you can't make this stuff up | Leave a comment

Legacy Media where are you?

Posted on March 2, 2011 by ChrisA

When Democrats had to walk past tea party protesters around the time they were cramming Obamacare through Congress the media went nuts, reporting endlessly about how the protesters were trying to intimidate the lawmakers, etc. But will you read about … Continue reading →

Posted in public unions | Leave a comment

Political Malpractice

Posted on March 2, 2011 by ChrisA

I can say it, can you?

Posted in stoopid politicians, you can't make this stuff up | Leave a comment

“I’m sure….” says Scott Walker

Posted on March 1, 2011 by ChrisA

To President Obama: “I’m sure the President knows that most federal employees do not have collective bargaining for wages and benefits while our plan allows it for base pay. And I’m sure the President knows that the average federal worker … Continue reading →

Posted in Obama, public unions | Leave a comment

Corporations only put up with so much BS

Posted on March 1, 2011 by ChrisA

One of the “Ms” in 3M used to stand for Minnesota. No more. The company still has its headquarters here, but it has moved much of its operations to the more profitable environment of Texas. Companies that are engaged in … Continue reading →

Posted in capitalism | Leave a comment

MADD Hypocrisy

Posted on February 27, 2011 by ChrisA

Former president of MADD arrested for DUI Glenn Reynolds speculates… SOBRIETY, LIKE TAXES, IS FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE Sorta like Boulder City Council members who don’t shovel snow off their sidewalk or get very favorable appraisels on their residence for tax … Continue reading →

Posted in the weekend | Leave a comment

Posted on February 27, 2011 by ChrisA

h/t to Gateway Pundit.

Posted in the weekend, you can't make this stuff up | Leave a comment

Acne: No health insurance options?

Posted on February 27, 2011 by ChrisA

A recent Daily Camera editorial and a letter to the editor both leave the distinct impression that if you have, one would assume, serious acne that individual insurance is not available to you.  First of all, there IS an element of truth … Continue reading →

Posted in health insurace, ObamaCare | Leave a comment

More money for education won’t fix idiocy like this…

Posted on February 25, 2011 by ChrisA

I love the parents video comment “I was trying not to laugh”. That’s why my daughter(s) went to Kumon and why the younger one, despite being ill and missing a lot of school, aced the “pretest” for the next section … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, math, you can't make this stuff up | Leave a comment

Inflation is here….

Posted on February 25, 2011 by ChrisA

Common sense trumps intellectual brilliance (or something like that). If Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke were a soccer mom shopping for corn flakes, he would probably have a different outlook on inflation in the United States of America today.

Posted in common sense, inflation | Leave a comment