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Anti-tea party drivel

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Tea Party coverage

What say Daily Camera? Your silence on the Tea Parties only reflects on you, not that your readers care. Guess you got that part figured out! 😉 I bet you if there was a protest of taxpayers demanding we all … Continue reading

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D’oh!

The Simpson stamps are out. Hat-tip to Erika.

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The Health insurance entitlement mentality

There are definintely some “moral hazard” issues involved.

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The uninsured: How many?

One thing is for sure, the number of US citizens cronically uninsured is exageratted. That said, this article makes interesting reading on the health insurance crisis and there are good comments, along with some “typical” comments, on both sides of … Continue reading

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Message to the rich…

Leave now while you still can. Bill Whittle suggests the “Rush Limbaugh getting out of New York” on a much grander scale. Well, I read this article in the Washington Post, and I thought: there you have it. The top … Continue reading

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Stoopid bicyclists on Hwy 36

Auto drivers beware, the stoopid bicyclists are out on Highway 36 north of Boulder heading south into Boulder during “dusk” times. Last night I headed into Boulder to pick up our younger daughter. It’s about 7:40 PM and the first … Continue reading

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Allentown is stoopid

The City of Allentown uses red tape to discourage Tea Party organizers. This is exactly what I would expect from City of Boulder as well. After all they used the same type of trick to almost bring a halt to … Continue reading

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Missing your butt?

Rachel has the answer.

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Buffet Stock Holding: Dec 31st 2008

Berkshire Hathaway’s equity holding from Warren Buffett’s 2008 shareholder letter. Note this does not include Moody’s or Burlington Northers Santa Fe due to different accounting treatment since Berkshire owns greater than 20% of the company. Shares Company %Co Owned Cost … Continue reading

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Missoula, MT

From the World Webcam on the sidebar…

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Largest holders of United States Debt

The top 5 are: Federal Reserve $4,800 billionMutual Fund 769China 740Japan 635State & Local Gov 525 Slideshow: The 15 Biggest Holders of US Government Debt

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Screwing with the market

When government intervenes too strongly in the market the feedback mechanism breaks that provides the market with the correct information so that it can compensate. This certainly happened in housing and the feedback also got messed up in the energy … Continue reading

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The Boulder Climate Action Network

Riding to the rescue are all the local Boulder climate experts willing to make living in Boulder only more and more expensive. A group of local climate scientists, renewable energy experts, green-building consultants, land-use planners, policy specialists and zero-energy architects … Continue reading

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Wiretapping

“Illegal” wiretapping was one of the biggest complaints of my liberal friends regarding the Bush administration. H/T to Instapundit.

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Colorado Tea Parties

Get your list of Nationwide Tea Parties scheduled for April 15th here (click on “Tea Party Schedule”. Below is info on the Denver (Facebook registration required) and Ft. Collins Tea Parties. Not surprisingly Boulder doesn’t have one scheduled. Probably because … Continue reading

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Just because you say so?

Yea right. The failure so far of the U.N. Security Council or other international organization to respond to a weekend rocket launch by North Korea does not signal a “win” for the rogue nation, the State Department said Monday.

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First pitch

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Boulder County loses to RMCC

This is “old news” for people who have followed the lawsuit filed by Rocky Mountain Christian Church against Boulder County. On Monday, federal Judge Robert Blackburn ordered the Boulder County commissioners to approve within 45 days Rocky Mountain Christian Church’s … Continue reading

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Buffett ’08: Overpricing Risk

From the 2008 Berkshire letter to shareholders… The investment world has gone from underpricing risk to overpricing it. This change has not been minor; the pendulum has covered an extraordinary arc. A few years ago, it would have seemed unthinkable … Continue reading

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