Oh, I choose a combination of 2 and 3

Posted on November 3, 2011 by ChrisA

On voting down Prop 103. … and damn proud of it.

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Tax Increases….

Posted on November 2, 2011 by ChrisA

Proposition 103 going down in flames across the state…”.

Michelle Malkin comments.

Local to Boulder, with the County’s refusal to pave subdivisions, both PineBrook Hills and Crestview Estates had ballot issues to create Local Improvement Districts and effectively tax themselves to pave their roads. Interestingly enough, in both neighborhoods these measure went down to landslide defeats by 85% against, 15% for margins.

Hell, if Prop 103 66/33 margin of defeat is “going down in flames” what’s the proper metaphor for these neighborhood elections with 85/15 margins?

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“Would Jonathan Martin, Maggie Haberman, Anna Palmer and Kenneth Vogel have put their names on a similar piece, with no named sources, aimed at Barack Obama?”

Posted on November 1, 2011 by ChrisA

Inquiring minds, especially Glenn Reynolds, wants to know…

“Would Politico have run it? I think we know the answer.”

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Global warming and hurricanes

Posted on November 1, 2011 by ChrisA

More here.

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City can’t handle sewage

Posted on October 30, 2011 by ChrisA

… but Boulderite’s want them to handle their electricity?

Read Daniel Blum and Nancy Brenckman’s letter to the editor.
Vote NO on 2B and 2C.

On a side note, how interesting that Erika Stutzman hands her editorial space over to PLAN Boulder immediately before the election. Unbelievable. (note, I haven’t seen a print copy of the paper)

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Rural rebellion brewing

Posted on October 30, 2011 by ChrisA

In California…

These rural folks, living in the shadow of the majestic Mount Shasta, believe that they are being driven away so that their communities can essentially go back to the wild, to conform to a modern environmentalist ethos that puts wildlands above humanity. As the locals told it during the Defend Rural America conference Oct. 22 at the Siskiyou Golden Fairgrounds, environmental officials are treading on their liberties, traipsing unannounced on their properties, confronting ranchers with guns drawn to enforce arcane regulatory rules and destroying their livelihoods in the process.

Certainly the Boulder County Commissioners would like rural Boulder County to go “back to the wild”. Allocating their spending priorities as shown..

2000 Boulder County Budget:
– Road Fund = $2,620,709
– Social Services Fund = $2,325,001

2011 Boulder County Budget:
– Road and Bridge Fund = $1,075,955
– Social Services Fund = $6,536,717

…is their first step in the battle to make living in the County prohibitively expensive.

Budget numbers courtesy of Don Wrege posting on Daily Camera message boards.

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Occupy Denver turns violent

Posted on October 30, 2011 by ChrisA

Wow…

Can’t wait to hear about this in the local paper. Hopefully they will remind us how violent the Tea Party rallies have been.

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Essay test…

Posted on October 30, 2011 by ChrisA

in Calculus class. Why am I not surprised?

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Culture of entitlement

Posted on October 29, 2011 by ChrisA

From an insurance agent bulletin board…

Friend of the family has 2 mercedes benz cars, a race car and a trailer but no health insurance. He’s also had stents and his wife is in poor health. I offered my advice and it went in one ear and out the other. Many people have the dough to purchase health insurance but they dont want it until they’re admitted in the ER… and some dont even want it then. I’m sick of everybody wanting something for nothing. Ok rant done back to selling Medicare.

;

… way too many people like this.

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Posted on October 29, 2011 by ChrisA

Climate Change: Snow hits New York before Halloween for the fourth time since the Civil War as East Coast hunkers down for a VERY chilling weekend

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Romneycare surviving thanks to the Feds…

Posted on October 29, 2011 by ChrisA

Massachusetts Treasurer Blasts RomneyCare and, Equivalently, ObamaCare

“If President Obama and the Democrats repeat the mistake of the health insurance reform here in Massachusetts on a national level, they will threaten to wipe out the American economy within four years,” Cahill said in a press conference in his office.


No problem, we’ll just print more money or borrow it from China. Crazy.

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Poll: Obamacare support hits all-time low

Posted on October 29, 2011 by ChrisA

Sweet!

Support for President Obama’s health care reform law has reached an all time low, in part because of Democrats’ diminished faith that the law will improve their lives, a new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds.


I’m sure nothing’s changed in Boulder.

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Poll: Obamacare support hits all-time low

Posted on October 29, 2011 by ChrisA
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It’s amaazing!

Posted on October 28, 2011 by ChrisA

h/t to Althouse.

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Posted on October 28, 2011 by ChrisA

“On the other hand, Supercommittee members have been soaking up campaign contributions from lobbyists. So it’s not a complete failure.”

LOL.

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“… the role of the indiviual on one hand and the role of government and collective institutions on the other”

Posted on October 28, 2011 by ChrisA

This is “SO BOULDER”….

“There has been a shift in the philosophy and attitudes of the public from a belief in individual responsibility, from a beleif in a society in which the roll of government was as an umpire, to a belief in a society in which the emphasis is on social responsibility and the role of government as big brother and protecter of of the individual”


Do I need to repeat myself? Now if only it was just SO BOULDER, but unfortunately, it is SO PROGRESSIVE and SO OBAMA too.

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FELONY: FAKE MAPLE SYRUP

Posted on October 22, 2011 by ChrisA

Good grief.

BUDGET CUT.

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Two most popular searches that bring outsiders to blog

Posted on October 21, 2011 by ChrisA

Well, almost everyone who comes is an outsider.

They are:

Money bags month

and

Judge James Klein

I feel sure I’ll never be on jury duty in his courtroom. Of course, I’d have to admit to this blog. We shall see.

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Obamacare causing insurers to close doors

Posted on October 21, 2011 by ChrisA

American Republic lays off Des Moines, Omaha workers

Rumor has it another closer/merger is on the way.

This is apparently the 7th insurer to close their doors since Obamacare passed.I thought you could keep your insurance if you wanted to???

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Blame Wall Street

Posted on October 21, 2011 by ChrisA

While not blameless, Wall Street is an easy scapegoat. And investment houses that made billions slicing and dicing mortgages into CDOs, derivatives, credit default swaps and other exotic paper are easy to demonize. But the problem wasn’t these financial instruments. Or even the obscene profits they generated. Mortgage-backed securities were nothing new, and we’ve always had speculation in the market.

The problem was the underlying assets: low-quality mortgages. We’ve never had so many junk home-loans poisoning the financial well before. And who poisoned the well? Washington and its affordable-housing policies.

(emphasis added by you know who)

Read more, courtesy of Investors Business Daily.

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