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I’m back…

Posted on June 16, 2013 by ChrisA

I’ve been in Tennessee attending to family business. Back in Boulder and ramping up to speed.

Chris

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No invisible hand here….

Posted on June 11, 2013 by ChrisA

Whew… Obama: ‘We Don’t Want to Tax All Businesses Out of Business’ | CNS News. At least it’s only SOME businesses.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson

From Brainy quotes.

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Drops out of sight…

Posted on June 11, 2013 by ChrisA

Wow, who could could have seen this coming? Contractor who leaked NSA files drops out of sight, faces legal battle– Yahoo! News Canada.

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Obama Fails to Commemorate D-Day

Posted on June 7, 2013 by ChrisA

Obam a Fails to Commemorate D-Day – Katie Pavlich.

I wish I could say I’m surprised. Apparently John Dingell took priority.

However, Obama has taken the time to release a statement about Rep. John Dingell becoming the longest serving member of Congress in U.S. history.

Statement at link if you’re really curious.

Oh and this shouldn’t come as a surprise. As Katie notes, “Obama has failed to commemorate D-Day since 2010.”

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Temporary fix

Posted on June 7, 2013 by ChrisA

I’ve temporarily addressed the layout issue by changing WordPress themes. Perhaps I’ll have some time over the weekend to address this issue. Thanks for your patience.

Chris

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As you can see, I have issues with the blog sidebar. For some reason the 2nd post ends up in the sidebar. Cursory efforts to address this issue haven’t been successful, it may be awhile until I can determine the problem and fix it.

Chris

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Jim Sensenbrenner: On Patriot Act and NSA Snooping

Posted on June 6, 2013 by ChrisA

Sensenbrenner to Holder: ‘Un-American’ Verizon Order Violates My Patriot Act

“As the author of the Patriot Act, I am extremely troubled by the FBI’s interpretation of this legislation. While I believe the Patriot Act appropriately balanced national security concerns and civil rights, I have always worried about potential abuses,” Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) said this morning.

“The Bureau’s broad application for phone records was made under the so-called business records provision of the Act. I do not believe the broadly drafted FISA order is consistent with the requirements of the Patriot Act. Seizing phone records of millions of innocent people is excessive and un-American.”

Perhaps Jim needs to educate Lindsay Graham who is glad the NSA is tracking phone calls.

“I’m a Verizon customer. I don’t mind Verizon turning over records to the government if the government is going to make sure that they try to match up a known terrorist phone with somebody in the United States. I don’t think you’re talking to the terrorists. I know you’re not. I know I’m not. So we don’t have anything to worry about.”

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In Pictures: Drudge on the Obama Phone Scandal/NSA Snooping

Posted on June 6, 2013 by ChrisA

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Obama Scandal? The Mainstream Media won’t Break the Story

Posted on June 6, 2013 by ChrisA

Mainstream Media Did Not Break Even One of Four Obama Scandals.

Fact: Over the past few weeks, four major scandals have broken over the Obama administration, and it is a very sad (and frightening) truth that our pathetic, American, lapdog mainstream media is not responsible for breaking even a single one.

Verizon? Nope, not our guys. That was the Brits over at The Guardian.

IRS? Nope, not our guys. The IRS broke their own scandal with a planted question.

The Justice Department’s seizure of Associated Press phone records? Nope, not our guys. Believe it or not, the Associated Press didn’t even break that story. Like the IRS, we only found out because the Justice Department outted itself in a letter notifying the AP of what it had done.

Benghazi? Are you kidding. With a couple of rare exceptions (Jake Tapper, Sharyl Attkisson) the media has spent the last 8 months attacking those seeking the truth (Congress, Fox News) not seeking the truth. It was the GOP congress that demanded the email exchanges around the shaping of the talking points, not the media.

Left up to the media, we wouldn’t know anything about Libya. All of the media’s energy was collectively poured into ensuring the truth was never discovered.

And do you want to know what makes this realization especially pathetic? In three of the four scandals (the AP being the exception), had our media been less interested in protecting Power and more interested in holding Power accountable, these huge, career-making stories were right there for their taking. (emphasis added)

The MSM, probably best addressed as the Lame Stream media, needs to start doing it’s job. At best, they take a “nothing to see here move along” to many of these stories and at worst they thwart trying to uncover the truth.

And to our local paper, the City and County of Boulder has been controlled by a single party for years. What type of corruption and under the table dealing do you think might be taking place?

Nothing to see here, move along.

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Lindsey Graham: Hey, I’m “glad” the NSA is collecting Americans’ phone records « Hot Air

Posted on June 6, 2013 by ChrisA

Lindsey Graham: Hey, I’m “glad” the NSA is collecting Americans’ phone records « Hot Air.

How do we know this? This is what he said…

“I’m a Verizon customer. I don’t mind Verizon turning over records to the government if the government is going to make sure that they try to match up a known terrorist phone with somebody in the United States. I don’t think you’re talking to the terrorists. I know you’re not. I know I’m not. So we don’t have anything to worry about.”

I’m a Verizon customer and I do mind.

Allahpundit at Hot Air asks the right question:

That’s the eternal rationale for the surveillance state: If you’re not doing anything wrong, you should have no objection. What happens when the definition of “wrong” changes after your information’s been collected? Why would any Republican make this argument right now, when Congress is busy investigating the government’s tax-collection agency for deciding something was “wrong” with the idea of tea partiers applying for nonprofit status?

Lindsay’s belief in Big Government/Big Brother remains unshaken as scandals due to government incompetence (AT A MINIMUM) surround us. Calling Lindsay Graham “tone deaf” is being a couple of orders of magnitude too kind.

I have one word of advice for Lindsay: RETREAT

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Protection at what cost? (Freedom isn’t free)

Posted on June 6, 2013 by ChrisA

NSA collecting phone records for millions of Verizon customers, report says | Fox News.

But the administration has not denied the existence of the order. While the administration defended its authority to seize phone records — and stressed that it does not monitor calls — one civil liberties group called this the “broadest surveillance order to ever have been issued.”

Oh, I feel better already.

“It requires no level of suspicion and applies to all Verizon subscribers anywhere in the U.S.,” the Center for Constitutional Rights said in a statement.

I consider changing my phone service except that when it’s all over and done we’ll discover other cell phone companies are under the same government surveillance.

And what does the White House say? Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, WH on NSA snooping: You can totally trust us concludes:

Either way, we’re left with the situation of having the federal government seizing private records without any meaningful civil due process that engages the citizens affected, whether that includes actual wiretaps or just cataloguing our calls and movements. Perhaps this will move this issue out of the partisan sphere and into a common ground in which we can all work to define exactly how far we’re willing to go in trading privacy for security. In order to get there, we’d all better recognize the hypocrisy that has abounded on this issue for far too long, and start thinking about higher principles than party affiliation when it comes to national security and constitutional protections.

Freedom isn’t free. How many of your freedom’s are you willing to give away for this mythical level of security the government is going to provide. I suspect answers will very depending on whether you can “totally trust us” or not.

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Recall Colorado State Senator John Morse

Posted on June 5, 2013 by ChrisA

More at I am Created Equal.

h/t to Michael Brown: Colorado Efforts To Recall Anti-Gun Democrats. One Bright Spot.

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Poll: Controversies raising doubts about White House ‘honesty’

Posted on June 5, 2013 by ChrisA

Poll: Controversies raising doubts about White House ‘honesty’ – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room.

A new poll finds a trio of controversies raising public concerns about the “honesty” of the Obama administration, even as the president maintains his approval rating.

The results…

In January, 45 percent of independent voters gave Obama marks for being “honest and straightforward,” a figure that dropped to 27 percent in the latest poll.

The public believes congressional inquiries into the three controversies are warranted, with 50 percent saying lawmakers are right to probe the issues. Forty-two percent called the hearings “unfair partisan attacks.”

Of course, I would be remiss if I didn’t note that the scandals have NOT affected Obama’s approval ratings.

But the poll also finds that the controversies have not damaged President Obama’s personal standing. Obama holds a 48 percent approval rating with 47 percent disapproving. Those numbers match his rating in the same poll taken in April.

Leadership.

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Are the Young Invincibles Expecting Obamacare to Cost So Much?

Posted on June 5, 2013 by ChrisA

Are Young, Single Adults Expecting Obamacare to Cost So Much? – The Daily Beast. Megan Mcardle interprets the debate as follows….

I don’t really want to play referee, either, but I’ll try. I think a fair summary would be that some older and/or sicker people will find health insurance cheaper and easier to obtain, while some young people will find it a lot more expensive than they were expecting. People who supported Obamacare think that the former is important and the latter is relatively trivial, while people who opposed Obamacare believe the reverse. People who supported Obamacare are very angry at people who opposed it for emphasizing the rate shock, rather than pointing out all the benefits to other people, which would obviously present Obamacare in a much more favorable light. People who opposed Obamacare think since Obamacare was sold on the grounds that it would make insurance cheaper for everyone except rich people, the fact that a lot of non-rich people will apparently pay more deserves some individual focus. And since the supporters do not regularly caveat their articles extolling the benefits of Obamacare with a note about all the bad possible side effects, it’s hard to argue that the opponents are obligated to do the opposite.

Health insurance costs for the young invincibles?

On the one hand, it’s great that young single folks can insure themselves for about $1600-2000 a year, even if they don’t qualify for a subsidy. On the other hand, as Will points out, lots of young single people can insure themselves for a lot less than that right now. I don’t think this is what they’ve been expecting.

Obamacare needs the young invincibles. I predict a marketing campaign the likes that haven’t been seen except during a Presidential election.

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How the Democrats Mislead Their Supporters on Student Loan Interest Rates

Posted on June 5, 2013 by ChrisA

They don’t try to justify it. It is an absurd lie…

via How the Democrats Mislead Their Supporters | Power Line.

So, did House Republicans actually “vote to more than double student loan rates,” and “make college more expensive?” Of course not. The Democrats are just lying again.

Wow, who would ever have thoght that? Boulderites, you’ll have to “read the whole thing” as they say. Apparently ABC news can report the story.

Ok, I’ll give in and leak the conclusion…

What is remarkable about this is not that party operatives are willing to lie for money, but that not a single prominent Democrat has objected to the practice. Is there a single Democratic office-holder who is willing to criticize his party’s use of blatant lies to seek political advantage? The answer, so far, is: No. Not one.

Don’t expect one to come out of Boulder, that’s for usre.

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Leftist Groups Enjoy IRS Tax-Exempt Status While Tea Party Suffers

Posted on June 4, 2013 by ChrisA

Boulderites: News you can use: Leftist Groups Enjoy IRS Tax-Exempt Status While Tea Party Suffers.

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Amatuer hour at the Federal Government continues

Posted on June 3, 2013 by ChrisA

EPA Honors Fake Employee | National Review Online.

Richard Windsor may be the most famous Environmental Protection Agency employee. Oddly, he does not exist. “Windsor” is the e-mail alias that Lisa Jackson, former head of the EPA and now an environmental adviser to Apple, used to correspond with environmental activists and senior Obama-administration officials, among others.

Windsor, we have learned, was also an employee of significant achievement. Documents released by the agency in response to a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that, for three years, the EPA certified Windsor as a “scholar of ethical behavior.”

Too bad he doesn’t exist, the Government could certainly use a “Scholar of ethical behavior”. As they say, you can’t make this stuff up.

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AP CEO Says DOJ Seized Records For ‘Thousands And Thousands’ Of Phone Calls

Posted on May 30, 2013 by ChrisA

AP CEO Says DOJ Seized Records For ‘Thousands And Thousands’ Of Phone Calls: Staffer.

Associated Press president and chief executive Gary Pruitt told staff at a Wednesday town hall meeting that the phone records obtained by the government included “thousands and thousands” of calls in and out of the news organization, according to a staffer who attended.

Mr. Pruitt seems to be just a little upset….

Pruitt said Wednesday that the Obama administration acted as “judge, jury and executioner” in secretly obtaining the news organization’s records, a criticism he also leveled in a recent appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

So if Government is good, is BIG government better?

Nothing to see here, move along…

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We’re All Fox News Now

Posted on May 30, 2013 by ChrisA

Best of the Web Today: We’re All Fox News Now – WSJ.com.

That’s enough to give progressive Boulderites, which is almost everyone, a large case of indigestion.

Daily Camera editorial page editor (there must be a better way to say that) Erika Stutzman hinted at this in her May 15th editorial – Governmental overreach: Demands for justice and fairness must come from the top

Erika concludes…

Targeting people for their political views and interfering with the free press are antithetical to American values and the U.S. Constitution itself. A demand for change needs to be loud and clear and it needs to come from the President himself.

Wow, next thing you know, Erika will want to know why the DHS is monitoring peaceful Tea Party demonstrations.

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BS: ‘‘If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan.’’

Posted on May 29, 2013 by ChrisA

Like your health care policy? You may be losing it – Business – Boston.com.

Many people who buy their own health insurance could get surprises in the mail this fall: cancellation notices because their current policies aren’t up to the basic standards of President Barack Obama’s health care law.

They, and some small businesses, will have to find replacement plans — and that has some state insurance officials worried about consumer confusion.

But no worries because you will be getting new and improved coverage and you will like it.

But supporters of the overhaul are betting that consumers won’t object once they realize the coverage they will get under the new law is superior to current bare-bones insurance. For example, insurers will no longer be able to turn people down because of medical problems.

Insurance companies have leeway on how to adjust their plans…

For the most part, state insurance commissioners are giving insurers the option of canceling existing plans or changing them to comply with new federal requirements. Large employer plans that cover most workers and their families are unlikely to be affected.

Hang on and enjoy the ride because you WILL like it. Also, ask why you’re just now hearing about this. This is NOT new news.

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Boulder is a Stoopid Place

I’m back…

No invisible hand here….

Drops out of sight…

Obama Fails to Commemorate D-Day

Temporary fix

Issue with Blog Sidebar

Jim Sensenbrenner: On Patriot Act and NSA Snooping

In Pictures: Drudge on the Obama Phone Scandal/NSA Snooping

Obama Scandal? The Mainstream Media won’t Break the Story

Lindsey Graham: Hey, I’m “glad” the NSA is collecting Americans’ phone records « Hot Air

Protection at what cost? (Freedom isn’t free)

Recall Colorado State Senator John Morse

Poll: Controversies raising doubts about White House ‘honesty’

Are the Young Invincibles Expecting Obamacare to Cost So Much?

How the Democrats Mislead Their Supporters on Student Loan Interest Rates

Leftist Groups Enjoy IRS Tax-Exempt Status While Tea Party Suffers

Amatuer hour at the Federal Government continues

AP CEO Says DOJ Seized Records For ‘Thousands And Thousands’ Of Phone Calls

We’re All Fox News Now

BS: ‘‘If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan.’’

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