Archive for September, 2009

The signs have started appearing alongside the streets in recent weeks so you know it must be election time.  Thornton will be holding elections for half of the city council seats this year.  Ward I and Ward IV feature incumbents Jan Bach and Charles Stevenson and each of them are facing three challengers, some of [...]

Unions certainly had their time and place and they accomplished a great deal and helped move the country away from sub-standard pay and hazardous work conditions.  That was nearly 100 years ago though and in the time since, unions have become a hotbed of corruption.  They do little for their members other than to steal [...]

In the next few weeks Thornton City Council is set to delve into what is sure to be a heated debate over whether or not to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.  As we all know, the majority of Colorado voters approved the use of medical marijuana in 2000.  This of course is counter [...]

Yesterday hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets to protest big government and the way Congress and this president are ignoring the will of the people.  Granted most of the mainstream media hardly saw fit to mention these rallys but they took place and they were huge.  One of the best parts about [...]

Some of you will probably dismiss this post and refuse to watch this video due to its source.  I implore you – please don’t.  Please, take the time to watch this video.  It is long but it is worthy of your time – whether you are Republican or Democrat.  PLEASE, watch this all the way [...]

Today marks the eighth anniversary of that fateful day when terrorists brought a fight to our homeland like which we had only seen one time before.  Certainly very little good can be said about that day but in the days and weeks that followed, a sense of patriotism and togetherness grew and our nation became [...]

MEET ME IN THE STAIRWELL You say you will never forget where you were when you heard the news On September 11, 2001. Neither will I. I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled room with a man who called his wife to say ‘Good-Bye.’ I held his fingers steady as he dialed. [...]

President Obama stepped into quite a furor over the speech he is giving to the nation’s schoolchildren today and we have documented that previously.  While the speech itself would have been fine, it was the original suggested lesson plans that were the crux of the problem and what led to objections by parents across the [...]

Ah yes, what is good for the goose is good for the gander.  Let’s look back to 1991 when then President George H.W. Bush spoke to students at Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington, D.C. imploring them to stay away from drugs.  That speech was broadcast to schools nationwide after letters were sent to [...]

President Barack Obama has created quite a furor in choosing to deliver an address to the nation’s school children.  Scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 8th at 10:00am MDT, “the president will speak directly to the nation’s children and youth about persisting and succeeding in school. The president will challenge students to work hard, [...]