Archive for January, 2010

Political season is quickly arriving and candidates are crisscrossing their districts and the state drumming up support.  Many were in Thornton on Saturday morning at the monthly meeting of the North Suburban Republican Forum (NSRF).  The crowd was there mainly to see the big guns – the candidates for United States Senate.  Former Colorado Lieutenant [...]

I take exception to saying that Obama, Bernanke, Reid and Pelosi are spending like drunken sailors. When I was a drunken sailor, I quit spending when I ran out of money.     ~ Unknown author

It is time once again to “take Colorado’s 2010 political temperature.”  There has been a lot happening in recent months and particularly in just the last week or so with the announcement that Governor Bill Ritter won’t see reelection.  A collection of activists and bloggers from sites like Slapstick Politics, the People’s Press Collective and [...]

Ray Stevens is well-known for his comical and satirical songs and his new one arrives at just the right time.  Stevens takes on Congress, President Obama and the health care legislation.  The video pretty much says it all as does this short excerpt: Hey, Congress, You vote Obamacare, we’ll vote you outta there We the people [...]

Good morning – and I do mean GOOD morning.  Colorado is waking up to the news that Governor Bill Ritter will not seek reelection and that is putting wide smiles on many folks’ faces today.  Governor “Never Met a Committee I Didn’t Like” Ritter told his staff yesterday of the decision and will hold a [...]

Elected officials really have to have grown to hate the Internet and YouTube.  They make these grandiose speeches with all sorts of promises so people vote for them and send them to Washington D.C.  Of course they promptly forget their promises and ignore their constituents’ wishes as they become as corrupt as any in the [...]