(Who should have won the CPAC Straw...

Saturday Ron Paul won the staw poll conducted at CPAC winning with 31% of the vote. Mitt Romney came in second with 22% (he had won the past three years in a row). Here are the full results from the Washington Post: 2010 CPAC Straw Poll Results Ron Paul 31% Mitt Romney 22% Sarah Palin 7% Tim Pawlenty 6% Mike Pence 5% Newt Gingrich 4% Mike Huckabee 4% Mitch… Continue »

Colorado Energy Jobs Summit –...

A Colorado Energy Jobs Summit was held at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Friday, Feb 19, 2010. The organizers included U.S. Senator Mark Udall, the University of Colorado, Third Way, and the Keystone Center. The highlight of the event was Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s speech to the Colorado politicians and interest groups. As the Denver Post reported, Secretary… Continue »

Keeping Boulder Green Isn’t Easy

The city of Boulder Colorado has been having a little trouble getting people to reduce their carbon footprints according to the Wall Street Journal article Boulder Struggles With Energy Conservation. In 2006, Boulder voters approved the nation’s first “carbon tax,” now $21 a year per household, to fund energy-conservation programs. The city took out print ads, bought radio time, sent email… Continue »

Legislative Demigods

I am a criminal! It is shocking how I’ve managed to evade imprisonment thus far. My crimes: failure to comply with the laws of the land. This moment has been a long time coming. The events leading up to my crimes were set in motion the instant the universe began to expand. When the first elements were… Continue »

Say No to the CSU Self Defense Ban

Last week, RMGO and NAGR staff held a News Conference on the CSU campus to render the draft policy — which bans even permitted citizens from carrying concealed on campus — null and void. Here is a video of the  RMGO news conference Since CSU students have been allowed to carry a concealed weapon on campus, crime has dropped. As I heard… Continue »

The Big Bank Bailout Bill H.R. 4173 and...

You may have seen an this ad recently in Colorado (video and audio is bad) Is the ad as FactCheck.org claims misleading? Technically, H.R. 4173 does give the Federal Reserve the ability to spend up to 4 trillion dollars as Bloomberg columnist David Reilly notes: It authorizes Federal Reserve banks to provide as much as $4 trillion in emergency funding the next time… Continue »

Something Strange

Imagine yourself sitting at home watching TV late at night when suddenly all interesting programming ends, and the always entertaining infomercials begin. You think to yourself, “It’s not my cup of tea, but I’ll endure it for the moment.” The usual marketing ploys begin: a common problem a person encounters, and a product that promises to fix it. One… Continue »

Ed Perlmutter – Rewriting the...

I’ve often chastised politicians for not obeying their oath to the U.S. Constitution and I may have to rethink my strategy if they keep pulling “rights” out of thin air faster than the Fed can print fiat currency. It seems Ed Perlmutter (D) from Golden Colorado is trying to follow the Constitution…just not the same Constitution I was thinking of. In… Continue »