Colorado HB 1147 Helmet Law Aims to...

Have you seen situations across Colorado like this…(R rated – for possible injury) While I typically hate to post photos of such dangerous situations, the current epidemic of children operating non-motorized vehicles has gotten out of control. Fortunately, as the Post reports, “Bill sponsor Rep. John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, promoted House Bill 1147 as a way to prevent life-changing brain injuries in… Continue »

CPAC Straw Poll Results Unpleasant For...

By now most people have seen the results of the CPAC straw poll for 2010. Congressman Ron Paul came in first place with last year’s winner Mitt Romney coming in 2nd. The rest of the field including Palin, Pawlenty, Pence, Gingrich, and Huckabee.  I’ve spoken and read from more than a few conservatives who were dismissive of the results. Do… 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 »

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 »

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 »

Lies, Damn Lies, and DailyKOS/Research...

The progressive site DailyKOS recently released their new poll on Republican views conducted by Research 2000. It’s common wisdom that a poll is only worth the quality of it’s questions. By this standard the DailyKOS poll is worth less than the bandwidth used to post it. To say the questions asked in this poll were slanted to give answers they… Continue »