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… 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… 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… 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…. 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 »

Obama Says F*ck It

For a little Obama humor check out this video from SuperNews (warning: adult language and content.) Let’s hope that 2010 really is about nothing. I know I’ve had enough hope and change to last a lifetime. Continue »

U.S. Senate Recall Looms in Colorado

The group Restore Our Colorado has submitted petition recall proofs to the Secretary of State of Colorado. Restore Our Colorado is rapidly growing and seeking volunteers for petition drives. Here is a video of Restore Our Colorado and it’s  petition: Continue »

Denver Home Prices Rise – There...

The Denver post printed an article written by Adrian Sainz of the Associated Press that Denver was “among four metropolitan areas in a 20-city survey…that saw home prices increase in November compared with the same period a year ago.” Mr. Sainz quotes economist Jeff Thredgold of Vectra Bank Colorado, “In Denver, it’s no boom, no bust, at least as far… Continue »