Stupid is, More if You are Rich

 

Don’t Fly into Terrain

2/13/2026 an Epic 100 with four aboard flew into the crest of Emerald Mountain near Steamboat Springs, CO. Why my interest? That airport is where I first learned to fly. The best analysis I’ve found is here. 

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There is a perfect good all weather airport just twelve miles to the west at Hayden. Low terrain, full ILS, and a wide well lighted runway that will accommodate nearly any commercial aircraft. Still, the pressure of rich people wanting to do “The Boat” has led to putting lipstick on a pig. The Steamboat strip was “upgraded” enough to handle DHC-6’s.

Add people with more money than capability buying airplanes they aren’t trained enough to operate properly (think doctors/lawyers and V Tail Bonanzas) and shit happens.

Wind is seldom a factor at that strip and few locals ever landed or took off to the North. Off the South end you immediately have 200’ of elevation and a right hand turn takes you down the river and lower terrain. Straight ahead is a 9,000’ mountain.

So, WSF, you never took chances as a pilot? I most certainly did. One difference; I was always solo.

ICE

Personally conflicted describes my feeling about the mass deportations underway. On one hand, I’m all in favor. My reservations are based on actions allowed now can be used for other purposes later. What happens if/when the (P)regressives take back the Presidency? Will I get a pallet next to the stove at the reeducation camp?

Our on-line left wing newspaper, self proclaimed as unbiased, covers part of the question.

Bias? Early in the article we read, “mostly of people who have no criminal record”.  Ignoring that entering the country illegally is a criminal offense. Liberal logic? 

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From the article.

Dionisio Castillo, 53, tearfully recalled how two ICE agents arrested him at his construction job site in January without asking him any personal questions. Had they asked, they would have known he has lived undocumented in the U.S. for 30 years, has three U.S. citizen children and no criminal history. He spent 48 days at the ICE detention facility in Aurora. His family had to pay a $2,500 bond for his release.

“I was standing next to my truck and I turned to the right and I saw that the officers were walking toward me,” said Castillo through an interpreter. “They handcuffed me with my hands behind my back.”

Been here 30 years and needs an interpreter?  Been here 30 years and did nothing to gain legal status? Sorry, no sympathy from me.

ICE +Voting

Twenty Blue States demanding ICE pledge to not have agents near voting stations? Why, do they expect illegals to show up and vote? 

Up Yours, Gun Grabbers

Concealed carry in Colorado.

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Every legislative session more gun grabber bills get passed. I’m sure I violate some law someway every time I leave my apartment.

To the North, Wyoming lowered the age for concealed carry to eighteen.

Iran

I’ve put variations of this on other blogs and FB as comments.

PDJT has stated his goal is to insure Iran never has a nuclear weapon. OK, we probably know where all the facilities are, bombed or not bombed. Send in Sea Bees and/or Army Combat Engineers, backed up by combat units to protect them as they work, and utterly destroy these facilities. Salt the earth, so to speak.

Once that is done, get the hell out and let Southwest  Asian people go back to slaughtering each other as they have for millenniums.

 Oh, WSF, that is too simplistic. OK, why?

Car Story

 Montana Molesters

Among the very best retail car sellers I ever worked with were five men from Kalispell, MT. All had worked at the same store in Kalispell. They drifted over to Washington State for larger opportunities.

 They quickly became monthly sales leaders and greatly upset the old guard. I welcomed them. The more successful the store became, the more opportunities were opened for me. Let them be salesman of the month! Let me continue to be “grossmonster”. 

(We were paid on gross profit. Bonuses were paid on number of sales regardless of gross profit. One guess as to which, over time, put pleasing numbers on the end of the month check?)

 Their personal lives were chaotic. The parade of girlfriends, wives, infidelities, and after hour adventures earned them the name, Montana Molesters. Not my problem, I wasn’t a manager.

As always, YMMV

Will the SAFE Act Pass?

 

Once in awhile a blog post is upbeat. Not this one. The Car Story at the end is upbeat.

The Parasite who won’t die

A rich history of wealthy East Coast families shipping their embarrassing sons to the frontier continued with our present United States Senator. During his tenure as Superintendent of Denver Public Schools, he managed to lose all their reserves playing in the stock market with his hedge fund buddies. Following on an unremarkable stint as United States Senator, he now sets his sights on the Governorship of Colorado.

Residents with long memories hark to the time he bought a three day fishing license and posed for photo opportunities.

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Should he be elected, the Californication of Colorado will continue. Same result if any of the (D) candidates get elected. High probability that will happen.

His younger brother was fired from the New York Times Editor post and now works at the Atlantic.

Wyoming Nukes

Seems Kemmerer will get a nuclear power plant. There are other problems to be solved starting with water and sewer for the many new homes that need to be built. All will require the cooperation of Diamondville, an independent town intertwined with Kemmerer. There is a long history of mutual hate between the residents. Pass the popcorn.

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Man Up and Admit Your DUI

Many YouTube videos of DUI arrests show drivers getting cuffed and stuffed then being given their Miranda rights. Wyoming may be different.

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Whatever the court decides, the voters come next election will make their own decision.

Super Scammers

This comes from a long conversation with a neighbor who is buying a replacement car.

In the car biz the big bucks are made in the F&I office. Extended warranties are the cornerstone. Most are straight up scams.

A warranty from the manufacturer has teeth. As part of most franchise agreements, any franchised dealer must accept the repair and do it under warranty no matter where the vehicle was purchased.

 Aftermarket warranties are different. No, repeat no, repair shop is required to accept the warranty. Their usual reaction is no and, under their breath, hell no! The repair requires preapproval from the warranty company. The warranty company wants to pay the bare minimum, requires used parts, etc. Then, they take forever to pay the claim.

 But, WSF, I know of this or that case where there was no problem. Yes, and many people have seen Bigfoot.

Griswold for Attorney General

More good news to bolster her appeal with the (P)regressives.

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Conservative voters already know they won’t vote for her. As to the 30% of voters registered as independents, will they hold their noses and vote for her anyway?

Election security word salad. Key sentences.

She told colleagues Colorado’s election system already serves as a national example.“Colorado is a national role model for administering secure, safe and accessible and fair elections.”

Full word salad garbage.

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 Car Story

The Welsh Family

A different story for the usual. The Gillette, WY area is home to the Welsh family, generational rodeo contestants. Bob and Patricia Welsh have several children and their son, Bobby, is the focal point of this post.

Cowboy Corral Kia, Longmont, CO had many rodeo rider customers. The owner, Steve Lance, was a bull rider on the circuit for many years.

Bobby and his wife Sunny came by one evening and I put them into a Ford 350 Extra Cab single rear axel. About a year later they pulled into the lot looking for something bigger about an hour before closing time. That turned out to be a F350 Crew Cab dually. We needed to move their camper over to the new truck and there were no camper jacks. We opened the shop and backed the old truck into a vehicle lift and took the camper off. With it sitting in the air, we needed to back the dually under it and load the camper. We encountered a clearance problem and it took nearly an hour to put the new truck under the camper. We were dealing with maybe three inches of clearance. The camper was loaded, secured, and twenty minutes were spent getting it out of the shop. They had their small children with them and another hour was spent getting everything out of the old truck and into the new. About midnight they left for Texas and the three of us from the store left for the Rocky Mountain Saloon.

Doesn't everyone raise their kids in a camper on the circuit?

Bull riders are different. Twenty four hours in a day means you can use twenty four hours.

Bobby was a seven time NFR finalist. One year he was the only qualifier in a go around and won all the go around money, $52,000.

Bobby and Sunny’s son Hayden, just turned twenty, and is a NFR finalist qualifier. Bobby’s sister, Amanda is a successful Barrel Racer and a multiple NFR Finals qualifier.

Successful car people are different, too. Winners do what losers won’t.

As always, YMMV

Truck Around, Find Out

 

 Truck Around, Find Out

Sheriff Brian Kozak keeps the heat on.

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Think you can just jump over the state line? The adjacent Nebraska and Colorado County Sheriffs have decade long cooperation agreements.

Colorado Crazy

Shortly after my last blog posting, Jon Caldera explained the situation for better than my attempt.

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Love Wyoming

You can now take your animals to McDonalds.

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How soon will we see a picture of yoked oxen?

Wolves

We now have a new Parks and Wildlife Director. Time will tell if her statements hold water or the same politician word salad.

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 I’m, for one, am not holding my breath.

 What a Surprise!

Not that Jena Griswold, Secretary of State and Attorney General candidate lies. No surprise there. The surprise is a Denver TV station called her out.

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Her first term and ½ of her second has been so vile even American Media Maggots (h/t BZ) gag.

I think I qualify

Car Story

An arrogant customer came on the lot, coinciding with my turn for an “up” . Such joy. For whatever reason, the dealership owner had bought a 1995 Range Rover, for cheap, from a wholesaler. Originally it had a salvage title that the wholesaler had sheep dipped in Idaho (pre Carfax) and got a “clean” Idaho title.

 Eric Anderson was on the desk and the arrogant prick worked us over. We let him win. The only problem was he insisted on an inspection from the local Land Rover dealer. Eric was sweating as we were sitting on a $5,000 gross profit deal with a check in hand for full payment.

 I don’t know who this arrogant prick had pissed off at the Land Rover dealership. They gave it a clean bill of health. From there, I delivered the Range Rover to the arrogant prick at his art gallery on one of Seattle’s tourist piers. He signed off on the “We Owe” (as is) form.

I walked over to a restaurant and had lunch while Eric sent someone to pick me up.

Back at the dealership, Eric wanted to know how I pulled it off. In fact, I did nothing beyond being polite at the Land Rover service department. I just looked at Eric, smiled as I shook my head, adding to the Tank’s mystique.

As always, YMMV

Colorado Crazy, The Beat Goes On

A Hill to Die On, Peoples County of Boulder

The econazis applaud the courage of the county officials to take a case clear to the Supreme Court!

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Some county naysayer residents might think their tax dollars would be better spent on infrastructure. Silly ninnies.

Virtue Signaling, Denver Edition

Let’s look past real problems and show woke solidarity! Fuck ICE!

The Supremacy Clause has just been reaffirmed by the Supreme Court? Hold my (Senator Hickenlooper’s brewery) beer.

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Let’s ignore the nearly 40% downtown office space vacancy, the budget shortfall, the police leaving for better opportunities to do, you know, real police work and the number of companies simply moving to other states.

So happy to not live in Denver.

Colofornia

The common complaint, “Don’t Californicate Colorado”, may get eye rolls. It keeps happening.

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What about the impact on an average consumer?

Let us assume a man’s car wouldn’t pass Colorado Emissions because the catalytic converter was toast. Let us assume no Colorado muffler shop would install any replacement that wasn’t California compliant (and risk huge fines). Let us assume that a converter cost $1,200 plus installation. We might guess a EBay $150 converter was installed by a friendly Wyoming shop; that the car has passed emissions twice, and no personnel at the testing facility even looked at the converter. Cue Sgt. Shultz.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mb8nwd2W6zA

2026 Census

The hiring process for Census workers is now open. What are the odds woke females will be the first hired?

!n 2020 I applied to be a census worker and went through the hiring process. I didn’t make the cut. I didn’t see any heterosexual Caucasian males get hired either. Care to apply? census.gov/2026jobs

The enemies of the state are always looking for ways to cheat and the Census is a fertile place to skew Congressional seats.

One hopes the Trump Administration has an eye on this.

 No Fly Zone

Colorado has a convoluted approach to wildfire fighting with a mix of state assets and private companies funded by the state. This story is a jowl shaker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaC75c-1ibk

Is there anything Emperor Polis’ administration can’t turn into a clusterfuck?

 Woke, Soulless Blood Suckers

I write a check to these assholes every month.

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The out of state directors have never met an econazi green dream they couldn’t love.

Wyoming No Fun Zone

Yes, Wyoming

 Car Story

Have I mentioned revenge is a dish best eaten cold? Remember Dirty Al and  the fake Powerball winning story?

 Dirty Al Imhoff was the best salesman I ever worked with. Less the accent, he was a dead ringer for Lionel Jeffries 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDPMcdd7F0A

Al  owned a 1980 Mercedes 300SD with weak compression. To compensate, he had enough batteries connected in the trunk to power a small town. The car would start if you turned it over enough.

We worked along a busy four lane street in Burien, WA. On one side of street were the Ford store and  offices. On our side were used cars and Isuzu. 

In the area behind the Ford store was covered parking with a parking spot reserved for the owner’s wife. Nearby was an electrical outlet. Al would wait until she left for the day then drive over, park in her spot, and plug in his engine heater and battery charger.

I had just returned from the Ford store and casually mention to the room, “Wow, is Ed hot (Ed being the sales manager). Somebody parked in Louise’s spot and he has called a tow truck”.

Al yells, “I was told it was OK to park there when she is gone”.

He rushed out but had to wait for the traffic light to cross the street.

I called  Ed. 

“I just told Al you are hot because someone parked in Louise’s spot and you called a tow truck”. 

  “I’ve got this”, he said with an evil tone of voice.

 By the time Al got across the street Ed was in the parking area smoking a cigarette. “Ed”, he called out as he ran up panting. 

“Not now, Al, I’m waiting for a tow truck”.

 As Always, YMMV

Is It Cheating if You Win?

 Keep the gravy train rolling

Democrats want to expand their “fair advantage” by redistricting. Colorado Constitution? Like that pesky TABOR amendment, something to bypass.

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The only clear aspect of all of this will be tons of dark money supporting it. Solidarity with the rest of the Blue states doing the same thing.

 Nikita Khrushchev famously said, “The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them”.

Are we allowing our tax dollars to fund the dark money groups that will enslave our grand children and great grand children?

Comments

Free speech is important to me and very few comments are deleted. That said, total off topic comments suggest this blog isn’t being read by the commentator, just used to spread their message. Not happening! The occasional Anonymous comment may be published if it has, in my opinion, some value.  If you want your comment to be taken seriously, why not have the guts to put your name to it?

Wyoming Winter

Every year on I-80 between Rawlins and Laramie; Elk Mountain. 88 miles of extreme hazard. Summer? 90 mph wind gusts. Given Wyoming’s budget, last winter they had just four snow plow drivers for the route. Wages for employees are pitifully low.

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Pro tip. Take US 30. Going east, get off at Ft Steele. Going west, get off at Laramie. The detour is twelve miles longer on a two lane road with no significant elevation change, and fourteen to twenty minutes more driving time. There are several passing lanes and the highway is well maintained.

I do this summer and winter. Very few 18 wheelers use this route. The few you encounter seem to be very professional.

Blue State Priorities

 

54	Lawsuits Colorado is involved in against the Trump administration

 

As of late 2025 data, Colorado ranks among the highest in the nation for crime, with violent crime rates placing it 8th highest and property crime rates 4th highest in the U.S.. Despite slight decreases from 2022 peaks, crime rates remain elevated, with 2024 data showing auto theft, aggravated assault, and property crimes still significantly higher than the national average

Our current Attorney General wants to be our next Governor.

Car Story

My shortest job.

My two sons had just left to spend the summer with their mother in Minnesota when a manager I respected offered me a job in the used car side of a Chevy dealership. I had two days off from the current job and decided to spend them checking out the job.

At that time the state had no control of salespeople with licenses, etc. Wild West.

First day, around 1:30 pm, a car came on the lot and parked towards the back. I went up and greeted the driver, who reeked of alcohol.

After making a pleasant greeting and extending my hand, the driver spouted off. From memory,

“I own this dealership and I don’t talk to fucking salesmen, got that?”

“Yes sir”, I replied. “Let me help you get inside before a customer sees your condition”.

 This provoked a steam of ugly words which ended when I buried my fist just under his right side short ribs. This helped him lose his liquid lunch, putting him on the path to sobriety.

From there I went over to the used car office and told them this lot wasn’t working for me, then over to my truck and departed.

On several occasions people have suggested I need anger management classes. Makes no sense, I already know how to get angry.

As always, YMMV

 

 

 

 

I'm A Bigot. Are You?

 

Yes, I am a bigot

Currently going through the hassle of fighting unauthorized charges to my credit cards from places where I’ve cancelled my account. Some have been going on for two years. All have one thing in common; the speakers have Indian, like Southeast Asia, accents. Going forward, I will no longer do business with Indians. They join Iranian car dealers and Russian mechanics on my list.

 Does that mean I’m a bigot? Do I care if I am? No more dealing with people with the ethics of a starving piranha

 Hissy Fit

What do the moves by the Trump Administration to restore some common sense to the EPA mean to staff? Short term, these holier than thou environment warriors will need to find real jobs. Good luck!

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Don’t count on NGOs to fund your cushy gigs, Trump is kneecapping them.

Emperor Polis has no clothes

President Donald Trump posted on Wednesday that two Democratic governors will not be invited to a bipartisan meeting and dinner next week. Gov. Jared Polis is one of them.

 

“The invitations were sent to ALL Governors, other than two, who I feel are not worthy of being there,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, referring to Polis and Governor Wes Moore of Maryland.

 The Blueprint, Econazi Versions

In 2011 Emperor Polis and three other wealthy individuals developed “the blueprint”, a strategy to turn Colorado politics blue. They were successful and continue to further entrench their fellow travelers in the state’s apparatus.

 This same strategy is being used, with modifications, by the radical “environmentalists”.

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 Car Story

Having fun

The way sales are negotiated piss off many people. Oh, well.

You get an offer on paper from your manager, the infamous 4 square (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MrD9CAG7vl0), and present it to the buyer.

I worked in a store where the desk man’s office was on the 2^nd floor. I was working a deal just under his office and he could hear everything being said.

My customer and her “second baseman” were twenty something Vietnamese. Our initial offer was met with, “You price is too high”.

 Show my shocked face! “No, that is a very fair price. We know we can’t make a lot of money from you Vietnamese”.  Giggles commence.

Now comes the drop. You scratch out the price and write in a slight lower price. Each one that is rejected leads to another lower price. Then I started adding and made the price higher.

“No, no, you go wrong way!”

Do it two more times. Suddenly, she grabs the pen and writes down a figure. Now comes the three step.

“You want to buy this car for that price?”, said in incredulous tone.

Giggles

“When I bring this offer to my boss he will probably fire me”

Giggles

“Okay, I will take him the offer but his office is right up there. Stay alert; he may throw me over the railing”.

More giggles

At the desk Dan is laughing. Two visiting wholesalers there are also laughing. He then chews me out loud enough for the customer to hear down below.

 Going back down, I have an offer with a “courtesy bump”, probably some uneven number like $4162.76, and make the deal.

 So everybody is laughing but me because I’m terribly worried about getting fired and must stay in character.

 Rudy Russo was my idol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqVUXqL_8zo

note : minutes 48 - :52. He went out with the cash in hand.

About car sales. I was usually tops in monthly sales. That wasn’t my goal. My goal was to be tops in gross profit. People would ask me my “secret”.  “No, if I tell you it won’t be a secret”. What made me successful were two things.

1.    Attitude. People come to a car lot to buy a car. Let them!

2.    I can make almost anyone like me for 45 minutes.

As always, YMMV

 

This is What I Voted For. Hoping for More to Come

 

Wonderful News

On Thursday, the Trump administration finalized rules repealing the EPA’s endangerment finding — that dubious 2009 determination claiming six greenhouse gases threaten human health under the Clean Air Act. “We are officially terminating the so-called endangerment finding,” Trump announced, calling the policy exactly what it was: “disastrous.”

The EPA has become a millstone on our economy. Now many of these stultifying regulations can go away. The lingering question is, will they? I foresee judges blocking every effort as the leaches cling to their positions, income, and pensions.

 Kill Them, One and All

Cancer is a hot button for me. Over 60% of extended family, both paternal and maternal, has suffered with this plague.

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 My fervent hope is any cancer fraudster roasts in hell for eternity. 

Wolves

This econazie wet dream is falling apart. It isn’t just the pissing away of taxpayer dollars, it is tough toenails for the wolves.

Will the proposed introduction of wolverines fare better?

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Low Humor

If you are attackted to both men and women,  but no men or women are attackted to you, does that make you bi-yourself?

Car Story

Diesel

1983-1988 saw a number of small cars and trucks offered with diesel engines.

 One day a PFC stationed at Fort Lewis wandered onto our lot. After some conversation involving money, of which he had little, he landed on a 1983 Ford Escort 5 speed with a diesel engine. We did the test drive thing and went inside to do the paperwork.

As he was ready to leave, he said he planned to get a tune up kit and get rid of the rough idle!

 While not a complete soulless car peddler, I bit my tongue. Points.

 As you sat behind the steering wheel, the fuel gauge said, “Diesel Only”.

On both front fenders was a diesel emblem.

On the rear hatch was a diesel emblem.

 Partner, if you are so dumb you don’t know what “diesel” means you are beyond hope. 

 
As always, YMMV