F**K Interesting Times

 

Syria

I listen to this guy. I think he knows what he is talking about. 

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We need to get our people out now, stay out of it, and let Israel sort out the mess.

$40,000,000 for one pissant Congressional Seat

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I live in this district and my mailbox was stuffed nearly every day with mail pieces. Very few had the candidate’s, “I approve of this message”. Since I don’t have a TV, I was spared that onslaught.

Where do these Super PACs get the money? Taxpayer money laundered through Ukraine? Wealthy people making “charitable donations” that somehow end up in political PACs? Foreign governments? Hedge fund managers?  Without violating the 1^st Amendment, is there a way these Super PACs can be investigated?

 Sneering at Nannies – Tobacco

The unrelenting lawfare and public denouncing of tobacco has the usual result; bootlegging in its many forms. In the case of Wyoming add freedom fireworks. Want to be a damned fool and seriously injury yourself? Wyoming has your ticket to ride.

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The Rats are Scurrying for Cover

Liz Cheney?

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And the beat goes on.

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Take that, Delaware

Easier, and cheaper, to incorporate in Wyoming. Same with an LLC.

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Bounty Hunters

Recent discussions of having bounty hunter go after illegal immigrants prompted a memory.

 My late friend, Dirty Al Imhoff, was a part time bounty hunter when not selling cars. One night he wanted to have a few adult beverages and invited me to go along. We visited three different drinking establishments. At each place, after he surveyed the patrons, he insisted on leaving. Seems each place had patrons he had hauled in as a bounty hunter. Finally I suggested, sarcastically, we buy a six pack and sit in the parking lot.

Bounty hunting never had a personal appeal. Repossessing cars was sporting enough for me.

DrJim’s Man Cave (in progress)

 EV Financial Madness

This, from one of my favorite conservatives.

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Nothing Serious, Made me Laugh

 Serious

 Aspen Princess sees the light

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 As always, YMMV

A Little Pot Stirring (Because I an't got much)

Robust Conversation – (P)regressive Definition

Shut up and listen to what we want (and demand).

New Mexico 2^nd Amendment Cluster***k

Things are getting interesting. Even a Biden appointed judge couldn’t stomach the Governor’s overreach. Down the road we Colorado residents may see relief from onerous laws.

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Pass the popcorn.

Moffat Tunnel

The tunnel is owned by the State of Colorado. The lease expires in January 2025. WSF predicts the new lease will be written to prohibit the transport of fossil fuels through the tunnel. This is a golden opportunity for the environazis to kill the coal industry in Colorado and cripple the oil industry, they think.

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 Between Emperor Polis and the left dominated Legislator it is a slam dunk for the environazis.

 The other player is the Union Pacific railroad who owns the rail right of way on either side of the tunnel. They may just shut it down. Precedent? They shut down the Tennessee Pass route after acquiring the Denver and Rio Grande.

Their options? Their historic route across Wyoming to Emeryville, CA and from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. Closing the old D&RG route won’t put them out of business. They still have no restrictions from Bond, CO westward and can still haul Western Slop coal and petroleum over that route. Another option is to reopen the Tennessee Pass route.

Things may get interesting.

Just how ‘trackage rights’ might affect decisions is beyond my knowledge. Could the State rent trackage rights to, say, the BNSF?

A long explanation of trackage rights.

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Personal note. My father was the section foreman for the Moffat Tunnel in the early 1950’s and we lived in East Portal. I have an attachment to the place and I am pained to see the infrastructure deteriorate the way it has. Whether that is the responsibility of Colorado or the Union Pacific isn’t clear.

Ignored Threat

Disclaimer. I am not, and do not, advocate any action to accomplish what I am about to point out.

When the Moffat Tunnel was under construction a small pilot bore was the first phase. The tunnel bore was then dug next to the pilot bore. The pilot bore was enlarged and now caries Western Slope water for consumption by Denver and the Englewood suburb. That water tunnel is, IMO,  an easy target for sabotage.

As always, YMMV

 

 

Passing Thought

(P)regressives of all stripes and hues seemed determine to destroy the United States as we  know it.  Doing so, they will do untold harm to the common men, women, and children. Why? How do they justify those actions?

WSF now goes down a murky path that may, or may not; make any sense, to readers. You have been warned.

War mentality. In their minds are they at war? War causes causalities. Do they liken themselves to war time commanders sending Marines to storm Iwo Jima?

Those commanders grieved for the horrible casualties that followed but steeled themselves with the belief the cost was justified by the end result.

Ergo, the harm to common men, women, and children is simply the cost of war.

Of course, the (P)regressives envision themselves in the role of commanders, sitting in relative safety in offshore ships,  directing the action. Not for them to crawl in volcanic ash.

To “win” their war they must protect themselves, at all costs, from resistance or danger from the common herd revolting against them. If they study history at all, the focus is on population manipulation and control.

Seeing themselves as some political Audie Murphy must be an enormous ego boost.

As always throughout history, marching behind them are the opportunists and war profiteers. Which is more despicable?

As always, YMMV

Outrage

 

President Trump took action to bring the cost of insulin way, way down. Xiden Immediately reversed that.

A neighbor was paying around $25 for her basic supply. She has learned her basic supply will now cost $700!

She 78, is on social security, and has a small pension.

I asked her what she is going to do.  “Die”, she said.

Maybe this is part of the (P)regressive’s master plan. Milk all of us old people who no longer “contribute” for what little we have left then make us die off.

Vietnam War Legacy

 

Have you noticed how many Leftist were college age during the Vietnam War? Wasn’t that when the Communist changed tactics and focused on colleges/universities and not labor unions?

Related subject. How many of you know “woke” women who are happy?

Sisty will say I’m over thinking, as usual.

Consequences, Unintended or Intended

 

A rant.

Do (P)regressives know, or care, about the negative consequences of their actions? I doubt it. As a group, they are so certain of their righteousness any self examination or doubt seems beyond them.

This is very personal with me as a parent. My oldest son, who will be fifty Sunday, is autistic. He has lived in the Seattle area since early childhood. We relocated from Utah because there was a program in Seattle that would work for him and I had a decent job offer there.

Last night I received this email.

Someone living at Keystone assault a staff this morning and the police didn't come when the staff had called the police and the guy at Keystone had got away with it and the police had been around Keystone and I had not been seeing the police in my neighborhood lately and last night when I had took a walk a lady had harass me and those days the Seattle police don't care and Seattle is getting more dangerous And might be another Detroit 

I get similar emails frequently.

So far his neighborhood, Wallingford, has been fairly peaceful. It is north of the insanity and across Lake Union from the city center and Capitol Hill. “Keystone” is a facility that houses, in different wings, the mentally ill, domestic violence victims, and mentally challenged people like my son. It is a volatile mix though mainly peaceful. That said, they often need police service.

Keystone once had a cafeteria to serve the residents and my son worked in it for years. When Seattle (P)regressives  got the minimum wage raised to $16 an hour, the cafeteria was closed leaving the residents to fend for themselves. My son has access to a small kitchen but must keep his food under lock in his room.

COVID-19 restrictions has hit the mentally challenged even harder. The public library remains closed. The failing transit system monthly bus pass is now around $36 a month. Church service and twelve step programs, both central to my son’s life, were suspended and now operate in a restricted manner. The Puyallup Fair, an annual event he enjoys immensely, cancelled. He worries he won’t be able to take Amtrak to Portland Christmas to see relatives.

Over the years I’ve helped him, very limited help, because I want him functioning on his own. I’ve never became his guardian; he is legally his own person in charge of his own life. Tough love?  He has a smart phone I pay for and a computer he somehow acquired (and a girlfriend).

The events and social systems that led to Hitler’s rise to power are similar, in too many ways, to current events in our country. What is lacking is a charismatic figure. Kamala Harris?

Anyone who reads even a  little about pre WWII Germany knows what happened to the “mentally defective” and other powerless people. I’m convinced many of today’s (P)regressives will be all in favor of similar programs in our country. YMMV

Seattle has a long history of radicalism and exploitation. Geography plays a part as does being a port city. In that regard, it isn’t too different from port cities around the world.

I lived in the area for eighteen years and enjoyed my time there. If it weren’t for the political climate (rain doesn’t bother me) it would be high on my COLOEXIT list.

Moaners and Doers

As a manager, the people I supervised fell into two broad categories. The first, and largest, were the moaners. Always, they could find fault with the way things were done. They would come to me with carefully polished complaints, but very rarely any solutions. The second, much smaller group, were doers. When they came to me with a complaint, they also had a suggested solution.

Guess which group was considered for promotions and plum assignments?

I didn’t care if their solution was workable. I cared that they thought through a problem; that they cared enough about their job to want to make it better. Their effort made me a more effective manager. Hey, he/she has a point. Let’s look into it.

So, WSF, is this going somewhere? Glad you asked.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment recently proclaimed systemic racism to be a critical public health issue. You can read all about it here.

https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/news/racism-persistent-and-critical-public-health-issue

What I considered the “meat” of this overly long pronouncement is here.

Being silent and doing nothing is no longer acceptable. We affirm that racism is a serious public health issue, we know that the health and lives of people of color are at stake, and, most important, we are ready to take action. That is how we will make good on the promise of a healthy, equitable Colorado for all.

Take action! How? This whole pronouncement is, IMO, one long moan without a specific, “We need to do this” anywhere to be found.

Wanting to know more about “systemic racism” I read through this.

https://www.eeoc.gov/systemic-discrimination           

The wonderful thing about being a moaner is you can find fault, assume the moral high ground, and not put your ass on the line. That is, be personally responsible.  Where, in their carefully crafted piece, are specific responsibilities? As a Colorado citizen and taxpayer, I want specific, concrete proposals and not this moaner pap.

How about specific racism? I talk with a third generation Hispanic heritage lady who lives in our building about these types of issues. As a child, she and her friends were turned away from the municipal swimming pool; the attendant refused to accept their money. She still feels the sting.

This town has a large Hispanic population, mainly of Mexican backgrounds, and today you find many Hispanic surnames among elected officials, municipal employees, and county employees. Hard work and persistence made change happen.

Point: Equal opportunity doesn’t mean equal outcome. Trite?  Yes. True? You decide.

So, WSF, instead of moaning what are your specific proposals?

Get involved in the political process, support candidates who do have concrete proposals, and help vote the fucking (P)regressives out!

Yeah, yeah, what will you do? Next Tuesday I will be at a political organizing meeting in Loveland, and will become a volunteer (again, as I have many times over the years). You?

Moving on, monsoon season continues with heat and, for Colorado, humidity. (Yes, I can hear you southerners’ snicker). Yesterday we had an ozone alert.

This new and improved Blogger sucks, IMO. If you computer masters are having problems, imagine the frustration of a Latter Day Luddite.

Arrogant Tyrants

Want a foretaste of this country if the (P)regressives win control of the Presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives? Look no further than ‘deep blue’ Colorado.

Last election the (P)regressives dumped massive money to swing the election their way. Worked! With a small army of otherwise unemployed paid $15 an hour to campaign, they gained control of every elected State office and both the Senate and House. Governor ‘Polluted’  Polis spent $20 million of his own money. (He will make this back on his Canadian Oil investments once he kills the oil business in Colorado – much like his creating a medical tourist company after voting in Obamacare as a Congressman).

These shifty assholes are now using a wrinkle in the state constitution called the ‘safety clause’ to make their passed laws exempt from citizen recall/referendum actions.

https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/safety-clauses-and-effective-date-clauses.pdf

Long court fight is ahead. Their mindset, “We don’t care about any stinking Constitution” despite this:

From Wikipedia

In the United States the right to petition is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which specifically prohibits Congress from abridging "the right of the people...to petition the Government for a redress of grievances".

Although often overlooked in favor of other more famous freedoms, and sometimes taken for granted,^[1] many other civil liberties are enforceable against the government only by exercising this basic right.^[2] The right to petition is regarded as fundamental in some republics, such as the United States, as a means of protecting public participation in government.^[1]

The very first right under the very first Amendment.

Lots of social media chatter about recalls. Most are not creditable IMO.

In 2013 after a noxious gun control bill was passed two State Senators lost recall elections, the first time in Colorado. The (P)regressives now have just a one vote edge in the Colorado Senate.

 IMO, the effort should focus on recalling select Senators. The resulting gridlock will at least slow our descent into the Tyranny of the left.  

Make no mistake; Colorado is a blueprint for the left’s national goal. 

Thankfully, President Trump beating Shillary and the RINO control of the Senate has slowed their progress.

As always, YMMV.

Loathing

Do (P)regressives get off on knowing a large portion of the electorate loath them? Do they take perverse pride in shoving their agenda up everyone’s ass? Ah, WSF, rhetorical questions. They are mean girls and bullies (or bullied) grown into adulthood, IMO.

Looking ahead to 2020, some painful lessons can be drawn from the recent Colorado elections where the (P)regressives took every, repeat every, state office. True, Polis spent $20 Million of his own money. True, outside PAC monies flowed freely into the state. What no one seems to talk about is the (P)regressives out worked the staid, set in their ways, Republicans. OK, they were being paid. I get that. Doesn’t mean the GOP wasn’t out hustled.

Look for the ‘Colorado Model’ to be implemented nationwide for the 2020 elections. Want proof? What party controls the House of Representatives.

Where the citizens of Colorado did get engaged was defeating Propositions 112, the move to stop drilling in Colorado by means of oppressive regulations. True, the petroleum industry put up money for yard signs and advertising but the opposition was a grass roots effort. The vote, statewide, was 57% against. IMO, this shows the (P)regressives can be beaten.

Three Boulder Democrats have sponsored legislation that will certainly pass and Polis will sign into law that is Prop 112 written large. Their position? We have the power and we are going to use it. Where have we heard that before?

Jon Caldara nails it down. Courageous man, he lives in Boulder.

https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/2019/03/13/caldara-the-arrogance-of-colorados-one-party-rulers/

Do these three Boulderites care what happens to the rest of the state? Hah, trust funders to the core, the lot of them.

https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/2019/03/16/oil-and-gas-legislation-likely-to-have-damaging-effects-on-weld-county-economy/

Also on their agenda is “Red Flag” laws. Already the 2^nd Amendment sanctuary movement is sweeping rural Colorado with most sheriffs vowing to not enforce those laws.

6^th Amendment? Just words on paper to the (P)regressives. They have a “higher” moral calling. Just ask them.

Folks on the right like to make noise about who has the guns, etc.  Do you have the will to use them? Are you organized? You have the entire deep state working to insure you can’t. Get real.

Will the GOP get their shit together? The Jeb!s, the Romneys, the McConnels, etc., will stand for decency, honorable debates and the rest of their excuses. Not a warrior in the bunch. Meanwhile, the (P)regressives are channeling their inner Al Davis ghost, “Just win baby, win”.

At the national level there is one warrior standing against the (P)regressives, President Trump.

So what can one citizen do? Try this. Become an election judge. Find out how. If most precincts have one or more honest election judges, some of the (P)regressive’s efforts will be nullified.

I’ve been there. It is a grueling day filled with conflict and unpleasantness but it is a way for one citizen to make a difference.

Take the fight to the bastards!

Crazy Like A Fox?

Once again WSF goes down the rabbit hole with political speculation. You have been warned.

Why are the Democrats going ape shit? Makes no sense on the surface.

When President Trump was running, he dominated the news, for free, with Twitter. (Full disclosure. I don’t have a Twitter account, wouldn’t know how to use it, don’t want one, and only know what those who have accounts share). He kept the Main Stream Maggots in an uproar and his name was constantly in front of the public. Still uses it. Are others trying to copy, with a twist?

The (P)regressives are past masters at deflection, distortion, showing confusion, discord, smearing and outright lying. Until President Trump came along it was all going their way. They still haven’t recovered. Worse, from their point of view, the mid-terms brought in a whole crop of new people that, “Don’t have no proper fetchings”.

Pelosi, Schumer, their staffs and allies are damn smart and cunning. What to do? Use the nutjob New York bartender and the banko failed Georgia governor candidate, et al, to be their “Trump Twitter”. Let them dominate the news keeping the great unwashed distracted while they conduct business as usual.

These new comers are getting some “plum” committee assignments. Pelosi is betting they have no staying power and a year from now will find they have all the influence of a middle school student council on the running of the school.

Meanwhile, we of a rule of law bent need to ignore the monkeys and the circus. Instead, we need to keep our focus on the ringmasters, IMO.

Rules for Radicals Defiled

Haven’t put up a rant for awhile. That changes now. You have been warned!

The 1960’s, and the decades before, were tough times for many people living in Chicago. The Daily machine ran the city, less the organized crime fiefdoms (like, who could tell the difference?), and the people on the bottom rebelled.

Along came Saul Alinsky, a champion of and for the “downtrodden”. In 1971 he wrote, “Rules for Radicals”.  He didn’t write it for the “elites”.

Today his rules have been co-opted, IMO, by the very people he fought against. “Resistance” fighters who grew up suburban, attended private schools, attended the most prestigious universities, and enjoy a lifestyle unobtainable by the people they allegedly champion.  They use his “rules” to justify their lack of a moral center and their thirst for power and dominion over we “deplorables”.

My linage doesn’t have any elitism of any sort. Irish immigrants, railroad workers, cowboys, soldiers, sailors, miners, and homesteaders were my forbearers. With that, I can understand a Saul Alinsky and sense a moral foundation to his tactics, tools for the powerless.

At their core, these (P)regressives are bitterly unhappy and want to drag everyone else into their personal hell so as to somehow validate their own miserable selves. So says WSF, who “identifies” as a psychologist.

“WSF, you are not qualified”, says the mob!!!!!

“When did that ever matter”, says WSF?

“Furthermore, go fuck yourselves”.

What grinds my gears is there is seemingly no ill consequences for the (P)regressives and their despicable tactics. Of course, there is the whole President Trump thing. Not enough, IMO.

We need to vote these (P)regressive assholes out of office.

I will get involved, and not as a keyboard commando.

Colorado (P)regressives 2018

Another Colorado specific political rant.  Looking at some of the (P)regressive contenders.

Dave Young. The State Representative from my district is running for State Treasurer. He is in full bore (P)regressive political speak which puzzles me for someone running for state bean counter.  Does he think he can fund anything differently than what the Legislature has approved? He makes noises like he can. What he can influence is the Public Employees Retirement Account. Since he is a beneficiary he should recuse himself IMO. PERA was set up with a major flaw. It was assumed the invested funds would return an annual yield of 8%. Hasn’t happened and none of the board members want to bring the plan back to reality. 

For Secretary of State the (P)regressive contender is one Jena Griswald. A talking point she stresses is the state has never had a female Secretary of State and it is time for one. Echo, anyone? She has secured the endorsement of every Democrat of note in the state, going on thirty endorsements. She stresses she will fight President Trump and pledges to ensure all Colorado residents can vote. That is (P)regressive speak for anyone, living or dead, in the state regardless if legally qualified to vote IMO.

Candidates for Governor is a crowded field headed by the Congressman for the Peoples Republic of Boulder running a self funded campaign from his inherited, not earned, fortune. Jared Polis by name, the attendance at his events has been embarrassing. In response, only a few chairs are provided. This allows him to claim standing room only crowds. Pathetic.

Next up is Cary Kennedy. She is the only one with a solid resume. A former State Treasurer and current CFO of the City of Denver, she has picked up the endorsement of the state teachers union. For what passes for a Democrat in Colorado she is a moderate. In her various positions she has done a creditable job.

The GOP? If Harry Truman were alive and living in Colorado, he would say, “Hell no, I’m not part of an organized political party. I am a Republican”.

Colorado is a mix of red rural counties and blue urban counties with the trust funder infested ski counties going blue. Enormous sums of outside money pour into the campaigns. Shillary won the state but President Trump won Pueblo county, home of old school Blue Dog Democrats.

The State Senate is in the hands of the Republicans and the House in the hands of the Democrats. Gridlock – no budget passed. Speaking of gridlock, the roads are going to hell. I’ve heard Cali transplants yearning for the “405”. This will probably be a campaign hot spot.

One is reminded of a William F. Buckley, Jr. quote.

“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views”.

One wonders if these (P)regressives realize they will need at least a few Deplorable votes. Probably their focus is winning the primary then ‘soften’ their positions to appear more moderate. Who knows, it could work.

Twatwaffle Hissy Fit

A Colorado specific post.  First, a few background paragraphs.

Colorado is unique in having added to the  Constitution the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) in 1992 only to suspend it for five years in 2005. Fighting for and against TABOR has kept scores of lawyers gainfully employed along with the lobbyist and special interests folks funding lawsuits.

The basic principal of TABOR is all levels of government in Colorado are restricted in spending (and raising taxes) by a formula involving inflation, population growth, and tax revenues. The goal is balanced budgets and curbs on unnecessary spending. Increases must be voted on by the public, not elected officials. There is even a mechanism for refunding excess tax revenues back to the taxpayers (seldom happens).

The (P)regressives loath TABOR and are ever trying to circumvent it. Seriously curtails their ability to spend other people’s money for their pet projects.

An unfortunate side effect is the harm to necessary programs and projects. As in, there are no perfect answers, only intelligent choices (ha, faint hope there).

May I introduce Dave Perry, Editor of the Aurora Sentinel, a shopper ‘newspaper’ from a Denver suburb, trying to compete with the Denver Post for relevancy. He is extremely fluent in (P)regressive speak. Reading his editorials makes me wonder if we inhabit the same planet.

Concerning the just past Special Session of the Legislature that accomplished nothing, here are a few quotes from his editorial as he hits many (P)regressive talking points.

Obstructionist Republican lawmakers

 critical state services hurt by the Great Recession and a dangerous GOP obsession with the so-called TABOR amendment.

 These misled and misleading fans of infamous and felonious tax-protester Douglas Bruce, who authored the broken Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights Amendment, hold the majority of the state GOP hostage by threatening to invoke a vengeful base unless they get NRA-like compliance.

 but their puerile, anarchistic view of TABOR continues to hurt every corner of the state. We frequently remind readers that not one, single state has ever created its own TABOR, seeing how fatally flawed it is.

Lawmakers will return in January and voters will closely watch them and decide next November who runs the state. Unless these GOP partisan bullies change their ways, Colorado can’t tolerate any more of their scams.

One GOP representative I know says the Democrat leadership defines bi-partnership as letting the GOP members take their seats.

The horrific event in Las Vegas has let Mr. Perry run full throttle on his favorite anti-gun train.

 I am sick of it. I’m sick of seeing these bullies dare America to stop them from toting weapons meant to stop military armadas to Walmart in case some other gun-freak loses it in the express lane. 

Isn’t it wonderful we have the 1^st Amendment?

Doubling Down On Stupid

A Colorado politics rant. Long and windy. You are warned.

Why am I still a registered Democrat?  Part of it is knowing your enemy. Mailings and emails keep me up to date on the various ass clowns inhabiting the (P)regressive wing. As an example, this email from a Shillary clone running for governor. I can’t find a single verifiable fact in it.

Subject: PETITION: Protect Colorado's public lands from President Trump

Frank, Today I join you in celebrating Earth Day. For almost 50 years, April 22 has been dedicated to honoring our environment and advocating to protect it. And here in Colorado, our belief in protecting our public lands and our open spaces makes Colorado the place we all love. But in Washington, Donald Trump has a different view. I’m asking you to join me and stand up for Colorado. Tell Donald Trump we will never sell our public lands. Sign The Petition ➜ Donald Trump sees public lands as a resource to be sold off to the highest bidder, putting our lifestyle and recreation economy at risk. Can you imagine The Great Sand Dunes, Rocky Mountain National Park or Browns Canyon National Monument being sold to the highest bidder? Add your name to help me protect the Colorado we love. Coloradans see things differently than Trump. We know our public lands and beautiful open spaces define who we are. It’s what makes Colorado special, and is a vital part of our strong economy. My family, like many of yours, loves and uses our beautiful public lands. Access to these places helps make Colorado the place we love. And we will not go backwards. Colorado’s treasured lands, our outdoor recreation economy all deserve better than Trump’s misguided approach. Take a stand: sign my petition and protect Colorado’s public lands. - Cary Kennedy Note she never uses the word President. Oversight or deliberate?  Congressmen, not President Trump, have advocating selling some public land, and transferring more to the States. http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/317514-gop-rep-pulls-bill-to-sell-federal-land You start wondering if (P)regressives  would recognize a fact if it bit them in the ass. All feelings, all the time, seems to be their style. Should you question their ‘feelings’, you are a despicable racist, misogynist, privileged oppressor. (Missed some labels here, I’m sure) Her formal announcement she is running for Governor drew national scorn. Or is any publicity good publicity?  https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2017/04/10/car-wreck-cary-kennedys-distracted-driving-gubernatorial-announcement-crashes-into-ditch/ I would pay good money to watch her take her act to Northwest Colorado and ask for the votes from my coal mining relatives (of both sexes). No, she will stay in those areas known for turning Colorado purple. Splendid opportunity May 6 in Maybell as the Sombrero Horse Drive takes place. Vendor spots are only $20. She is up against some serious Democrat heavyweights. She might be a good fit for them as a candidate for Lt. Governor. Nasty primary fight brewing? https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2017/04/24/dude-do-it-polis-contemplates-a-run-for-governor/ Colorado went for Shillary. What I find interesting is the usual reliable Democrat counties, like Pueblo, went for Trump. I’m reconciled to the prospect of another Democrat governor. The Blue Dog Democrats are nearly extinct and the GOP is a Jeb! club. Thank God for TABOR (and Douglas Bruce). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxpayer_Bill_of_Rights I don’t vote for any candidate by party alone. I vote for politicians who have a philosophy, and record, of giving people a hand up, not a hand out. That said, any politicians that is in any way anti 2nd Amendment won’t get my vote. Why the hell do they waste their time? Oh yeah, makes for great stump speeches. Gives the impression they ‘are doing something’. In 2015 Colorado had 172 homicides. About 114 involved a firearm. In 2015 there were 547 traffic deaths. Per the people on the front line, distracted driving was the main culprit. About 125 were donorcycle deaths. Seems to me to be a much bigger problem, one that should be a lawmaker priority. Please let me turn over a large rock: Pensions, government and teacher pension funds in particular. Mathematics is exact, and the math says these funds are not sustainable. You rarely hear calls to investigate the crooks who run them. Think Cary Kennedy will touch this topic? Only to put the burden on the general taxpayer is my guess. My favorite Colorado Governor was John Love. A Republican, he served from 1963-1973. Often you would see, parked in the his reserved parking spot at the Capitol, a dented GMC pickup, bits of loose hay in the bed, and a personalized license plate reading GUV LUV. The current crop of (P)regressives couldn’t carry his hay fork IMO.