Ritter report card - how is he doing?

#redco #tcot #ritter
Face the State has a good report on the ever growing Ritter administration's "Colorado Promise". Hat tip to Complete Colorado

A few highlights (or low lights)

During the state's hiring freeze, in effect from October 2008 through April, the state realized a net gain of 511 employees. Senate Republicans estimate at least 2,500 employees have been added to the state payroll under Ritter's watch. Recently, the governor came under harsh criticism for hiring Don Elliman as the state's first Chief Operating Officer, as well as bringing on a minority outreach coordinator, an $80,0000 position for which the funding source is "unclear."

The Colorado Promise states Ritter would "Institut[e] state government performance and financial reviews that have generated savings of as much as 6 percent in other states." In the 2009 legislative session, Ritter worked with lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 228, a repeal of the 6 percent growth cap on general state spending. After signing the bill, which was opposed by budget hawks who said it would grow the size of government, Ritter said it was key to giving Colorado lawmakers more flexibility to manage the budget and to make “wiser investments with existing resources.”

Ritter led fellow Democrat lawmakers and the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on the creation and implementation of strict oil and gas regulations that faced bipartisan opposition. Rural legislators are especially critical of the new rules, saying they are likely to cause increased utility rates and decreased oil and gas production across the state.

Rep. Laura Bradford, R-Grand Junction. "If this is his idea of promoting alternative energy, he has done it by throwing the baby out with the bathwater by making the state so unfriendly to the oil and gas industry."

Last November, Ritter backed a ballot initiative, Amendment 58, that would increase the state's severance tax, raising the cost of energy for both producers and consumers. It was rejected by nearly 58 percent of voters.


Read the rest

NEA chairman in a brief moment of honesty as to why the union exists

#tcot #education


I could not think of a better reason to send my children to a non-union parent run school. The Union exists soley to give the employees power over the districts (and the taxpayers) they are supposed to serve...it has nothing to do with caring about children, or providing a good education, yet the NEA controls virtually all politics in the area of public schools, and curriculum.

Cartoon - Ward Churchill's new job

#tcot #redco
hilarious cartoon over at Face the State

Question of the decade - Where are the Feminists on Islam?

#islam #torture #feminist #tcot
Their silence is deafening.


Where is Obama on torture of Iranian prisoners? The silence is also deafening.

Hunting for all the "stimulus jobs"

#stimulus #ppc #tcot

Churchill finally gone for good from CU

#redco #hhrs #tcot

Breaking News-Ward Churchill Denied Reinstatement

Perhaps the final chapter in the Ward Churchill saga:
The University of Colorado doesn't have to give fired ethnic studies Prof. Ward Churchill his job back, a Denver District Court judge ruled today.

"I conclude that reinstating Professor Churchill would entangle the judiciary excessively in matters that are more appropriate for academic professionals. In making this decision, I give considerable weight to the United States Supreme Court's read the rest at Slapstick Politics

To anyone who thinks the Tea Party Movement is partisan - watch this

#tcot #ppc #teaparty
Senator Cornyn is being booed off the stage by Tea Party goers. Malkin says she isn't voting for ONE SINGLE incumbant. I second the motion.

Palin's Quitting - my view

#palin #ppc #tcot #redco

Just my two cents on the matter. I've never quite understood why people hate her so much but regardless, she was NEVER a normal politician. She was a mom with a ton of common sense and impressive outdoor skills. She was smart enough to make good decisions, not waste money and say no to cronyism.

When I saw her quit this weekend, she looked tired, out of sorts and seemed to now believe it just isn't worth it because of the attacks on her family and the state she loves.

She's a mom first and foremost and to have her daughters called whores, her downs syndrome child called a mistake, her husband called a buffoon, over and over again and worse, to have to spend her time defending herself against untrue and false accusations constantly she got tired and she quit, perhaps a mistake, but so what.

Her family is over a half million dollars in debt now because of these frivolous lawsuits...perhaps she also needs the money. Unlike Great Britain, in the US you can sue people and not have to pay their legal fees if you lose. That isn't likely to change with the current bozos employed on Capital Hill either. Suing basically is free, defending oneself costs millions.

Congratulations to the left, to the Democrats who unleashed hell upon her. You won, you knocked her down, out of the race. Great. If you feel good about it, you are a damaged soul and need counseling, perhaps with a two by four.

She was never a viable candidate for Presidency because she was not slick, she was short on ideas in a few areas, and because there were too many Republicans that also hated her for some reason. The media successfully demonized her to the general public, and Sarah didn't help herself enough when given the chance.

She answered questions and talked like a normal person would, unfortunately a normal person can't win the most powerful job in the world. That person must be able to communicate extra-ordinarily, she could not, she does not.

Had she ran, she would have been beaten in the primary. She can't run now because she will labeled a quitter (and rightly so.) We will hear from her again but it will not be as a Presidential candidate...that's my two.

Barriers to success, in America says:
Here are lessons of the Sarah Palin experience, for any aspiring politician who shares her background and her sex. Your children will go through the tabloid wringer. Your religion will be mocked and misrepresented. Your political record will be distorted, to better parody your family and your faith. (And no, gentle reader, Palin did not insist on abstinence-only sex education, slash funds for special-needs children or inject creationism into public schools.)

Male commentators will attack you for parading your children. Female commentators will attack you for not staying home with them. You’ll be sneered at for how you talk and how many colleges you attended. You’ll endure gibes about your “slutty” looks and your “white trash concupiscence,” while a prominent female academic declares that your “greatest hypocrisy” is the “pretense” that you’re a woman. And eight months after the election, the professionals who pressed you into the service of a gimmicky, dreary, idea-free campaign will still be blaming you for their defeat.

All of this had something to do with ordinary partisan politics. But it had everything to do with Palin’s gender and her social class.

Sarah Palin is beloved by millions because her rise suggested, however temporarily, that the old American aphorism about how anyone can grow up to be president might actually be true.

I don't care who you are dats funny right dare

Obama To Hold Job Performance Review With Every American Worker

5 myths of socialized medicine - BUSTED

#tcot #hhrs
CLICK HERE for a must read from Cato (pdf)

Obama Quote of the Morning

“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes” "you will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime." (September 12, 2008, Dover, NH)

Obama tax pledge up in smoke

If Cap and Trade Passes the Senate;

The Wall Street Journal reports:

The Congressional Budget Office… estimates that the price hikes from a 15% cut in emissions would cost the average household in the bottom-income quintile about 3.3% of its after-tax income every year. That’s about $680, not including the costs of reduced employment and output. The three middle quintiles would see their paychecks cut between $880 and $1,500, or 2.9% to 2.7% of income. The rich would pay 1.7%. Cap and trade is the ideal policy for every Beltway analyst who thinks the tax code is too progressive (all 5 of them).

Then there is the cost of socialized medicine (which has a much better chance of becoming law than cap and tax).

Washington politicians are pushing us toward more socialized medicine at an estimated minimum cost of $1.17 trillion over the next 10 years - more than $100 million a year for 10 years. Remember, this is the minimum estimate. When is the last time a government project was completed with the amount of money originally estimated?

Another way to look at it is that it will cost $326 for every man, woman, and child in the country - over $1,300 a year for a family of four. READ THE REST at the Democrat

Tweet Quote of the morning;

"Can someone open a window? The fetid odor of Hope and Change is really starting to stink up the joint." http://is.gd/1k5Pd

Will the Democrats Create Viet Nam II?

#hhrs #tcot #redco #gwot
As we begin to see troops withdraw and Iraqi's celebrate, remember that Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Dick Durban, Harry Reid and other prominent Democrats now in charge all said the surge would not work. Reid and Durban said the "war was lost". ...just remember that. John Kerry said our troops were terrorizing people in the night, John Murtha accused marines of cold blooded murder....all untrue, and all charges aquitted.

These are the men and women now running the war.

Thanks to the fortitude of the previous administration the surge worked, the streets are safe (less people are killed in Iraq than many major US cities) but is it too soon? The troops sure want to come home...they always do, the job for the most part sucks. But if we withdraw too quickly, the Iraqi's will suffer. Even today, the terrorists celebrated our leaving too...by killing 27 people.

Pray that Obama will have more wisdom than Richard Nixon and the Democrat controlled house and senate did in 1972.

Politicians did a similar thing in Viet Nam, our brave soldiers won nearly every battle and pushed the enemy back, but in the end the politicians withdrew allowing the enemy to overun the innocents in the country. We wrung our hands..and watched millions massacred...just so we could feel good that we finally got out.

Obama, the media's little darling

#tcot #rnc #msm #media
Great video by the RNC, even if (especially if) you are an Obama supporter you must see this. Even liberals should worry that the media is no longer objective and they don't even hide it.

Sotomayor guilty of “poor performance” in her ruling

#tcot #gop #redco
We are all seeing the consequences of America being fooled by a leftist into the highest office once again. It is happening much quicker than even those of us who warned you about Obama thought possible.

It seems that in extreme blind hatred for George Bush and anything Republican (fueled by the Democrat run media) the American people have elected a far left socialist candidate bent on taking over society, overwhelming the system (see ACORN manifesto) to make life "fair" for all people.... using your tax dollars of course.

Of course Obama didn't run as a leftist,because America is still conservative, but his record showed he was the farthest left member in the senate, his radical associations showed he would hang out with Marxists and America haters. He counted on ignorance...and he got it...especially from young people, and from the "minority" community.

Millions chose to elect him based on what he "said" rather than what his record showed. Many in the minority community and some in the Anglo chose to elect Obama because of his color...and proved themselves to be racists (people who judge the worth of someone based on race rather than content of character.)

Which brings us to Obama's first nominee to the supreme Court. A woman who admittedly believes white men can't judge as well as her because she is Latino. What if a white judge said he was better suited to judge because he was not a minority, black, Latino or whatever? That the black's experiences would make him or her unable to render sound judgment? They would RIGHTLY be called a racist. We have proof now from the supreme court that Sonya Sotomayor is a racist.

COLORADO JUDICIAL NETWORK

For Immediate Release: June 29, 2009

Contact: Jim Pfaff, jim@iresearchanddata.com. 303-957-8600

Not one Supreme Court Justice Approved Sotomayor ruling in Ricci Case

Sotomayor guilty of “poor performance” in her ruling

DENVER, CO: The United States Supreme Court today ruled that Frank Ricci and his fellow New Haven, CT firefighters should not be subject to “reverse discrimination.” In a 5-4 decision, the court overturned the summary judgment ruling in the 2^nd Circuit of New York by Judge Sonia Sontomayor and her fellow panelists. And all nine Supreme Court Justices determined that the Sotomayor panel was in error in ruling on the case without considering its constitutionality.

“Frank Ricci finally got his day in court, despite the judging of Sonia Sotomayor, which all nine Justices of U.S. Supreme Court have now confirmed was in error,” said Wendy Long, Chief Counsel for the Judicial Confirmation Network and a former U.S. Supreme Court Clerk.

The case, decided by Judge Sotomayor, raised significant questions regarding race and merit-based promotion in America’s workplaces. In Ricci, a group of fire fighters challenged the City of New Haven's refusal to certify test results for promotion within the fire department. According to test results and department protocol, only white and Hispanic fire fighters would be eligible for promotion. None of the black test takers placed high enough to claim any of the available positions. Fearing a lawsuit by minority applicants, New Haven refused to certify the exam results and no one was promoted. The City's decision was allegedly based upon a desire to comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was despite the substantial efforts taken to ensure a race-neutral examination.

“No case can give us a better view of Judge Sotomayor’s judicial philosophy than her decision in Ricci vs. DiStefano,” said Colorado Judicial Network spokesperson, Jim Pfaff, “This case strikes at the heart of advancement in our society.”

"Usually, poor performance in any profession is not rewarded with the highest job offer in the entire profession,” said Wendy Long. "What Judge Sotomayor did in Ricci was the equivalent of a pilot error resulting in a bad plane crash. And now the pilot is being offered to fly Air Force One.”

Long continued, "The firefighters in New Haven who protect the public safety and worked hard for their promotions did not deserve to become victims of racial quotas, and the Supreme Court has now confirmed that they did not deserve to have their claims buried and thrown out by Judge Sotomayor."

One hundred-eighteen people took the promotional exams administered by the New Haven Fire Department. One exam was for promotion to Lieutenant, and the other to the rank of Captain. The racial breakdown of test takers included 68 white, 27 black and 23 Hispanic applicants. The breakdown of those who passed the tests included 41 whites, 9 blacks and 6 Hispanics.

Eighteen white fire fighters and one Hispanic fire fighter brought suit for discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution and the very same Civil Rights protections cited by the City.

“The impact of this decision on workplaces is staggering,” said Pfaff, “If merit-based opportunity is not the best standard for promotion, what is? Should promotion be based on racial quotas? Could an otherwise qualified applicant be denied advancement because there are too many of his race already promoted? How will these decisions impact the workplace?”

“Judge Sotomayor's logic was clearly flawed as it runs counter to the American system that has made us the greatest country in the world,” said Pfaff, “The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold or reverse Judge Sotomayor’s decision will have an important impact on employment law in the United States. It puts a bright light on the necessity of have judges who follow the U.S. Constitution and the stated law instead of personal opinion or 'empathy.' The Court’s decision may also very well determine the fate of Judge Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court.”

The Colorado Judicial Network is a coalition of citizens joined together to educate Coloradans on the Federal Courts and its nominees. In partnership with the Judicial Confirmation Network (www.judicialnetwork.com), Colorado Judicial Network works to ensure that the confirmation process for all judicial nominees is fair and that every nominee sent to the full Senate receives an up or down vote.

Colorado Judicial Network Members are as follows:

• John Andrews, President, Backbone America. Former Colorado Senate President.
• Jon Caldara, President, Independence Institute.
• Mark Hillman, former State Treasurer.
• Jeff Crank, State Director, Americans for Prosperity.
• Jim Pfaff, Judicial Confirmation Network Colorado coordinator. former State Director, Americans for Prosperity and former President/CEO, Colorado Family Institute.
• Kevin Lundberg, Colorado State Senator

For additional information about Sotomayor, visit www.aboutsoniasotomayor.com

Conservative Democrats bribed "name your price" to get Cap and Trade passed

#tcot #capandtrade #stimulus
I am not a big Michael Savage fan he's way too emotional for me, though I do listen from time to time. However on this day he had a guest. Listen in as Jeff Kuhner, Columnist/Editor of the Washington Times, and he remarks about Obama's Cap and Trade Bill. A must hear.




and here's a nice jingle about cap and trade to help us understand how it all works.

The Communist Party Loves the Energy Bill

#tcot #gop #energy
Why would that be? Read their view yourself and see.

Must Read of the Decade

#greed #goldmansachs #finance #tcot

and believe it or not it comes from Rolling Stone. How Goldman Sachs, Robert Rubin and short term greed killed the economy for regular folk. Let me know what you think.

I say get a rope.
The Great American Bubble Machine

Blow by Blow of the Cap & Trade Freight Train

#capandtrade #tcot

Malkin is reporting on the ramrodding of Cap and Trade with a live blog

Here's a good quote from Rep Pence

"Last night at 3:00am, House Dems filed 309-page amendment and denied 224 GOP amendments. Three hours, 1 amendment filed. What’s the hurry? What are we hiding - that we can’t afford more time for Americans to examine what’s in the bill?"

an even better quote from Michelle Malkin;

"Members of Congress don’t have enough time to read through the 1,200-page cap-and-trade (truth in advertising: cap-and-TAX) monstrosity that will radically alter the economy in the name of the environment…
…but they have time to pause for a moment of silence to mark the death of Hollyweirdo Michael Jackson."

For the simplest way to find your representative's phone number, if you see him or her on this list, is to click on this link and enter your zip code. Don't wait--the vote is coming today or tomorrow and the Dems are now making noises like they think they have the votes. Turn back that tide!

Cap and Trade idea based on debatable science..but the left won't debate it

#tcot #hhrs #climate #capandtrade #socialism

Call your congressman and urge them to read it before they sign it...NO ONE has read it yet, just like the so called "stimulus" package.

Done and settled, it’s a fact said scientist Democrat Politician Albert Gore. However as most people who read this blog know since they read other things than what Al Gore and Dem politicians say, man-made Global warming is quite debatable and is debated among people much smarter than me…or Al Gore for that matter.

Don’t confuse the situation with facts say the Dem politicians (or the "scientists" who receive grants to study how bad humans are for the planet) they wont’ even debate it. Global warming is here (in spite of the last two winters being the coldest in recent GLOBAL history) but just in case people are confused because global temps are down the last few years let's change the rhetoric to “climate change”…It's just vague enough to cause confusion.

It’s all about control my friends. The Democratic party (and some on the so-called right as well) just want to control all business, all commerce and you. They can’t do that when we are free to buy whatever is cheapest, whatever is easiest to get, that is just too much freedom for them, so they latch on to anything (whether it is based in fact or not) to gather control of sections of the “free” market. Don’t let them do it.

The way C&T works to make "green, clean" energy more competitive is by making traditional energy sources so expensive, the "green' ones can compete. Sound like a good plan for a hurting economy to you?

READ Waxman-Markey: Death Knell for U.S. Jobs, Low-Cost Energy

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Go here and call your Congressman right now.

Tell your Congressman to vote against H.R. 2454., the Waxman-Markey legislation.

We don't have a moment to delay.

Congress is going to vote on Cap and Trade legislation, which even Democrat John Dingell (D-MI) says is "a tax and it's a great big one."

Democrat Charlie Melancon (D-LA) says, "I believe this bill would create an undue burden on families who are already paying too much in energy bills."

Democrat Mike Ross (D-AR) says of Cap and Trade, "'If you don't like $4-a-gallon gasoline, you're really not going to like your electric bill sometime between now and 2030."

Go here, put in your zip-code, and call now.