Quote of the Week - Dirk Benedict

Yes, Dirk (A-Team and Battlestar Galactica) Benedict. He gave up his Hollywood life to raise his boys in Montana and now is writing about it. The whole interview is worth a read over at NRO.

“Even up in Montana I’ve spent the last 20 years defending the right of my boys to throw a frickin’ snowball, to climb a tree, to jump off a little cliff, to go out in the canoe off my dock without a life jacket,” he says. “All the little boys that refused to give into that were put on Ritalin. The future warriors of America are all on Ritalin in the second grade.”

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Ritter to raise taxes on every driver Monday

#tcot #redco Democrats raising Vehicle taxes in CO next week.
DENVER (AP) - Gov. Bill Ritter says he'll sign a bill on Monday to raise vehicle registration fees in Colorado.The increases will be used to pay for bridge and road repairs. The Senate gave final approval to the bill today with a 20-14 vote.

It phases in the increases over three years, ultimately costing owners of passenger cars and SUVs an extra $41 a year.

Democrats have been rushing to pass it because they say it will create thousands of construction jobs.

This is the Democrat idea of creating jobs...raising taxes on people already working. READ THE REST

Tea Parties; Americans begin to unite against wasteful spending and high taxes

More than 40 “Tea Partys” around the country today #redco #tcot #stimulus including here in Denver.

Pictures of the Denver Tea Party are up at People’s Press Collective and Slapstick Politics (with video to come later).

Great pics from someone who attended the Chicago Tea Party Hat tip Ben at Mount Virtus

Read The Tea Parties were Successful Here is Proof at Red County.

Bumper Sticker - I want one

Courtesy Powerline.

Rocky Mountain News Dies - Live VIDEO

#TCOT #REDCO
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/18796593/

PETA and the K.K.K! (featuring Tom Cruise)

#tcot

What He Said

#tcot #stimulus Bobby Jindal responds to Obama's first State of the Union.

Byron York - Democrats would kill for Bush's deficit

Must read of the day #tcot #stimulus

Pelosi and Reid called Bush's budgets "dangerous" and "unpatriotic," but with Obama, they've changed their tune

Back in 2006, when Democrats were hoping to win control of the House and Senate, party leaders worked themselves into a righteous outrage over the issue of out-of-control federal spending. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called the Republican budget “irresponsible” and “unpatriotic” because it increased the amount of U.S. debt held by foreign countries. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., accused Republicans of going on “an unprecedented and dangerous borrowing spree” and declared GOP leadership “the most fiscally irresponsible in the history of our country … no other president or Congress even comes close.”

.....At some point last week, the sheer velocity of Obama’s spending proposals began to overwhelm even experienced Washington hands. In the span of four days, we saw the signing of the $787 billion stimulus bill, the rollout of a $275 billion housing proposal, discussion of Congress’s remaining appropriations bills (about $400 billion) and word of a vaguely-defined financial stabilization plan that could ultimately cost $2 trillion. When representatives of GM and Chrysler said they might need $21 billion more to survive, it seemed like small beer.

Read the rest at the DC Examiner

He's lost that tingly feeling, oh that tingly feeling

#tcot #stimulus Hat Tip Holycoast.com
Chris Matthews is now mad at Obama for the crap he pulled with the porkulus package!
Matthews: "I thought 8,000 was the floor, and it looks like 6,000 is the floor. People are angry, I'm getting angry." Read the rest

New Company Opening - during a recession, SUPPORT THEM

#tcot #redco I know the guys who are starting this company. They've been working on it for the last year and if past performance is any indication, they will be around for decades to come and longer.

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The Age of Whiners

Best video I've seen all week.
Everything's Amazing, Nobody's Happy

Steven Crowder and Islam - Friday Funny

#tcot Best watch this before it is taken off of YouTube...in the name of free speech an all.

ACORN Latest Outrage

Rick at HolyCoast reports this morning on Acorn's latest rampage..thanks to the new found money they are expecting, this is just the beginning.

Life in Socialist America

In a socialist country, the haves and have nots are divided by power and money. The haves usually work for the government in some way, or are influential in the public sector. In a free market environment, anyone can become a millionaire if they keep working at good ideas, build skills, work hard, have some good luck and are smart.

There will always be the rich and the poor, but the rich should not be government employees. There is a reason why they call it public "service". It should not be a career of choice for those wanting to be set for life.

I don't begrudge anyone from making a good living, even in a government job, and especially in a dangerous job, but the government should not be the best place to work, not the place to become a multi-millionaire, and in America it has been for some time now. Welcome to socialism.

Don't let anyone tell you the American dream has faded. the truth is the U.S. is still minting lots of millionaires. Glenn Goss is one of them.

Goss retired four years ago, at 42, from a $90,000 job as a police commander in Delray Beach, Fla. He immediately began drawing a $65,000 annual pension that is guaranteed for life, is indexed to keep up with inflation and comes with full health benefits.

Goss promptly took a new job as police chief in nearby Highland Beach. One big lure: the benefits.

Given that the average man his age will live to 78, Goss is already worth nearly $2 million, based on the present value of his vested retirement benefits.

The problem with this picture is not Glenn Goss. By all accounts he was a good cop. The problem is that there are millions of Glenn Gosses from Highland Beach to Honolulu. So many that they pose a vast, debilitating burden to state and local finances.

They're creating a nasty social problem as well. America, in case you hadn't noticed, is dividing into two nations. The 22.5-million-strong public sector (that includes retirees) is growing ever larger, and enjoying ever greater wages and benefits often guaranteed by state constitutions. READ THE REST AT FORBES.COM

Voice of Warriors Exposes CBS Anti-US Propaganda

#tcot I've said for years that since the 1960's our enemies have fought us from within our own borders using the media, and until the Internet and the rise of Talk Radio they won without a fight. Now we can expose them.

If you watch the video below, you will see what looks like a story about our enemies getting a hold of our equipment and using it on us....it is bogus.



Hat tip to CDR Salamander,...... read THIS to see how bogus these claims are.

Yesterday's Stimulus Rally Coverage - Video and Pics

#tcot #redco Yesterday's Pork Roast Videos and Pics from the People's Press Collective, more to come.

http://slapstickpolitics.blogspot.com/2009/02/denver-anti-stimulus-rally-videos.html

http://slapstickpolitics.blogspot.com/2009/02/denver-anti-stimulus-rally.html

http://www.peoplespresscollective.org/2009/02/photos-from-the-anti-stimulus-rally-in-denver/

http://www.peoplespresscollective.org/2009/02/oink-the-denver-pork-roast-for-obama%E2%80%99s-stimulus-package/

Article in the Denver Examiner ;

Counter rally against stimulus package: pig upstages Obama's pork

Obama kicks Winston Churchill out of the Oval Office

#tcot The bronze by Sir Jacob Epstein, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds if it were ever sold on the open market, enjoyed pride of place in the Oval Office during President Bush's tenure.

But when British officials offered to let Mr Obama to hang onto the bust for a further four years, the White House said: "Thanks, but no thanks." Read the rest at the UK Telegraph.

Hat tip to Hugh Hewitt and Duane Patterson.

12 year old speaks out on Abortion, quite eloquently. In fact she won a speech contest with this.


Hat tip to Rick at HolyCoast.com for posting on this WorldNetDaily post.

People's Press Collective Updates

#tcot #redco #stimulus
PPC is once again out front on the local coverage of the Obama visit and protests.

Keeping an eye on Malkin for Stimulus Protest Coverage

Good pics, links and coverage there already. More to come.

Best Post of the Day so far on Why the Stimulus Package only Stimulates Government

#redco #stimulus #tcot
From Steven Nielson....The theory is simple - the government injects "stimulus money" into the economy - a series of infrastructure jobs and pet projects - such as an $8 Billion high-speed rail line between LA and Las Vegas (home to Sen. Reid - pet project anyone?), or a bridge to nowhere... Jobs are created for these "shovel ready" jobs... but the money must be taken out of other sectors of the economy - through higher taxation of other individuals - or in our case, ANOTHER DAMNED LOAN FROM CHINA.

The cause of the economic crisis is NOT because government didn't do enough... it is because government over-regulated, made impossible demands on banks and other sectors, and then waiting for the implosion - so they could swoop in and clean up the mess with "the only solution left - Nationalization"...

Friends, family, and readers alike - I echo the words of Jack Cafferty: "Why am I not surprised? Congress lying to the American people has become part of their job description. They can't be trusted on anything anymore." READ THE REST at the New Conservative

RMA Radio live radio from Pork Roast NOW

#tcot #redco #stimulus The RMA's Blog Talk Radio will be hosting a live remote from the Independence Institute & Republican Party's Pork Roast at the state Capitol this afternoon.Tune in here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Rocky-Mtn-Blogs

PIG ROAST In Denver! Protesters Will Meet Obama at Theft Act Signing

#tcot #redco #stimulus http://www.peoplespresscollective.org/2009/02/pig-roast-in-denver-protesters-will-meet-obama-at-theft-act-signing/

7 News Live Feed of Obama Visit

You don't know Stimulus

Check out the latest on todays' Denver Protest, HERE

Rally 12:00 noon, West steps, Capitol Denver Tomorrow Protest the Porkulus Package

The People's Press Collective will also be there covering the event.

DENVER: Americans for Prosperity in Colorado will be holding an event to put light on the theft bill–also known as the “stimulus” bill or the so-called American Reinvestment and Recovery Act–he will be signing in Denver on this Tuesday, February 17 between noon and 3pm.

Many speakers have been invited, and we will let you know here when they can confirm. Confirmed attendees are as follows:

Confirmed attendees:

Former Cong. Bob Beauprez

Michelle Malkin FOX News Contributor and founder of MichelleMalkin.com and HotAir.com

Jim Pfaff, State Director of Americans for Prosperity in Colorado; several state legislators

Dick Wadhams, Colorado Republican Committee Chairman

Invited Attendees:

Congressman Doug Lamborn

Congressman Mike Coffman

We will be holding an event nearby at a yet to be determined location at approximately 12:15pm that same day. We will have details shortly, but if you would like to be informed about this important demonstration of force to show Obama to say to him, “You Don’t Know Stimulus,” go to the Americans for Prosperity webpage by clicking here. You will receive an email midday with details.

Many of you have already signed up at NoStimulus.com to petition Congress to oppose this over-the-top spending package. Now we have a chance to show Barack Obama that we stand for real stimulus that includes tax relief and incentives for business which isn’t a payoff to liberal special interests.

If you have questions, you can also email us at infoCO@afphq.org.

Good News Ladies

New study says men prefer brains over looks in women. Women like men who want families. http://is.gd/jrpi

2009 Chicago Auto Show pics as Founding Bloggers

Founding Bloggers, one my favorite reads has 4 posts with picture from the Auto show.

Here

Here, HERE and HERE.

Steven Crowder Vid of the Week

My new favorite young comedian.

President Obama To Promote Stimulus Plan In Denver

#redco #tcot
The One to visit Colorado

After hitting three states in four days, President Barack Obama is going back on the road next week to convince Americans his economic stimulus plan will get the job done. The president is planning stops in Denver and Phoenix next Wednesday and Thursday. That comes on top of a whirlwind of travel this week: Obama was scheduled to be in Peoria, Ill., Thursday afternoon after visiting Indiana, Florida and Virginia earlier. With next week's travel, Obama aims to continue promoting his $790 billion plan to create jobs and pump up consumer activity through spending programs and tax relief. READ THE REST

Obama's First Three Weeks - the guide

#TCOT Randall Hoven at the American Thinker has a great article and wrap up on Obama's first three weeks as President. He's been real busy and getting a lot done...and that's not good news. It definitely has my vote as the read of the day.

Schumer speaks for us...American people don't care about pork

#tcot #stimulus


Via Michelle Malkin

Colo. High School Suspends Marine Drill Team Member Over Fake Guns

FROM REDSTATE #redco #tcot I am wondering if the Color Guard will be next...you know they use fake guns too in their routines with the Marching Band.

So why are the administrators in the Aurora, Colorado public school system harassing and punishing one of those very young people that we should be celebrating? With actions such as this, liberals are not only destroying our schools but also our traditions and our very social fabric.

High school senior Marie Morrow, 17, of Cherokee Trail High School is serving an illicitly sentenced 10-day suspension and her expulsion from school is on the line within the month. Miss Morrow is a team leader of the Young Marines youth leadership group and participates in the group’s drill team.

Miss Morrow has never been in any trouble before and plans on attending the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy after graduation — if the idiots at her high school let her graduate at all, that is. Young Miss Morrow has even received the necessary recommendation from her local congressman as the first requirement to be admitted into the academy.

The principal for Cherokee Trail High School is Brooke Gregory. S/he could very well be not yet fully aware of this situation: give him/her a call at 720-886-1904 and politely inquire.

The Superintendent for the Cherry Creek School System is Marie Chesley, and she would no doubt like this problem to go away. You can reach her at 303-773-1184 - just to make sure, though.

The Congressman for CO-07 is Ed Perlmutter (D). Call him up at 202-225-2645 and ask him if he supports the expulsion of students trying to do rifle drills. If you live in the District, his number there is 303.274.7944.

Mark Udall (D) is the senior Senator for Colorado. Call him at 202-224-5941 (877-768-3255 if you’re from Colorado) and ask him the same question, assuming that you can get through from all the people screaming about how we’re about to pass a trillion dollar debt bill. On the other hand, they’d probably be ecstatic to have something less minefield-like to work on, at this point.

Michael F. Bennet (D) is the junior Senator for Colorado. Call him at 202-224-5852; if/when you get through, be sure to ask whether he would have sanctioned this when he was running the Denver school system.

Brooke Gregory - Principal
egregory@cherrycreekschools.org
720-886-1904

Main Office Number
720.886.1909

The Cherry Creek School District
303-773-1184

Mary Chesley, Superintendent
rmcintire@cherrycreekschools.org

The Board of Education (who apparently share an email address?)
ccsdboard@cherrycreekschools.org

Change indeed, Democrats by the numbers

#tcot As bad as our previous Republican president allowed things to get, he was at least honorable, and did his best (as poor as that may have been sometimes) to warn of impending doom in the economy. It doesn't compare to the outright thievery happening now.
Here are just some of the numbers in scandals involving Democrats:

$34,000: the amount of federal taxes that Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner (D) failed to pay during his employment at the International Monetary Fund despite receiving extra compensation and explanatory brochures that described his tax liabilities.

$75,000: the amount of money that the head of the powerful tax-writing committee, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), was forced to report on his taxes after the discovery that he had not reported income from a Costa Rican rental property. His excuses for the failure started with blaming his wife, then his accountant and finally the fact that he didn't speak Spanish.

$93,000: the amount of petty cash each Congressional representative voted to give themselves in January 2009 during the height of an economic meltdown.

$133,900: the amount Fannie Mae "invested" in Chris Dodd (D-CT), head of the powerful Senate Banking Committee, presumably to repel oversight of the GSE prior to its meltdown. Said meltdown helped touch off the current economic crisis. In only a few years time, Fannie also "invested" over $105,000 in then-Senator Barack Obama.

$140,000: the amount of back taxes and interest that Cabinet nominee Tom Daschle (D) was forced to cough up after the vetting process revealed significant, unexplained tax liabilities.

$356,000: the approximate amount of income and deductions that Daschle (D) was forced to report on his amended 2005 and 2007 tax returns after being caught cheating on his taxes. This includes $255,256 for the use of a car service, $83,333 in unreported income, and $14,963 in charitable contributions.

$800,000: the amount of "sweetheart" mortgages Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) received from Countrywide Financial, the details for which he has refused to release details despite months of promises to do so. Countrywide was once the nation's largest mortgage lender and linked to Government-Sponsored Entities like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

This is only half the list......READ THE REST

Here is a little video on the increase Congress just gave themselves...in CASH

Stop the porkulus bill

Congressman Hoekstra leaks secrets on Twitter

#tcot A delegation led by House Minority Leader John A. Boehner , R-Ohio, arrived in Iraq earlier today, and because of Rep. Peter Hoekstra , R-Mich., the entire world — or at least Twitter.com readers—now know they’re there.

“Just landed in Baghdad,” messaged Hoekstra, a former chairman of the Intelligence panel and now the ranking member, who is routinely entrusted to keep some of the nation’s most closely guarded secrets.

Not only did Hoekstra reveal the existence of the lawmakers’ trip, but included details about their itinerary in updates posted every few hours on his Twitter page, until he suddenly stopped, for some reason, on Friday morning.

Since it’s already a matter of public record, here are some of Hoekstra’s twitter dispatches, typos and all, delivered in just 140 characters or less:

“On the way to Andrews Air Force base.12 hour flight to mid east. Be back on Mon instead of tues. Votes mon. I’ll keep you posted,” he wrote on Feb. 4

In his last dispatch today, he wrote: “Moved into green zone by helicopter Iraqi flag now over palace. Headed to new US embassy Appears calmer less chaotic than previous here [sic].”

This may seem like a little slip of the mind, but anyone who holds a clearance just shouted "What a Moron", if he were in the military he would lose his clearance and his job...but he is a politician...so nothing will happen. Hat tip Malkin

Obama Administration supercedes Military Court , may let accused Cole Bomber go free

#tcot The Barack Obama administration has dropped all charges against the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s senior judge overseeing terror trials at Guantanamo Bay dropped charges Thursday against an al-Qaida suspect in the 2000 USS Cole bombing, upholding President Barack Obama’s order to freeze military tribunals there.

The charges against suspected al-Qaida bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri marked the last active Guantanamo war crimes case.

The legal move by Susan J. Crawford, the top legal authority for military trials at Guantanamo, brings all cases into compliance with Obama’s Jan. 22 executive order to halt terrorist court proceedings at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba.

Seventeen US citizens were murdered in that bombing. HT LGF

Retired Navy Cmdr. Kirk S. Lippold, the commanding officer of the Cole when it was bombed in Yemen in October 2000, said he will be among family members of Cole and 9/11 victims who are meeting with Obama at the White House on Friday afternoon.

"I was certainly disappointed with the decision to delay the military commissions process," Lippold, now a defense adviser to Military Families United, said in an interview Thursday night. "We have already waited eight years. Justice delayed is justice denied. We must allow the military commission process to go forward."

Last year, al-Nashiri said during a Guantanamo hearing that he confessed to helping plot the Cole bombing only because he was tortured by U.S. interrogators. The CIA has admitted he was among terrorist suspects subjected to waterboarding, which simulates drowning, in 2002 and 2003 while being interrogated in secret CIA prisons.

Groups representing victims' families were angered by Obama's order, charging they had waited too long already to see the alleged attackers brought to court. GOOGLE AP

Porkulus bill, the grizzly details.

#tcot All or any of these might be good causes for liberals, or liberal Republicans alike, but they do nothing to stimulate the economy ...especially when the money is coming out of thin air....being borrowed...from our children. FROM NRO

$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts
$380 million in the Senate bill for the Women, Infants and Children program
$300 million for grants to combat violence against women
$2 billion for federal child-care block grants
$6 billion for university building projects
$15 billion for boosting Pell Grant college scholarships
$4 billion for job-training programs, including $1.2 billion for “youths” up to the age of 24
$1 billion for community-development block grants
$4.2 billion for “neighborhood stabilization activities” ACORN
$650 million for digital-TV coupons; $90 million to educate “vulnerable populations”
$150 million for the Smithsonian
$34 million to renovate the Department of Commerce headquarters
$500 million for improvement projects for National Institutes of Health facilities
$44 million for repairs to Department of Agriculture headquarters
$350 million for Agriculture Department computers
$88 million to help move the Public Health Service into a new building
$448 million for constructing a new Homeland Security Department headquarters
$600 million to convert the federal auto fleet to hybrids
$450 million for NASA (carve-out for “climate-research missions”)
$600 million for NOAA (carve-out for “climate modeling”)
$1 billion for the Census Bureau
$89 billion for Medicaid
$30 billion for COBRA insurance extension
$36 billion for expanded unemployment benefits
$20 billion for food stamps
$4.5 billion for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
$850 million for Amtrak
$87 million for a polar icebreaking ship
$1.7 billion for the National Park System
$55 million for Historic Preservation Fund
$7.6 billion for “rural community advancement programs”
$150 million for agricultural-commodity purchases
$150 million for “producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish”
$2 billion for renewable-energy research ($400 million for global-warming research)
$2 billion for a “clean coal” power plant in Illinois
$6.2 billion for the Weatherization Assistance Program
$3.5 billion for energy-efficiency and conservation block grants
$3.4 billion for the State Energy Program
$200 million for state and local electric-transport projects
$300 million for energy-efficient-appliance rebate programs
$400 million for hybrid cars for state and local governments
$1 billion for the manufacturing of advanced batteries
$1.5 billion for green-technology loan guarantees
$8 billion for innovative-technology loan-guarantee program
$2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects
$4.5 billion for electricity grid
$79 billion for State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (a fund to help states who could not responsibly balance their budgets...rewarding incompetency.)

READ THE ARTICLE

Best Article On the Palin Effect I've seen to date

#TCOT, love her or hate her, everyone should read THIS. It is somewhat lengthy and FAIR article but worth the read.
Major Hat tip to Bookworm Room.

Jim Demint's common sense stimulus bill #TCOT #stimulus

If only....If only the Republicans had the power to implement this. But they don't because our former President was not conservative, he was a spender, and a big government guru. Yes he did some great things protecting us but he did not represent conservatism for the economy and when he did he was pummled by the world media. And as you know like his father, he didn't defend himself or conservatism well, if at all.

Colorado; State Sen Evie Hudak D-Arvada, introduces Anti-Charter School Amendment #TCOT #REDCO

From Colorado Charter Schools Blog

SB 90 Bad for Charter Schools

It doesn't take long for people who don't like charter schools to introduce legislation to whittle away at the key points that make charter schools successful. Newly elected state Senator Evie Hudak (D-Arvada) has introduced a bill, SB 90, to do just that. The bill is co-sponsored by Rep. Debbie Benefield (D-Westminster).

When Hudak served on the State Board of Education she didn't like it that charter schools sought, and received, waiver from the School Advisory Council (accountability committee) law.......

Hudak's bill specifically targets charter schools. It undermines the authority of the charter school governing board, which should alarm all 1,000 plus charter school board members in the state. The bill even goes so far as to say that if a charter school doesn't have an accountability committee, that's grounds for revocation! Notice the proposed legislation doesn't take into account academic achievement as a means for keeping a charter school open, it simply states that not following a senseless state rule is grounds for revocation.

Read the entire post at Colorado Charter Schools

Contact Evie Hudak Here

Rape used to recruit women as suicide bombers #TCOT

Al-Qaeda anywhere (Islamic Terrorism in general) is a viscous enemy that cannot be reasoned with, they must be eliminated. My friends who believe in diplomacy at any cost disagree with me, but let me submit into evidence this little tidbit.

The accounts, in a video released Tuesday by Iraq police, offer a rare glimpse into the networks used to find and train the women bombers who have become one of the insurgents’ most effective weapons as they struggle under increasing crackdowns.

In a prison interview with The Associated Press, with interrogators nearby, the woman said she was part of a plot in which young women were raped and then sent to her for matronly advice. She said she would try to persuade the victims to become suicide bombers as their only escape from the shame and to reclaim their honor. READ THE REST

Hat Tip LGF

Illegal Immigrants to get in-state tuition #REDCO #TCOT

DENVER - If passed by the state legislature, a new law would mean illegal immigrants in Colorado would be able to go to college and pay in-state tuition.

Senate Bill 170, proposed by Sen. Chris Romer (D-Denver), would let undocumented students pay the same tuition rate as resident students at public universities like the University of Colorado or Colorado State University.

To be fair, Senator Romer does qualify it a bit;

The bill stipulates that in order to qualify for in-state tuition, high school students would have to have gone to a Colorado public or private high school for three years, have graduated from a public or private Colorado high school, or get a general equivalency diploma (GED), and they would have to enroll in a Colorado higher learning institution within five years of earning their high school degree.

Another policitian who sees illegal immigrants as constituents and ignores the word "illegal". READ THE REST

Pelosi Claims 500 million jobs lost! #TCOT

No one in America will be working, and neither will our children if we don't pass the porkulus package!

Ritter's administration blows estimate on cost of oil and gas exploration by over a million dollars #REDCO #TCOT

Colorado Story of the day yesterday Hat Tip to Rocky Mountain Right,

The Associated Press broke a story yesterday that would seem to indicate that Gov. Bill Ritter's administration, in its zeal to to drive up energy costs by attacking the state's oil & gas industry, knowingly provided false budget projections to the state legislature:

Ritter's staff's estimate was $7000. Costs are coming in now at more than a million dollars.

"This is a major breach of trust," said McNulty(Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch), who said he was assured by state budget officials last year that any initial enforcement of new oil and gas regulations would not require a substantial increase in state spending.

"We have rules on how we balance the budget. I don't know how they can run a bill that hid more than a million dollars in costs," said Brophy, R-Wray.

A state official stressed that the department didn't know last year what any legislation would cost because the rules were still being developed.

On Tuesday, the House State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee approved a bill that would require state agencies to submit financial estimates with legislation. Rep. Jim Kerr, R-Littleton, said he and other lawmakers voted for the oil and gas bill last year without knowing the true cost.

This was either an outright lie to get a bill to pass the house or complete incompetancy, you choose. ...either way it is expensive to have incompetent liars in office.

Change We Can Believe In - Machine Poltics?

This is a change, having a president not skewered for the behavior of his friends? GREAT blog post at The Great Illuminator

HolyCoast is reporting that the NewYorkTimes is calling for Daschle to step aside!.. We will see if he obeys the holiest paper in the nation from the Left's point of view.

First it was Bill Richardson withdrawing his nomination for commerce secretary because of “pay-to-play” awarding of millions in state contracts to contributors. He didn’t do it.

Then Timothy Geithner is nominated for secretary of the treasury (who heads the IRS) and he missed paying thousands in taxes. He’s sorry.

Now Tom Daschle is nominated for Secretary of Health and Human Services, the consummate insider who earned millions in the last two years helping health industry companies grease Washington, also neglected to pay over $140,000 in taxes. He’s sorry.

UPDATE< DASHCLE WITHDRAWS NOMINATION>

And of course, let us also not forget (Obama supporter and Illinois Democrat powerhouse)Dem Governor Blago getting caught red-handed offering up Obama’s vacated Senate seat in a “pay-to-play” controversy that got him impeached. He didn’t do it.

What has been the Obama administration’s reaction to some of this?

Blago: “I was not aware of what was happening”

Geithner: “Service should not be tarnished by honest mistakes, which, upon learning of them, he quickly addressed.”

Daschle: “The White House believes nobody’s perfect.”

Richardson: “Although we must move quickly to fill the void left by Governor Richardson’s decision, I look forward to his future service to our country and in my administration.” READ THE REST AT The Great Illiminator

No Violence in Iraqi Election - Iraqi Forces take lead in security

This is awesome news. Further proof that claiming Victory in Iraq was not premature last year.

Throughout Iraq, Iraqi security forces, backed up by U.S. and coalition troops, helped ensure safety Jan. 31 as Iraqi citizens voted during provincial elections.

By the end of the day, there were no reports of anyone killed or of major violence. More than 14,400 candidates competed for 440 seats in 14 of 18 Iraqi provinces during the elections.

Results will be tallied in the coming days to see who will fill the seats in the provincial legislatures. It will then take about two months for the newly elected officials to be seated.

Provincial governments make and pass laws relevant to their region based on the views and services of the people who elected them. They can be compared to the responsibilities of state governments in the United States. READ THE REST

Too Funny Not to Share

From IowaHawk, The Pelosi GTxi SS/RT From Congressional Motors