GreeleyReport.com - Greeley's New Media balance

Snooping In The Closet

Former long-time Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan has been arrested on charges of distributing meth and soliciting sex with another man in exchange for the drugs.  Of course there will be those that will be shocked by these charges since he was supposed to be a Republican.  Others will claim further that this is a private matter in Sullivan's life, and that nobody should be looking in his closet.

But when Sullivan was Arapahoe County Sheriff, he was more than willing to look into other people's closets.  In fact, he so hated guns in the hands of citizens he wanted an inventory of every gun owned by his constitutents.  He wanted to gut concealed carry laws, and keep as much power as possible vested in the government and not the citizen.  He used his local authority to try to weaken your gun rights at the state level.  If Sullivan had his way, your rights in Northern Colorado would have been restricted or removed.  He was a notable RINO, and if you had stayed up-to-date with Dudley Brown's regular reports via Rocky Mountain Gun Owners during that era, you would have been well informed of the weasel's antics.

Of course now Sullivan's friends and family will ask for privacy, and request that you and I stay out of his closet.  After all, he's a former sheriff now; a citizen.  But his attitudes haven't changed.  This RINO believed there were two tiers of people back then.  The government and the citizen.  Apparently he still believes there are two classes of laws; one for you and one for him.  This is why RINOs must be watched closely.  They are not to be trusted.  If you are a Republican, remember that next time one tells you that you must compromise your values for the sake of the so-called team.

OWS Plays, Tea Party Pays?

The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) crowd in Richmond, Virginia has been running up quite a tab.  They have logged at least $7,000 in costs for various services including sanitation, park fees and permits, not including all of the extra police overtime and security costs.  However, the "benevolent" mayor said that these people were merely exercising their rights, so they didn't have to pay for these things.  After all, this was America.

After hearing that, the local Tea Party submitted an invoice to the city for $8,500.  That was the amount the city had charged them for services rendered during their rallies in the city.  The good mayor did not recognize the Tea Party group as exercising their rights.  They had to pay.  Apparently they were un-American.

Then a funny thing happened.  The mayor's administration decided to audit the Tea Party.  Nobody else.  Just them.  They demanded all of their financial issues be satisfied or they would assess fees and fines accordingly.  Now this issue will move toward the courts because of the mayor's clear-cut bias and hatred of the group that leans toward the Constitution, instead of away from it.

This is nothing new.  The head of the local Greeley 9-12 group "just happened" to have code enforcement visit his house and find a few "issues" just after the group weighed in on local politics.  It cost him financially, when he stepped up politically.  Politicians have tried to silence those they deem to be offensive for years.  So why don't they silence OWS?  At this point OWS is screaming at Wall Street.  They aren't turning the people back to the law, but moving toward lawlessness.  This is more acceptable to the political left than the law.  Politicians fear those that want for America to become a law-abiding society, with less partiality and more integrity.  So the Tea Parties will always incur more hatred than OWS, despite the fact that the leftists scream louder and cause more damage.  If that's the case, it's time for the right to double-down and work hard during this election season coming up.  The right has might, and they need to use it effectively.  (Link here to associated article.)

Not Weird. Bad!

There was an old movie titled "Weird Science," where a group of teenage science students attempted to use science to achieve their own means.  (I don't remember if I saw the film, but the title stuck.)  Last week more than 5,000 e-mail files from leading scientists were leaked to the internet, and contained some very dramatic, damning material.  These so-called top climate scientists discussed how to bully others and push forward their global warming theories by hiding solid evidence and attacking opponents.  Whenever their findings were disputed, it wasn't up for scientific debate.  They wanted to destroy their opponents.  It wasn't weird.  It was just plain wrong.

Science has been pushed forward as a noble, honest field that is dispassionate and filled with integrity.  However, as these e-mails reveal, nothing could be further from the truth.  These scientists use science to futher their personal views, and push an agenda they select.  This is no longer science, but manipulation.  They ought to be prosecuted, or at the very least fired from their posts.

So why does science like this exist?  It's simple.  You paid for it.  Most of these scientists are leading professors at government-funded colleges such as Penn State and East Anglia (or the phalanx of Colorado state colleges), and have been blessed by Obama and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  Federal and State governments have taken your hard-earned tax dollars, and have poured them into the pockets of these agenda-laden professors, in the name of education.  (This is why the government is getting more and more of a lack-luster response from us to their constant push for more education dollars...they waste what we give them all the time.)  These professors then live on large salaries, strutting about as gods, and manipulating the evidence to suit their means.  It's collusion, and it needs to be stopped.

Sam knows a few scientists and professors in the Northern Colorado area that are truly digging for the truth.   He also knows others that are pure crap, pushing an agenda to college-age students that supports the global warming, we-are-the-world, global experience mindset.  Every one of these people are government employees, supported and paid by our tax dollars.  Many of them need to be de-funded.  Now.  Next time the education debate comes around, Sam plans to ask how government intends to cull all of the globalist garbage out of the educational ranks and get back to real, hard science again.  Of course they can't.  Colleges ran better when they were largely private.  But the question enlivens the debate and makes them know we are watching, and won't just hand over our tax dollars without a wimper.  (Link here to another related article.)

Thanksgiving

In my turkey-induced, coma-like state yesterday I relaxed and considered the unique fact that the United States has a national holiday that is focused on being thankful.  It's a novel idea.  Even though the mega-businesses may try to encroach, and many of the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy D.C. crowds will occupy Wal-Mart and Target and Best Buy during the next 24 hours instead, it is still a wonderful holiday.

I am thankful for many things.  Among them is the first amendment that guarantees free speech, freedom of religion, the freedom to demonstrate and seek redress of grievances, and the freedom of the press that is encompassed in this passage.  This blog is open today (and growing steadily in its readership) because of this amendment.  A few of you comment because of this recognized right, and add other perspectives to each post.  Tyrants want to control this liberty, and shut your mouth and mine.  However, at this point, it's a freedom that is still available thanks to the Constitution and the internet.

It's important to recognize the second amendment as well.  It is in place for the times when the first amendment is jeopardized by tyrants and despots.  Many of the assaults against our liberties will focus on restricting or curtailing these first two amendments.  But at this point, I'm still thankful to have them.  They are more than symbolism to me, but literal, recognized fact.  So I eat my turkey, avoid the stores, cling to my God and my guns, and smile.  It's Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving

Only two original sources exist that provide accounts of the first Thanksgiving from the Plymouth colony.  Following is the story of that original event as told by Edward Winslow.

Our harvest being gotten in, our governour sent foure men on fowling, that so we might after a speciall manner rejoyce together, after we had gathered the fruits of our labours ; they foure in one day killed as much fowle, as with a little helpe beside, served the Company almost a weeke, at which time amongst other Recreations, we exercised our Armes, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and amongst the rest their greatest king Massasoyt, with some ninetie men, whom for three dayes we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five Deere, which they brought to the Plantation and bestowed on our Governour, and upon the Captaine and others. And although it be not always so plentifull, as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so farre from want, that we often wish you partakers of our plentie.

Have an abundant Thanksgiving this year with family and friends.

The Solution Is Here

Khalid Al-Falih isn't exactly a household name in the United States.  However, just as the expert mentioned in yesterday's article, he is also somebody worth hearing (and consequently, someone the mainstream media ignores unless forced to listen).  Al-Falih is president and CEO of Saudi Aramco, and spoke to a Saudi Arabian audience on Monday according to a report from the Independence Institute.

The Saudi's power in the world is governed only by what hides beneath their sands.  Oil.  As a primary source of oil, they tend to watch fossil fuel trends around the world.  They chuckle about the "green bubbles" and environmental solutions that are so expensive and provide so little, but they get serious when discussing shale oil, unconventional liquid development, new fracking procedures and lateral drilling.

Now, something new has caught their eye.  What is it?  It's Weld County!  Apparently the Wattenberg Oil Field that exists in Weld County has enough oil reserves to make the Saudis run scared.  It could weaken U.S. dependence on foreign oil.  It could strengthen the U.S. economy.  Furthermore, it could actually fulfill the goals of the U.S. Energy Department (which was established to make us less dependent on foreign energy).  So when the Saudis talk in Riyadh these days, they speak of...Weld County.

What will happen from here?  Will we actually see a boon for society, or will the friend of the Middle East (that being Obama) step in, pushing us further into little green bubbles and away from Oil and other fossil fuels?  (Link to Independence Institute article here.)

Radiation Spikes

His name is Uehara Haruo, and he is the former president of Saga University.  He is also the architect of the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor #3 that was overwhelmed by the Japan tsunami on March 11, 2011.  But his recent comments were completely ignored by the mainstream media, even though the issues presented could impact the climate and health of the Western United States for decades to come.

Haruo was interviewed in Tokyo on November 17, 2011.  In his interview he stated that a "China syndrome" is an inevitible consequence at the Fukushima plant.  (Remember, he's the architect!)  Haruo disclosed the fact that the melted nuclear fuel did move out of the container vessel and sank underground.  (This is the catastrophe known as the China syndrome.)  He added this: if the fuel has reached an underground water vein, it will cause contamination of underground water, soil contamination, and sea contamination of the Pacific Ocean.  Furthermore, if the underground water vein is heated for a long period of time it could cause a large hydrovolcanic explosion.

Meanwhile, radioactive debris is spreading in the Pacific Ocean, and a recent report indicated a radioactive level in Los Angeles, California that is 300 percent higher than normal levels.  (Link here to video clip investigating this story.)  No word is mentioned in Colorado about radiation levels locally, despite the fact that the dairy industry is particularly susceptible, and is a key element of the local economy.  How does this affect you and me?  Nobody knows at this point.  But somebody needs to get the word out, when the architect of Fukushima speaks openly concerning the damage, the fallout, and the global implications that could affect our lives at the local level.

Too Nice?

Doug Lidiak is a nice guy.  He is open, candid, and genuinely cares about children and the future of education.  His background in developing educational software has put him in the halls and classrooms many times throughout the years.  Lidiak also has the business experience needed to effectively manage a board and ensure the flow of lucid information throughout a system.  These qualities put him at the helm of the reorganized District 6 school board, as the new members boarded the sinking ship.

However, some of Lidiak's early statements pose grave concern.  True, he has parcelled out roles traditionally to board members (e.g., Secretary and Treasurer) to those within the District, which shows innovative thinking.  But he has already voiced his admiration and support of Superintendent Ranelle Lang, the woman that has been at the helm of the District for the past several years, with almost no change in outcome.  District 6 is still the worst large school district in the state, and she could not be more proud.

Lidiak and the other new board members inherit a complete disaster; that's why they were elected.  The vast majority of the teachers are listed as highly proficient.  The food served in school is good.  There are free meals and remedial classes available for every strata of students.  The superintendent is experienced and has run the operation for years.  But the district is failing.  Badly!  What is left to change?  The students?  They will remain the same, too.

It's obvious the time is now for new leadership and a new philosophy.  Some of the steps necessary will take drastic measures.  But the board just booted Trimberger as President for Lidiak.  He likes Lang.  He sees some wonderful things in the District.  Is he too nice?  Will he actually step up and do what is necessary, or will he be sucked into the educational machine that continues to fail?  Early indications do not look good.  Let's see if he is a leader, or yet another Trimberger-style, Lang-loving failure.

Boys In The Girls Room

Poudre School District has yet another sticky situation to deal with in their halls of education.  A student at Ft. Collins High School is a trans-gender student, a boy that dresses and behaves like a girl, and he insists on using the woman's restrooms at school.  The school tried to create a situation that would not be inflammatory by insisting the student use the faculty restrooms.  This would minimize harassment to the student and also seek to minimize other student and parental complaints.  It didn't work.

The 16 year old student, "Dionne Malikowski" (his "female name"), refused to obey school policy and began using the girls' restrooms.  Consequently he was suspended from school, and now claims his rights have been violated.  So what does the law say?

Based on the work of former Demoncratic Greeley Representative (and now entrenched Colorado bureaucrat) Jim Riesburg, the law actually protects this student more than your daughters and granddaughters.  Senate Bill 200 was known as the "bathroom bill" because of concerns this would occur.  Proponents disagreed however, and said they were just seeking to "protect" these people from harassment and harm.  Now the harasser is a 16-year-old student that wants to traumatize normal, heterosexual girls in their own bathroom, in a public high school.

Many times the liberal left will pass a bill, and then let it lay dormant and unenforced for awhile.  This happens in many segments of society pertaining to moral issues (e.g., the homosexual or trans-gender bills, gun control and monitoring, euthanasia, etc.), and even occurs in various regulatory settings.  Eventually however, the extremists push the envelope.  When this occurs, a judge waves his or her hands, and says they are bound by the law.  Chaos then ensues.

If you don't want this happening in your society, you must push back.  Every parent of normal, heterosexual children in the Poudre School District should show up at the next school board meeting and demand their children be protected as a matter of natural law.  Let Senate Bill 200 go to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.  But it's time to protect normal.  Ruling by minority cannot continue to run unchecked.  Or if not, this dude will be in the girls restroom in high school.  And more boys will follow.  I think you get the picture.

Illegal In New Hampshire

On Friday, the New Hampshire state legislature will take up the debate of proper documentation for illegals and the role it plays in keeping a job.  However, their focus will be fixed on one potential illegal in particular and the possible fraud allegations around the documentation seen thus far.  The suspect?  Barack Hussein Obama.

Two state legislators will hold a formal hearing tomorrow afternoon in the New Hampshire Legislative Office Building, to determine merit of the charges and also determine whether Barack Obama's name should be allowed on the New Hampshire primary ballot.  The state holds the first presidential primary in the election cycle, and this move has the potential to disrupt the entire election season.

Issues discussed will include the following items:

• Obama's social security number.  It originates in Connecticut, despite the fact he never lived there, and it is flagged as fraudulent by e-verify.
• Obama's birth certificate.  The alleged long-form certificate released by the White House has been deemed a fraud by document and graphics experts.  This in itself constitutes fraud.
• Obama's passport files.  Obama traveled to Pakistan in prior years when all U.S. travel was restricted.  How did he obtain a passport, and under what national status?

Will this move gain traction in the election cycle?  What will be revealed about the super-secret president that has spent more than $2 million dollars to conceal all of his records and hide his identity?  His job may depend on what he reveals.

Homegrown Terror Looks Like Here

We interact with people every day in stores and other businesses every day without considering what is happening in smaller, cloistered groups of individuals.  Many times we don't realize what the dangers are because our lives are so fast-paced, and we adopt a live-and-let-live attitude.  But the danger was revealed recently in a Minneapolic courtroom when two Minnesota women were convicted of funneling money to a terrorist organization.

These women were Somali immigrants, and knowingly moved U.S. funds through various means to fund al-Shabab.  al-Shabab is an extremist group that uses suicide bombers and other atrocities to attack non-Muslims, especially focusing on Christians, Ethopians and others it deems a threat to their views.  These American immigrants were bolstered in their beliefs at their local mosque, and of course were supported by their local Somali community.  While they shopped at the local grocery store, attended college, and supported their grandchildren in the local schools, their mindset was still firmly anti-American.  In the words of one of the women about American authority, she said, "You will go to hell."

How many terrorists live among us in Northern Colorado?  How many believe radical ideals that are patently un-American and anti-liberty?  How many want to live under sharia instead of the U.S. rule of law?  Those are the difficult questions nobody wants to ask.  Instead, various bleeding heart immigration groups bring in radicals and extremists (and receive a handsome profit for their services).  And major businesses such as JBS and others employ them and casually look the other way.  Where will the next suicide bomber pop up?  What will their community culture look like?  After all, Minneapolis is just as "American" as Greeley, Colorado.  It can happen here.  (Click here for associated article.)

Is The Republican Party Irrelevant?

Through the years the Democratic socialist party has been criticized for their extremism and the fact that many on the left side of the party dictated the terms of many of the races.  Various political pundits said it would not work.  However today they have hand-picked members of their extreme team in the U.S. Supreme Court, and a true socialist pseudo-President in the White House.  Their party is led by the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Frank and other neo-liberals.

They have moved things starkly to the left.  Even if Obamacare is declared to be unconstitutional they have changed the health-care game and debate to a huge extent.  Obama's draconian policies, enacted by his liberal czars, have sought to find ways around nearly every piece of legislation possible.  He has changed environmental regulation, business policies, and the face of global politics.  His tactics have been nation-changers in Egypt and Libya.  He manages by executive order, and is by no means dumb.  Alinsky, Cloward, Piven, Ayers and other communists must be proud.

In the meantime the Republican Party continues to ignore the phrase, "extreme times call for extreme measures."  For years they have clung to the falsely-held belief that centrist philosophy wins races and hearts.  So they have compromised incrementally.  Oh, the party platform looks solid, but it's largely ignored.  Old-guard Republicans vote the party line, but the Independents have been looking for others.  This has spawned the rise of many eccentrics and patriots to fill the vacuum.

On the national front the so-called "super committee" of equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats continues to meet, to try and resolve the budget crisis.  Their next looming deadline is November 23rd, and they appear to be deadlocked.  However, as of this weekend potential progress is being reported.  There might be a deal where (drum roll please) a couple of Republicans might move toward eliminating tax deductions in a few areas.  This would be in effect a tax increase that would take more money from people and businesses, and put that money in government coffers.  No tax elimination.  No regulation roll-back.  Just a clever move to add more money to government coffers from the private sector.

When the Reagan conservatives and others in the Republican party stood for various so-called "moral" issues, they were demonized by the RINO's in the group.  When they stood for pro-life issues, they were hated and called divisive.  Many left the party.  Then others stood for controlling the flow of illegal immigration as a security issue.  Many RINO business owners wanted that flow of cheap labor to continue (and really didn't care about the two-layered economy they wanted to create), and attacked these "extremists."  Some of them left, too.  A host of Republican legislators voted for NAFTA and GATT at the Federal level, and gutted other pieces of legislation closer to home.  Many Republican legislators supported gun control and despised the right to keep and bear arms.  And the true conservatives knew the party had betrayed them, not the other way around.  In the end, the Republican party chose to ignore everything except the economy.  They said they were the party that stood for the individual and for business.  After all, it was in their platform.  But did that matter?

The reason for political parties in government is to use them to build coalitions.  Party members are to adhere to the party line.  Their leaders work to keep them in line and ensure the party retains strength by causing the members to vote as a bloc.  When this strength splinters, the party is over.  Gone.  Done.  If the RINO Republican party sees its legislative members begin to openly side with the Demoncrats in their viewpoints on taxes, deduction elimination, and where money belongs (e.g., in government hands or in private hands), the party is literally...over.  Oh, it may take awhile to die.  It has the proper facade, and money to spend hoodwinking old-guard donors.  But the perceptive will bolt for the exits.  They have learned well from the Demoncrats.  Extremism is the answer in extreme times.  And the Republicans are moderately clueless, in a sinking ship.

Protesting On Which Street?

While the OWS (Occupy Wall Street) rioters chant and sway for the demise of capitalism and the insertion of socialism into the United States, many of those that faction voted for are living high and rich.  Based on information gleaned by Greeley Report last Spring (and now revealed by insider Jack Abramoff), Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner and others in Congress have profited handsomely from insider trading and knowledge gleaned from their positions within Congress.  Of course Pelosi's office has denied the charges (while her net worth continues to soar).

So is the OWS crowd protesting in the right city?  If they want to insert socialism in place of capitalism, they need to protest in Washington, D.C., don't they?  After all, Wall Street does not ultimately make the rules.  It is their cozy relationship with people in government that is the problem.  But the OWS crowd likes the liberals currently in power in D.C., even though they are as corrupt (or more) as many of the entrenched Republicans there.  It's all a matter of agenda.  OWS wants liberals in power because they like socialism (as long as it protects their insider trading status).  The protests will continue and perhaps increase.  So will Pelosi's net worth.

Make It A Legal Problem

Several of the Obama administration scandals are still being treated as though they are political in nature.  However, as more information comes to light it becomes clear that the issues involved are not political.  They are legal.

Take for example the testimony of Barack Obama's Attorney General and close friend Eric Holder.  When testifying about the Fast and Furious scandal, Eric Holder literally reversed previous testimony under oath.  This is perjury.  Holder refused to apologize to the family of murdered U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.  (He has released a letter of apology to the media since then, a letter the media saw before the family did.)  Holder also insisted the reason Fast and Furious did not work was because there is not enough gun control in the U.S.!  He also demanded more authority for the ATF!

Folks, this is tyranny speaking to the general public.  Tyranny has a face and a name.  It is Eric Holder.  Barack Obama, Joe Biden (check the information on his complicity in the Solyndra scandal), and many other officials in the Obama administration.  Every document the White House controls regarding Fast and Furious and Solyndra-gate needs to be subpeonaed, and these cases need to come under the authority of special prosecutors.  Heads need to roll and people need to go to jail.  The actions taken in secret are now exposed as crimes, not political problems.

The law should be used to cut through political, official-status, and brazen lies.  When Holder says, "I think I acted in a responsible way," he should be held responsible.  For his lies and public perjury.  For his murders in Mexico and the United States that he and his band of government thugs committed.  This one scandal alone (Fast and Furious) is huge, and it now demands to be prosecuted.  It's a legal problem, and it should not go away until people are in prison for many years including a number in the Obama administration.

N.M.P.

Last Thursday a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee subpoenaed White House documents related to the Solyndra scandal, that would shed further light on the deliberations to give even more tax money to the failing business.  Among the items subpoenaed were the visitor logs to the White House that would reveal whether there was an all-too-cozy relationship between Solyndra executives and the Obama administration.  Obama refused to release these materials.  His reason?  He said that it was partisan politics and the subcommittee was comprised of a majority of Republicans.  Therefore, he would not turn over the documents legally demanded of him.  How convenient.

So, the pseudo-President has set a precedent.  If we disagree with the rule of law, or know that the enforcement of the law is in the hands of a party we dislike, we can now ignore the law!  Excellent!  I know of a number of laws (and politicians) I dislike.  I think I will ignore them.  I may be an independent and dislike both Republicans and Demoncrats.  I will ignore everything!  After all, the phony in the White House can do it.  Why not us?  In fact, I don't even need to acknowledge others in authority.  Obama will now become "N.M.P."  Not My President.  After all, I didn't vote for him, and it's obvious he doesn't represent me.  Why recognize him at all?

The fact is that we are supposed to be a nation of laws.  Everyone from the highest office to the lowest alien is bound by that law.  We may not agree with the tactics of others, nor their agenda.  But the law is the law.  Obama must comply.  What will he do?  Who knows?  After all, he currently has Eric Holder lying on the stand about Fast and Furious, and refusing to apologize for his complicity in slaughtering a U.S. Border Patrol agent (not to mention hundreds of others).  He will probably ignore the law as though he is above it.  If he is above the law, he is N.M.P.

Bobby, Jim And Moral Tyranny

Bobby Montoya stirred a pot of trouble recently then he applied to become a part of an old, respected troop in the United States.  The 7-year-old Denver-area boy applied to become a member of...the Girl Scouts.  Montoya likes playing with girls toys, and has become all things feminine in his appearance.  Ms. Archuleta, his single, feminist mother supports his decision, and his feminine ways.  But he's still a boy.

You would think the girl scouts would refuse his overtures and remain a girls only camp.  Actually, they did.  Initially a troop leader told Ms. Archuleta that her son Bobby could not join because he had boy parts.  However, the Girl Scouts of Colorado reversed their decision saying that "if a child identifies as a girl and the child's family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout."  Why would they do such a thing?

The answer to this story can be traced to a local, Greeley politician.  Liberal socialist Demoncrat Jim Riesburg pushed through of Colorado Senate Bill 200 a few years ago, that mandated the acceptance of gay, lesbian, transgendered and bisexual behaviors such as these.  His actions and handling of that legislation opened the door for Bobby's demands that the Girl Scouts acquiesce to his feminine leanings.  If the Colorado Girl Scouts don't comply, they face lawsuits, charges, or complete closure due to potential discrimination charges.  In short, they face death by legislation.  These have been the plans of the radical left all along.

The next time somebody tries to tell you that we all need to just live and let live, pull out this story.  Show them how the radicals on the left have an agenda, and it's oppressive.  They intend to slam their immoral, extremely radical lifestyle down the throats of every American by force.  Legal force.  Judicial force.  Tyrannical force.  Much has been made through the years of the so-called "puritannical views" of the right.  Well, this is what they tyranny of the sexually extreme left looks like.  How do you like it now?  It's coming to your daughter's or granddaughter's shower room, locker, or Girl Scout campout very soon.  What will you do then?  The moral backlash must begin in governmental legislation, or you will end up with a nation filled with morality others impose upon you and your family.  Think about it next time you vote for a politican.  His or her moral views are extremely critical.

Can He Win?

He's too old.  He's too stodgy.  He doesn't believe in (insert particular issue here), or leaves too much to the states.  There is no way he could be a good candidate.  While all of these statements have been made about one Republican Presidential candidate, and all attention has been focused on the holy trinity of the race (e.g., Herman Cain, Rick Perry, and Mitt Romney), candidate Ron Paul has been quietly racking up victories in Republican straw polls in various regions of the United States.

According to the blog Hillbuzz, Paul recently won his fifteenth straw poll.  Fifteen!  Either there is collusion in the liberal media to focus on their darlings and purposely avoid other candidates, or there is a complete lack of journalistic education about how to research a story!  When one candidate continues to amass victories over the others that are not reported, perhaps the nation should sit up and take notice.

Whatever your feelings about Ron Paul may be, he deserves a place at the table.  His viewpoints should serve at the very least to force conversation on issues that he has solidly maintained regarding the Federal Reserve, Federal bureaucracy, and states rights and regulation.  Can he win?  We don't know yet.  But so far, he can't lose.

When Republican Isn't Enough

Many people pride themselves in Weld County conservatism as a bastion of value and standards that hold back the Demoncrats and Socialists.  These people choose to embrace an overly-simplistic view of politics that labels Republicans as conservatives and Demoncrats as liberals, and they vote accordingly.  In this view Republicans like small government and fewer taxes, and Demoncrats like big government and big spending and taxes.  But is this view point actually real?  No.

Weld County has been traditionally conservative from its foundations.  However, that conservatism has eroded over time.  More conservative families are bringing up liberal children that obviously learned liberality at home.  Oh!  The public education system (K-12, Aims and UNC) are all more than happy to help the process along.  (When UNC leader Kay Norton pushes for illegals to receive in-state tuition, and is more than happy to support GLBT groups based on sexual preference alone, we know which way the public education process has swung.)

Not only has the conservative viewpoint eroded privately, but it has also been co-opted.  Those within Weld County realize their greatest opportunities for political and community involvement lie within the Republican segment of the system.  So, they may not be Republicans at all, but merely pose as one to get into the system.  They are RINO's (Republicans in Name Only) or DIABLO's (Democrats in all but Label Only), and deserve to be hunted and culled from the herd.  But the Republicans themselves do not police their ranks.  This has created internal divisions that are completely justified.  Politicians like former Greeley Mayor Tom Selders have flip-flopped back and forth between Republican and Demoncratic ranks periodically, to affect the political system.  Others don't flip at all; they merely stay Republican, while inside they are as Demoncrat as the left.

Consider these facts.

• Tom Roche took a cheap shot at Mayor Ed Clark...as a Republican.
• Tom Selders condemned the rightful enforcement of immigration laws in Greeley...as a Republican Mayor of the city.
• Several people blasted Republican candidates for the recent District 6 elections...as Republicans.
• Most of the current administrations in Greeley and other cities (and in the County) are comprised of...you got it.  Republicans.  Despite having coffers filled with oil and gas revenues, some are wanting more money.  All of them have kept regulations, ordinances, taxes and fees at current, high, job- and business-killing levels.  They don't cut a thing.  And they are Republicans.

So when Greeley Report challenges the status quo, it may offend some so-called conservatives.  Why?  Because it reveals their true colors.  Or because they are shallow idiots.  In a political environment like this, sometimes the liberals have better focus and greater unity.  You see, being Republican isn't enough.  Make sure you are better informed, so that every elected official you meet understands this, too.

It's A Marshmallow World

The news around the world is huge today.  Actress Lindsey Lohan has messed up her parole by not showing up to a required series of sessions, and is slated to be returned to jail for 30 days (after she finishes a Playboy shoot that should give her more than a million dollars).  Kim Kardashian has split from her husband of less than 3 months, and is in Australia promoting her product line and walking red carpets.  It's a marshmallow world.

Greece is also in flames, Italy is about to collapse, China is deeply mired in problems, and Oakland has riots that block the Port Authority.  Greeley has a city council and mayor that has done nothing to remove regulation and permanently cut taxes and fees in the last 2 years.  Evans added more tax burden with the creation of a new fire district.  District 6 still has a liberal majority that loves Superintendent Ranelle Lang and spending lots of money.  The Muslim influence continues to grow in this area, and the bulk of UNC and AIMS professors live...outside of Greeley, for some strange reason.  But it's all good.  After all, it's a marshmallow world.  We can watch Kim Kardashian on tv, or attend our sports game of choice.  As long as the heat is on and the food is on the table, the world rolls on.  For now.

Yard Signs

Yesterday was the day of the drive-by-voter.  Today is the day of the consequence.  The issues or people with the largest number of yard signs in it's favor all won, whether it was the demise of Proposition 103, the advancement of the Evans Fire District, or the selection of District 6 school board candidates.  The one with the most yard signs won, with one exception.  That was the victory of Scott Rankin over two Democratic opponents for the 2 year seat on the board.

So, what does all of this mean?  It seems to trend toward the fact that this area is casual about its politics, actually not caring very much.  When push comes to shove, they can vote Republican over Demoncrat, and as a general rule don't like state tax increases.  However, for the most part they just drive by, look at the sign, fill out the ballot, and mail it in.  One wonders if any outcome had been different if there were no mail-in ballots.  At least today the yard signs are all white, covered with snow.  Will the snow job continue? Probably.

So, It's Free?

After the recent snowstorm that broke trees and snapped branches Greeley announced they would haul off the branches for people, and the cost would be "free."  The people rejoiced, and an election season favor was won, which also delighted the politicians!  But let's be honest.  Was this freebie actually free?  No.

Somebody has been doing the work.  This person (or persons) eats, lives in a residence, wears clothes, drives a vehicle and feeds a family.  They must be paid in order to live.  Who will pay them?  The city.  Where will the city get their funds?  From you and me.  Either that, or they will take funds they already have, and move them from other places in the city coffers.

But the city told us the limb and branch removal would be free.  This is a perfect example of political-speak.  They want us to believe that we can obtain something for nothing, and of course the government is the body that can give this to us.  Well, nothing happens for free unless it is given by God.  So where did the tree removal funds originate?  Who made the decision?  What has been cut?  Nothing?  How did the city end up with extra cash when they told us they were strapped?  We would like to know how "free" works at the government level.  After all, it pays to look behind the scenes when government says it's "free."