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Extra Paid Vacation You Paid For

Yesterday AIMS Community College and the University of Northern Colorado were closed.  They will be closed today as well, in honor of July 4th.  Sam can understand the reason for being closed on the Friday since the holiday falls on a Saturday.  But closing for two days?  Both paid at your expense?  It doesn't make sense, does it.  In this day of higher taxes and a new realm of fees slammed on us by Big Budget Bill Ritter and his cronies in the statehouse, we shouldn't be paying for more time off.

Sanford Or Ritter?

When Republican Governor Sanford recently admitted his affair with a South American woman the press dutifully reported every detail.  They snooped and uncovered Sanford's vehicle at the airport, when it was inferred he was hiking and away for a season of rest or writing.  They found details about the woman who lives in another country no less.  But what happens when a Democrat faces the same questions?

Take for example Governor Ritter.  He has had a close relationship with a certain Stephanie in a state office.  He has not provided details, but has stonewalled the issue.  The Colorado media has for the most part co-opted his silence by ignoring, avoiding, and not doing their job.  They don't even bother to investigate.  Why?  Because Ritter is a liberal, not a conservative.

Journalism is biased, but they don't want you to know that.  They investigate whoever they hate, and report whatever they want.  Sam may be a "mere blogger," but he has dealt with the realm he writes about firsthand.  He knows.  Say whatever you want about this article.  (And Ritter is innocent until proven guilty....while the media is guilty because they despise innocence.)  Every statistic points to a liberal media supporting a liberal government, and both of them working to take your freedoms and give you their biased version of truth.  Long live the blogs and websites who dare to show you the other side.

Lib Trib Or Ramadan Rag?

Thanks to a reader for this news tip.

Over the weekend the Lib Trib carried four (yes, four!) articles about the lifestyles of the local Somali muslims and their difficulties with working during their feast days of Ramadan.  It was as though the bleeding hearts at the Trib were trying to set up a slam dunk of muslim values and ways of life on Northern Colorado under the pretext of "loving people and cultures."

Let's get this straight.  Americans are remarkably tolerant and accepting of other people and cultures.  However, there is a line that is drawn when the culture of America and the cultures of radical extremism collide.  One of those extreme cultures is Islam.  These people didn't have to come here, and they don't have to work here.  There are entire nations (such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Indonesia and Pakistan) who celebrate Ramadan and will accommodate their religious and personal views.

The reason these muslims choose to remain in the U.S. is because they want to proselyte and change America into an Islamic state.  They are co-opted by liberals and other people who stupidly think we have to accept everything in the name of tolerance.  Well, we don't.  What the Ramadan Rag is setting up is not acceptance of people and cultures, but the stage for racial and cultural strife and rioting in Greeley's streets.  Cancel your subscription.  Maybe the poor unwashed will support the Trib instead.

Nice Vacation

According to 9News and the Denver Post there were several Northern Colorado leaders at the taxpayer "vacation" or "business meeting" last week in Vail.  The 87th annual Colorado Municipal League Conference was attended by the Evans city manager (I believe it's Earl Smith).  Also in attendance was Sam Mamet, a city council member from Lafayette (and an officer of the League).  The Ft. Collins mayor, a city council member (not named), and nine (yes, nine) city staffers from the city attorney's office attended as well!  Sam suspects there were more people there from Northern Colorado, and encourages all outraged taxpayers to call your local city or town manager to find out who attended, what the costs were, and where the money came from.

Where Are They Now?

The Denver Post and 9News is reporting that various city leaders from Northern Colorado are spending time at a conference in Vail this week.  (See article here.)  Of course it's a "working" conference, complete with $150 hotel rooms, golf, and the food and fun of Vail.  Leaders from Evans and Lafayette are among those listed.

Why are your tax dollars paying for stuff like this when many of you can't even afford a vacation with your families this year?  Why can't they meet in a conference room in Ft. Collins, Loveland or Greeley?  Why pay chunks of tax dollars for expensive hotel rooms in an economy like we have today?  Sam understands the realm of corporate travel firsthand.  And he knows that at a time like this, it's inappropriate and wasteful at best; unethical at worst.  If these people were spending their own money it would be a different story.  Instead, they are spending yours.

Blog Killer Laws Coming?

A new ruling in Britain allows anonymous bloggers to be exposed without reprisal.  (Click here for link to article.)  If the Obama administration and the liberal faction of the U.S. Supreme Court get their hands on this, it could silence a huge powerhouse of free speech in America.

You see, judges like Ruth Bader Ginsberg, nominee Sotomayor, David Souter and others believe the laws and decisions of other nations should have an impact on their rulings here in the U.S.  If this happens, it could kill valuable information that is currently available to you at no charge.

Sam Hill and other bloggers like to maintain the privacy of their identities.  Why?  Because we can get information to you that others want to cover up.  Sometimes it's private information about insider deals.  Sometimes it's in business, police work, back-room conversations in the capitol building and so forth.  We have connections, and our privacy guards ourselves, our families, and our contacts.  If bloggers are exposed, every informant the police, CIA, and journalists use should also be revealed.  This should also coincide with Obama revealing every hidden document about his life he has spent more than $1 million dollars to conceal from you, the American public.  If it's happening in Europe, you can bet someone is thinking about making it a law here.  Our constitutional rights are at stake.

Not Even In The Top Forty

Recently Obama said that the U.S. was a significant Muslim nation.  Sam forgets the exact words, but it was a bald-faced lie.  Recently Sam was challenged on this fact but he stands by it.  Assuming there are 8 million Muslims in the U.S., we would barely crack the top 40 nations in rank.  These figures are constantly stretched by CAIR (who Sam has personally dealt with), and they are usually used to make Islam sound more dominant in the U.S. than it really is.

Here's the truth.  The U.S. is a predominantly Christian nation with other religions falling significantly below that.  While we are tolerant of other religions (which includes a bunch of them), our roots are Judeo-Christian as well.  Obama lied, and the media protected him.  If you want the truth, read the Greeley Report.  If you want to keep drinking from the toilet, read the Trib instead.

Pay You, Or Pay Them?

Why is it right for District 6 administrators, staff and faculties to get a pay increase, when you deserve one more?  They have retirement through the state.  Do you?  They have pay increases brokered by unions.  Do you?  Their wages consistently increase.  Do yours by the same scale?  Probably not.

Nothing is taxed to life; only to death.  The taxes you pay go into other pockets.  If you are paying more at the pump, the grocery store, the appliance store and the restaurant, chances are your spending power has gone down in the past year.  You have had to cut back.  But the local cutthroats, liberals and socialists think that the schools, government welfare programs, and salaries of everyone linked to aspects of government need to increase.  So, they tax more.  They spend more.  And they continue to hire.  (Check with our senators and representatives to verify that fact; Sam Hill did.)  They don't get it.

You need to show up at city council meetings and demand that fees for services be dropped, as well as your property taxes.  You need to call your state legislator including socialist Grandpa Jim Riesburg (who never met a spending bill he didn't like).  Demand cutbacks instead of increases.  And demand they repeal regulations that are strangling progress (including the 170+ pages that Comrade Ritter slammed against the oil and gas industry this Spring here in Colorado).  Do you want money?  Jobs?  Stability for your family?  Then do something about it.  Or, keep looking to the hand of the all-knowing, all-powerful government.  Sure they will care for you....until they implode and chaos ensues.  It's closer than you think, and the liberals are driving the bus.  I would rather pay you, than pay them.  It's time for government to shrink at an alarming rate, and your wallet to benefit by comparison.

Mom, Pop, Shops And Taxes

The Lib Trib had a recent article that talked about the struggles of "mom and pop" shops in these economic times.  They listed several that had closed in the Greeley area.  However, they never, ever discussed the high cost of leases and taxes these businesses pay.  How sad.  Don's Hobbies paid over $5,000 per month for a lease.  Could they survive?  No!  With Obama raising taxes even more and giving it to people who are his cronies, it's an obvious conclusion.

Today the Lib Trib talked about how District 6 now wants to raise taxes so they can spend more money on their failing, socialist school district.  But they didn't correlate the connections between these two stories.  So, why are businesses going under?  Because socialism has a voracious appetite for money, and they think you and I and our small businesses (or large ones) can provide for them.  Read between the lines and understand.

Lib Trib Likes Liars

When Obama, Ritter or some of the other libs make speeches the Lib Trib makes no attempt to correct or editorialize about the half truths.  But if Marilyn Musgrave, Scott Renfroe or any of the conservatives speak, they come out with guns blazing.  I thought journalism was a profession that sought out the truth.  I thought Bangert's boys lived lives of integrity.  (Note the sarcasm.)

Yesterday impostor-in-chief Obama lied to the world, when he called the U.S. a Muslim nation.  Instead of creating a fresh wave of truth and integrity, the local rag (e.g., the Tribune) says nothing.  The silence is deafening.  It takes a Canadian publication to speak the truth.  (Read here)  Is it any wonder the Trib is shrinking?  It's because it's stinking.  Rest in peace, Trib.  Your demise is looming.