We couldn’t make this up, folks. From the always-entertaining blog of lame-duck state Sen. Dave Schultheis, writing in favor of Amendments 60, 61 and Proposition 101–spot the punchline?
Having served as what many consider one of the most conservative members of the Colorado State Legislature for the past ten years and having served on the Legislative Audit Committee for four years, I have witnessed substantial government waste among nearly all government agencies, I find myself a strong supporter of Amendments 60, 61 and Proposition 101. Yes….all three.
Over my legislative tenure, I have seen government agencies continue to expand, advocate the drawdown of Federal money, redistribute wealth and preform operations beyond what is assigned them by statute. But then, that is the nature of government…all governments, including County, City and Municipal. There is no desire to maintain the status quo…only to grow “for the good of the citizenry.”
…I would ask each of you to take the courageous step and vote YES for all three. Do not let the naysayers and their $6 million create fear in your deliberations. Remember Winston Churchill’s words: “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” [Pols emphasis]
Thanks for playing, but it wasn’t Winston Churchill who said that. The quote “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” in fact originates from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address–in 1933, after voters elected FDR to deal with the Great Depression.
Up until that misquote, this endorsement reads more like Herbert Hoover—no offense to Hoover.
UPDATE: It’s been suggested that we point out more clearly how FDR was basically telling people not to fear spending a pile of government money to get us out of the Great Depression, which is more or less antithetical to the slash-and-burn “Bad 3” initiatives. We thought that was obvious, but apparently kids today don’t know anything.
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Good riddance.
the man has a permanently broken dimmer switch to the brain.
He is Dim Bulb no matter what the voltage.
…and people actually VOTE for these idiots?
I’m already a little bit nostalgic about the World According To Dave – perhaps the only thing Dave really feared was reality.
But, on the bright side, may Tancredo will get elected and we can see Dave head up some cabinet agency and we will not be deprived of his keen understanding of society, people and the values that made the Republican Party what it is today.
Sen. Schultheis knows how to use a blog?
After all, both oversaw the largest increase in government spending and power in the history of their countries.
The first paragraph which is just a run on sentence?
The government agencies that “preform” operations?
Or the three different governments – county, city, and municipal? He left out the federal and the national governments.
Or playing a daring game of “I can’t see you, so you can’t see me!”
Keep those peepers shut, Dave! We’re pulling for you… to give back all that “waste” you’ve been paid for doing diddlyshit. I hate government, so put me in charge has been done to death.
“Douchenozzle” on this blog?
If used as a verb there could be scary consequences.
Sure.
That’s who I meant.
Anyone who’s the least bit responsible knows that 60, 61 and 101 would be devastating to Colorado’s economy. That includes tons and tons of sane, rational Republicans.
Meanwhile, Shultheis and Tancredo once again demonstrate that they are absolutely irresponsible.
Speaking strictly for Prop. 101, I for one am for its passage (pause for boos and hisses). Why you ask? Well for one thing, I am a farmer that relies yearly on several vehicles that enable me to produce crops and livestock that enter the commercial market stream that we all shop from. Licensing and registering these vehicles so they remain legal on Colorado roads took a big jump under Gov. Ritter). Nowhere did they make any exclusions for farmers…they simply increased the registration fees and said “deal with it”. Well, many farmers did deal with it by increasing the price of their products to market and consumers dealt with it by paying the higher prices and complaining of the increase in cost of these products.
My point is this…the majority of the people saying vote no on 101 are likely to live in the city where their roads are paved and they don’t need anymore than a car or two for their family. Not all of Colorado is paved. The majority of the registration and licensing fees are “supposed to” have gone to maintaining the roads (a big joke on us farmers eh? – we’ll never see it in our quest to put beef, pork or corn on YOUR table!)
101 is by no means a perfect answer but will temporarily give some of us relief and maybe, just maybe, ease our production costs somewhat. Whoever reads and writes these propositions and bills needs to really take EVERYTHING into account…not just one district in which they reside or one or two demographics in their community. Pass this proposition and then create the next proposition that is fairer to EVERYONE instead of some or very few. The way the vehicle registration is now, pretty much every Coloradoan is paying the same amount whether they live in Holly, Campo, Eads, Denver, Grand Junction or Vail. We are not all benefiting equally from the INTENDED use!!!