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January 24, 2011 04:44 PM UTC

Monday Open Thread

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  • by: Colorado Pols

“When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken.”

–David Hume

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  1. Evidently, Jason (“he’s a good kid”) Salzman and his media buddy Peter (“principled stand”) boyles are on to something involving a contest in which the grand prize was a trip to Hawaii to visit the hospital in which Obama “claimed” to be born….only the grand prize was never rewarded…..

    Boyles is on this like white on white and Jason is his source.

  2. Phone call from the alarm company – alarm went off at work.

    Very weird – the building door was locked, the door to our offices was open with the deadbolt and handle both locked (resting on the deadbolt). But the door had not been jimmied.

    And nothing touched inside. So all ok, but weird.

    4. I was driving to work and traffic slowed to a crawl — for no apparent reason. Then, after about 15 minutes, things freed up again and the rest of the drive was pleasant.

      I just wanted to share that with everyone.

          1. I will do that.

            Seriously, though, if we could rate comments, most of your comments would have consistently high marks. Your need to needle DavidThi over non-political comments in open threads has captured my interest. I don’t remember you calling anyone out over sports comments, puppy threads, discussions about weekend plans, or food, or beverages of choice, or any other non-Colorado politics discussions, but it’s clearly difficult for you to skip past similar comments initiated by DavidThi.

  4. Well, his behavior anyway.

    HB11-1117 will make administrative subpoenas in campaign finance able to switch to district court where the party would have to show cause for non-compliance.  If Doug the party doesn’t show, they will have a good ole fashioned warrant issued.

    http://www.leg.state.co.us/cli…

  5. I’m eating peas and corn every day for two weeks in honor of this wonderful franchise.

    If they’re owned by something like 118,000 common stock shareholders, does that make them America’s socialist team?

        1. It spoils the fun of watching the games/election returns.

          I’m advising taking the points because in all the Super Bowls since 1998, when the AFC finally ended the NFC’s 13-0 streak, AFC teams have won nine games while NFC teams have won only four.  It’s rare to get an AFC team plus points.

    3. Nah.  What it does make them is a “mistake” that the NFL will never allow to happen again.

      (It’s nearly impossible to hold a locality ransom for a team when the citizens of that locality are the owners.)

          1. The original beer from the waters of the Big Eddy — plus a stick of Kewaskum Summer Sausage, sharp cheddar, deep fried walleye . . . and you better not forget the Old Fashioneds (light on the fruit please, but a pickled green bean, or two, would be most welcome).

            (Like some nasty perogies stand any chance of holding up to that?)

          2. Which I intend to buy for my SuperBowl party – it’s available at several of the finer liquor establishments around Denver.

            Point, on the other hand, is pretty hard to find. My dad is from Stevens Point, so that’s where the loyalty comes from.

  6. and the wrong course of action, and an impingment on our freddom. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard a Tea Bagger or a Republican voice any opposition to them. Here’s an interesting video. This gentleman was acquitted in New Mexico court:

    1. Then you aren’t paying attention. (No surprise there) From Forbes

      The Department of Homeland Security and the TSA are clear examples of trading something to get-not nothing, but actually less than nothing because they actual imperil our safety.  If we are serious about the Constitution and serious about security, we will get rid of them.

      h/t Glenn Reynolds who answers the question made by the articles title with “No”.

      I posted a video that represents my feelings on the TSA here.  You can find all kinds of anti-TSA opinions on the right, if you would bother to look.

      1. because I don’t agree with his premise that they are getting nothing from what they are doing.

        He does make an excellent point regarding the Patriot Act.

        Commentators on the right made sport of Democrats’ claim that legislation had to be passed so that we can find out what is in it, and yet if there is an example of “pass it to find out what is in it” legislation, it is the PATRIOT Act, which was passed by near-unanimous votes in a Republican-controlled House of Representatives and a Senate in which the Democrats only held a one-seat majority.  It was signed by a Republican President.

        Good read.  

  7. Rifle, COLO.– — KJCT News 8 is getting confirmation Monday morning of a fire at a Williams natural gas well.

    The fire happened around 5:00 a.m today in the Bear Creek area, about 8 miles south of Rifle.

    Eyewitnesses on scene say they heard two explosions and then saw flames shooting into the air.

    Workers on scene were getting ready to frac for the day when the explosion happened.

    …Williams spokeswoman Susan Alvillar says smaller fires associated with frac’ing are not uncommon. She explained that after wells are drilled, sand and water are pushed into the well to help release natural gas from deep inside the ground.

    emphasis Twitty

    http://www.kjct8.com/news/2659…  

    2. ….for example, if LTC (P) Joe Rice decides to run for something after his deployment to Iraq this year, is our Part-time Secy of State going to cite this as a reason to disqualify him?

      1. Specifically because it’s meant for military and more legitimate serving.

        Would Gessler try it?  Don’t know.  Our court wouldn’t uphold it though.

        Meanwhile, (happy sigh) Joe Rice running.  Here’s hoping.

        1. I worked for 6 months for the US Courts in DC…and I kept my house in Denver Highlands. Are you saying I shouldn’t be allowed to run for public office because I don’t have residency?

          I’m no fan of Emanuel, but working for the Feds in DC shouldn’t disqualify you from public office because you “live” in DC (a place you have no representation anyway) but still keep your real home somewhere else…

          1. I’m not a lawyer, but I think you’d have a hard time basing a case in Colorado on a precedent on an Illinois mayoral qualification law set in Illinois by an Illinois appellate court.  

            1. and I did the “commute back every other weekend” thing. I can tell you all the connections from either Reagan or Baltimore (named after Thurgood Marshall BWI) from heart on United, AirTrans, Frontier and Continental.

              And I don’t discount for a minute that our part-time Secy of State would pull a decision out of his ass to deny Joe Rice a chance to run on something like this…

              1. My own grandfather (marine turned politician) lived in DC for a few years doing the commute (half as often).  He stayed on a house boat there.  I was five or so and therefore completely amazed.

                And no, our SoS isn’t doing a good job of proving he’s worthy of trust.  But anyone who would deny my Joe Rice a chance to run would feel my campaign wrath.  Which, of course, means I’d support Gessler.  Take that, sucka!

  9. the President will probably call the Repubs on their hack ‘n slash bogus budget, and call for more investment in the infrastructure of the US as a way to boost the economy.

    I call on 44 to tell Congress to not cut the National Endowment for the Arts funding, and give it even more.

    Why? The NEA has ROI of 18 to 1…so for our math-major Beej, that means for every dollar spent on the NEA, you get $18.74 back:

    Federal support includes partial matches to state arts agencies, underwriting the National Gallery of Art and the Kennedy Center in Washington, the nationwide programs of the endowments for the arts and humanities and much more. My colleague Mike Boehm reports that, all together, federal arts and culture spending currently totals about $1.6 billion a year, not counting construction budgets.

    Meanwhile, revenues to federal, state and local coffers related to that spending totals $30 billion annually — more than 18 times the outlay. The income derives from taxes paid by the 5.7 million workers in the nation’s culture industry, many of whose jobs are sustained by federal support.

    Pretty good deal — especially when stacked up against agribusiness subsidies, military expenditures and other corporate financing from Washington.

    http://latimesblogs.latimes.co…

    Because, as I have stated elsewhere, tax cuts for millionaires does jack shit for job creation….

    1. BTW, here’s the original article with the 18:1 fact sourced so we don’t have someone saying “LA TIMES OP-ED R U KIDDING ME U LIBRULS??”

      A key argument, Lynch said, is that the government’s existing arts-funding model follows conservative budgetary principles: A small federal investment that’s important to the health of the nonprofit arts sector helps sustain its 5.7 million jobs and the $30 billion in annual returns to federal, state and local coffers that those workers pay in taxes.

  10. That whole “Taxpayer Bailout of the Banks?” Looks like it’s going to keep making money and not cost that initial $700 billion price tag:


    Treasury’s toxic asset funds gain 27 percent

    The U.S. Treasury’s toxic asset funds have gained 27 percent since they were created to help revive the mortgage-backed securities market, according to data expected to be released later on Monday.

    As part of the government’s deeply unpopular $700 billion bailout program, the funds were set up to remove illiquid securities from banks by matching private capital with taxpayer money and Treasury loans via funds run by private investment managers.

    Although furor over the bailout helped Republicans win control of the House of Representatives in the recent election, the government has been recouping taxpayers’ money.

    The eight toxic asset funds, run by asset managers such as BlackRock Inc, Invesco Ltd and Marathon Asset Management, are all profitable.

    Since the funds were established in 2009, they have used about $5.2 billion of Treasury’s equity investment to buy toxic assets. As of the end of 2010, the funds have gained $1.1 billion to about $6.3 billion, according to the data.

    Including some $300 million in equity distributions, the Treasury’s investment increased by 27 percent or $1.4 billion, according to the data

    http://www.reuters.com/article…

    So, two socialist commie-pinko programs (TARP and the NEA) are stimulating the economy or making money, and they’re bad…does this mean the crazy Teabaggers have to admit they’re wrong about something else…AGAIN?

    1. I think a lot of us, right and left, criticized the use of Federal funds to purchase toxic assets.  In fact, I think it’s still quite valid to criticize the purchases, because they artificially propped up businesses who made risky decisions they themselves could not cover.

      The sad part is, most of these “toxic” assets were only toxic because of the cascading effects the market (and the asset arrangements themselves) had on each other.  They remain, perhaps not for the best, profitable investment instruments absent the threat of immediate collapse.  It is my best hope that the types of investment schemes that caused this last recession be successfully seen to conclusion and removed from the list of legal investments thereafter.

  11. http://www.politico.com/news/s…

    During the 2006 midterm elections, White House political aides to President George W. Bush engaged in widespread violations of a federal law which limits partisan political activity by government employees, a long-running federal investigation has found.

    A 118-page report issued Monday by the little-known Office of Special Counsel cites numerous violations of the Hatch Act by staffers in the White House Office of Political Affairs. The report concludes that federal taxpayers footed the bill for improper activities that were intended to advance Republican political candidates.

    “The entire [Office of Political Affairs] staff was enlisted in pursuit of Republican success at the polls and many OPA employees believed that effort was part of their official job duties,”the report concludes. “Based on the extent of the activities described below, OSC concludes that the political activities of OPA employees were not incidental to their official functions, and thus U.S. Treasury funds were unlawfully used to finance efforts to pursue Republican victories at the polls in 2006.”

    Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/s…

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