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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

About That Broncos Game Gun Protest…

Photos emailed to us from yesterday's Gun Rights Across America protest at the state capitol in Denver, which occurred just before yesterday's AFC Championship game between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots, would seem to reinforce the idea that the timing of this event was less than ideal.

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In response to a brief Denver Post blog post mentioning the rally's difficult timing, the national Gun Rights Across America organization responded indignantly–where are your priorities, Denver?

Dear Denver Post:

Since you feel that football is more important than standing up for our nations rights, we truly hope your Broncos get their asses kicked. [Pols emphasis]

Sincerely,

GRAA

P.S. We're still coming. See y'all in a few hours.

In maximum fairness to the organizers of yesterday's protest, there is one photo on their Facebook page in which we were perhaps able to make out fifty people in attendance. Organizers estimate 200, but there is simply no evidence to support anything near that count. And in a Facebook post today, GRAA-Colorado lashes out at their "supporters" for the poor attendance:

Paleaseee, quit sending me messages about the rally was not advertised enough or that it was not scheduled properly. This has been in the works for almost a year. Im tired of your excuses when we all know your decision was to watch the football game over your gun rights. If it makes feel good about your decision quit whining to us that you did not attend because it was scheduled wrong. I have been attacked for over a week by my so called patriot gun owning brothers on here and id like you to quit whining now. The true patriots were at the rally standing up for their rights. And dont while about your politicians anymore, they were there yesterday also speaking. As far as I Am concerned if you werent sick, at work, etc, i dont want to hear yiur excuses anymore about your gun rights…

Better luck next time, we guess. Also, the Broncos are headed to the Super Bowl.


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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Caldara Gloats About His Voter Fraud in DP Editorial

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Jon Caldara, the infamous head of the Independence Institute, had an editorial printed in Colorado's paper of record yesterday telling the people of the state that they can now legally voter anywhere in the state that they want, and that the winner of elections going forward will be the campaign with the most buses. His evidence: "How do we know this? Well, because I'm not going to jail."

As this site has covered on multiple occasions, the law passed last year to expand voter access does not, in any way, allow voters to vote wherever they please, and numerous Republican elected officials have said as much, too. But that means nothing to Caldara, who has continued his "neener, neener" parade across newspapers and talk radio since the Colorado attorney general's office decided not to file charges against him. 

In the editorial, Caldara goes even farther, announcing an accelerated campaign to teach all Colorado voters how to legally vote in districts where they do not live. 

The question remains about how the 2014 legislature intends to deal with this issue, if at all. 

IndyNinja I support People, not Parties. I support Ideas, not Ideologies. I am an independent voter.

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

BREAKING: Democrats To Probably Kill Republican Bills, Republicans Very Unhappy About It

gopkillcmtewhinefestFrom left: Sens. Owen Hill, Ted Harvey, Vicki Marble, Greg Brophy, Kevin Lundberg, George Rivera, and Kent Lambert. Photo by Colorado Senate GOP

Oh my stars! Oh my stars!

In a remarkable press conference at noon today in the Colorado Capitol press room, Republican Senators complained bitterly that many of their bills are being sent to the Senate State Affairs Committee, known as the "kill committee" for its longstanding role as the place majority leadership in both parties sends unwanted bills to die.

What's remarkable about this press conference, especially coming on the heels of Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman's bizarre freak-out yesterday over what turned out to be absolutely nothing, is that Republicans are now complaining about one of the most routine practices in our legislature. Every majority in both the House and Senate regardless of party sends unfavored bills to the State Affairs committee. Sometimes a legislator does a really good job advocating, and they pass despite this–as they sometimes do in other committees. We've seen no evidence that any higher proportion of bills are being sent to "kill committee" this year than other years.

Either way, it does appear that this press conference to complain about a routine development is connected to Cadman's embarrassing tantrum yesterday. They are both petty, belligerent reactions, wholly out of proportion to actual events. Based on the response by even our fair-to-a-fault local political journalists, they are wildly overplaying their hand. Even relatively green reporters know better. If there is a strategy among Republicans to artificially ramp tensions to a fever pitch early in this year's session, they need to rethink it.

Because that only works if it's believable, folks.


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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Learn more about how to choose high quality watches for both fashionable men and women

When choosing a watch, there are a lot of appealing sizes and shapes to select from. Your shoes and suit cannot do enough to tell others who you are. One person is formed by all of things he/she is wearing. A timepiece on the wrist can be a beacon for all style, personality, and success. A watch can tell who you are. Select the high quality watches with the perfect shape to fit the person who you are.

Choosing high quality watches is very important for all men. Men must consider about many things. Beside the men’s style, men must think about countless features. Here is a list of things which can help them narrow down their options of the high quality watches so men will find a timepiece that can suit men’s needs and styles.

Stainless steel is better, and more durable than leather. It will be dressy enough for all men to wear with a casual or business suit or any special occasions. So it is more versatile, and is waterproof to boot. All men can choose the gold watch if they want to spend a lot of cash, but they should be careful because it can bring an unfavorable impression.

high quality watches replicaOther things men should know when choosing high quality watches is the face size which is related to the men’s wrist. With the big men, a standard face of timepiece will be like watches of ladies. All timepiece makers are going to make many timepieces that have bigger faces. In fact, it is going to a trend. I personally like a watch bigger face. Whether men are big guy or not, a bigger face will be look beautiful.

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It will be great if men can swim or shower with their timepieces on, but not all types of timepieces can let they do that. I personally like this feature incase I get to be in the rain or get wet by some accidences. By this way, water resistant means that the special timepieces totally are resistant. Some timepieces can resist moisture from rain, accidences, sweat.

Timepieces need to be waterproof. People should get a watch with standard of water resistant. Water resistant timepiece can be made from special gaskets which can create a watertight form. A special sealant was applied for this situation in order to help to keep all water out. The material for these kinds of watches is tested for water resistant. Timepieces are tested for passing the water resistance. However, people should remember that a timepiece with a certain meter rating is being stationary. This will be very important for all of you when choosing a water resistant timepiece.

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The trend is choosing a watch with dials and colorful straps. When men have a classic wardrobe stick, men should choose right colors that can make men look appropriate in a formal setting or business suit.  All of them need to select the colors of trend for any watch.

There are many opts available for men with an active lifestyle.

Divers watches called Marine watches are designed for the high pressure of sea diving, with the depths to 2000 meters. Most Marine watches will have basic features such as water resistance, brilliant luminescence, and a unidirectional rotating bezel.Pilot watches – Aviator watches can be designed specifically for all pilots with the navigational needs. The pilot watches have ability to perform calculations for all requires of a flight plan.Chronograph watches can be suitable for all kinds of sports. A chronograph timepiece has many functions, such as a stopwatch function. Most of chronograph watches can measure seconds, minutes, and hours. Chronograph watches can be made of automatic movements and quartz.

Sometimes the Haute Horlogerie can provide many luxury watches for all watch connoisseurs and collectors. All the luxury timepieces are for people who like handcrafted complications and watch movements that were encased in precious gems and superior materials. high quality watches for sale

If men are finding out a timepiece with the functional jewelry that will support to dress up clothes, so a diamond watch will be the best choice for them.

If men are finding out a simple watch they will be able to rely on for the accuracy function, people should choose a quartz watch. All men will never need to worry about wearing it or winding it for this quartz watch to work.

In Quartz watches, the battery was specially designed for activating a Quartz crystal. All vibrations in this watch can transform into impulses by a special computer chip. This chip can drive a special electronic motor.

If men appreciate all the mechanical things, they can like the complications in any movement of mechanical watch. There are 2 different kinds of common mechanical watches on the local watch market: self winding automatic and mechanical.

Mechanical timepiece runs typically for 40 hours on 1 winding of mainspring. Power reserve on any watch can indicate how long a watch can function without any problem or until people wind up it again. Some of watches on the local market will be able to run about 8 to10 days without being wound. Some people like to use a simple watch winder, so they can choose a watch that will continuously run without any problem.

high quality watches ukWith a manual watch, men need to turn the crown for winding the mechanism.

In an automatic or self-winding watch, users don’t have to wind its mechanism, users just wear this watch in simple way, and the movement in this self-winding or automatic watch can be activated by a special rotor. This special rotor can turn by the gravity force with the normal movements of wrist of all users. Automatic or self-winding watches are less reliable, they will be able to lose or gain about 10 seconds a day. An automatic or a self-winding watch will be worn about 10 to15 hours.

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Accessories can bring a unique style and beautiful look for every woman. That will be the reasons for spending hours on choosing the high quality watches for matching their suits. The fashion and nice watches will create a special manner of users.

All the professional watch makers try to invent many ladies’ wrist watches which will suitable for every taste. If women need to buy wrist watches for themselves or someone, they need to keep in some useful fashion tips for selecting high quality watch.

Ladies can find out a lot of movement types of high quality watches, but the best choice for them is quartz and mechanical. The newest watch will be reliable, practical, and it requires less and cost less for maintenance. Mechanical or quartz movement includes careful engineering and complications of movement. Many ladies like to use this kind of watch but it is slightly pricey and it is also difficult for all ladies to take care of it. Ladies can choose Girard Perregaux, because it is one of the famous watch makers with the mechanical watches for all ladies.

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It will be more important when it comes to the case of shape and the style for a lady’s. Watch with classic shape can create the round twist for ladies, but a masculine square can bring the personality for all ladies. And a curvy dials or chic rectangular can make the ladies sexier. All ladies can choose many types of watch, such as the sporty functional watch, the jewellery timepiece, trendy fissional watches, and dress watches.

Some well-known brands for high quality sporty watches are Casio, TAG Heuer, and Citizen. And all Jewellery timepieces are made from valuable metal, like platinum or gold with some kinds of precious stones, like diamonds, amber and pearls. Many famous brands, such as Chopard, Bulgari, and Patek Philippe, always create their jewelry watches. Dress or fashion timepieces are designed basing on the current trends with many styles and colors. Most well-known fashion timepiece makers are Cartier, Rolex,Chopard, and Omega. high quality watches in pakistan

The gold jewelry timepiece has been highly on ladies’ demand.  Golden accessories have obtained in many shades:  rose gold, pink gold, classical yellow gold, and platinum. Stainless steel is also used widely by many timepieces creators in order to bring more solid and masculine look for ladies’ watches. Ceramic can be used in some modern designs of ladies’ wrist timepiece. It is also practical to wear, never scratch and brings a spectacular and polished look to the timepieces for all ladies. Some famous brands with these kinds of watches are Fossil, and Rado. And Rolex also provides many yellow gold or rose ladies watches.

Many types of bracelets were designed for ladies wrist timepieces. Women with bracelets acquire formal and classes look with a luxury watch, like Cartier. Leather straps can be used popularly and incredibly stylish. Moreover, these kinds of watches have various colors that can be totally exotic or match dials, like stingray.

And the last important thing is a special rubber straps. They can have long life, or can be cleaned easily. The rubber straps can be used for boys’ timepieces.

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Diamond watch cannot become out-of-fashion or tasteless. So, if ladies can buy a luxury diamond timepiece, like the Chopard La Strada, they can impress others with expensive and exquisite accessories. Dial decorations are very important. They will be able to add some grace and elegance to the jewelry timepieces. And at last, women can surprise with a mechanical timepiece with function of Chronograph.

This is an useful tips for both men and women to choose high quality watches for their own styles and outfits, and they can learn fashion designer’s knowledge. If you think this is a helpful blog, please share this post with other people. Or please, leave your own comments below this blog if you are interested in this topic. I appreciate your contribution.

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Conservative talk-radio host gets all excited about critique of Republican Senate candidate

(Promoted by Colorado Pols)

KFKA talk-radio host Amy Oliver urged Republicans last week to read a Facebook post by former State Senator Shawn Mitchell, in which Mitchell wrote that he's "somewhere between distressed and appalled that GOP luminaries think it's a good idea for [Rep. Amy Stephens] to bear the party's standard into a campaign for federal office in 2014."

Stephens is one of six GOP candidates vying to take on Democratic Sen. Mark Udall next year.  Also running are Tea Party favorite and recycled Senate candidate Ken Buck, mustachioed state Senator Randy Baumgardner from northwestern Colorado's District 8, state Senator from El Paso County Owen Hill, as well as Jamie McMillan and Tom Janich.

Oliver, who doubles as a staffer for the libertarian Independence Institute, was really excited about Mitchell's Dec. 9 Facebook post, telling listeners that "the entry of Amy Stephens in the race, and some of the subsequent endorsements that she has received, have got conservatives saying privately what Shawn Mitchell put out publicly."

Oliver dedicated two segments of Tuesday's show to the Facebook post, pouring over Mitchell's writing, like you might read a religious text, slowly and respectfully analyzing it in loving detail, re-reading portions of it, pausing, and building up to what she called on of Mitchell's "most important lessons:"

Mitchell: "Pushing Amy Stephens to the nomination will guarantee bitter debate and resentment that demoralizes the base, escalates recrimination, and urging toward party fracture, and accelerates the GOP's recent death wish to impersonate the Whigs.

And that speaks only of the primary. If the elders and donors can carry her across the line to the nomination, what exactly do you think the Media Democrat team will do to the former employee of Focus on the Family, the co-architect of the infamous end-of session civil-buster, that killed dozens of bills on the calendar, in order to block a vote on civil unions? Whatever the merits of that move, it will be blood in the water come October. And it will be just about the only thing that unpolitical, tv-watching Coloradans ever hear about Amy Stephens."

Oliver accurately provided context, pointing out that Mitchell's post, which has amassed 264 comments on Facebook, states that Stephens is not a "bad Republican," but she agreed with Mitchell's view:

Mitchell: "In sponsoring SB-200, the Obamacare exchange, Amy Stephens bet wrong in a big way on a defining, existential battle, perhaps the biggest of the decade, maybe in our lifetime. She sided with party appeasers and corporate accomodationists against a vital, surging grass roots movement for liberty and smaller government. Even at the time she made her bet, the picture was murky, and ambitious politicians could be forgiven for being uncertain. (Once upon a time, it took me days to sort out right from wrong when Referendum C's assault on TABOR was put before the people.)."

"I highly recommend that Republicans read it," Oliver told listeners, even after she's already said Mitchell's post is a "must read" and "a great read."

Oliver should obviously have Stephens on the show to get her side of the story.


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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Magpul hasn’t always been silent about Sandy Hook, like it is now

(Promoted by Colorado Pols)

After news broke Tuesday that the mass murderer at Sandy Hook used a 30-round magazine manufactured by Magpul, a (still) Colorado company, local reporters naturally tried to reach Magpul executives for a reaction.

But Magpul didn't return calls yesterday from the Boulder Daily Camera, Fox 31 Denver, or The Denver Post.

Rather than simply report Magpul's silence, reporters should have informed us of previous comments by Magpul executives about the Sandy Hook tragedy.

Asked in March, during an appearance on KOA radio, how he'd feel if one of his company's 30-round magazines was used by the killer at Sandy Hook, Magpul Industries executive Duane Liptak said:

Liptak: "Address the individual behavior and the criminal, not the instrument."

In a m4carbine.net online discussion forum about Newtown in March, Liptak wrote: "It's unfortunate that the 363 days last year that did not include a high-profile mass shooting by an insane individual received less attention than the 2 days that did."

In another m4carbine.net online discussion in March about whether video games are the cause of violence, Liptak wrote:

Liptak: "That's the issue. Instill a moral code, responsibility, and respect for others…and viola…your young man doesn't grow up to be a doucherocket."

Liptak promised readers of the online forum in Jan. that he (presumably through Magpul)would take action in the 2014 election in response to the Colorado Legislature's gun-safety legislation, which was arguably at least partially a response to Sandy Hook: "We're working on our 'Free Colorado' campaign right now, but we may not have it launched in time to stop this [gun legislation]. At the very least, we'll continue to push it through the 2014 elections. :-) "

Liptak's comments about Sandy Hook on the radio and in the online forums contrasted with a more empathetic statement issued by Magpul Dec. 18, 2012 shortly after the Sandy Hook shooting:

We at Magpul are deeply saddened by the acts of violence in our nation, and our hearts and condolences go out to the families who have suffered such tragic losses. These acts of pure evil, committed by deranged individuals with no morals, nor respect for life, are enough to shake one’s faith in human nature. Still, amidst these criminal atrocities, things are brought back into perspective by the actions of those like the teachers and administrators at Sandy Hook, who, unarmed and untrained, put themselves in the path of this violence in courageous attempts to protect those in their charge. Actions like this, those by the passengers of United Flight 93 on 9/11, and the daily sacrifices of our service members and their families bolster our belief in the power of personal responsibility and humble us in our gratitude that such courageous and unselfish individuals vastly outnumber the villains in our midst.


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Friday, August 15, 2014

Top 12 tips on how to become a better writer is for you if you are serious about your writing career

Today, writing well is more important than ever. Writing is a daily occupation for all of use, in emails, on blogs, or through social media. It is also a fundamental means for communicating, documenting, and refining the ideas. So, what you could do to improve your writing skills and diversify your writing ideas? This article will provide you with top tips on how to become a better writer that help you sharpen your writing skills once and for all.

1.      Know Your Audience

For any type of writing, it is necessary for you to identify your audience, from business reports to novels. This step is critically important because you will determine who will read your works. The audience for a sales letter from your enterprise is far different from the audience for a children’s story. The audience you are writing for might decide the style, tone, and even the topic of your works. Before beginning to write, you have better make a few notes about the targeted audience. By this way, you can make sure that things you are writing are appeal to the audience as well as fit their demands and wants. If your audience are children, for instance, bewaring of the age range for the children to guarantee that your nonfiction piece is suitable for the age of your readers.

2.      Know The Purpose Of Works

Apart from knowing the audience, you need to identify the purpose of your writing. If you have the purpose upfront, then, you will be able to keep your novel, blogs, or anything written works focused on that goal. Once you have defined purpose, then you will guide the readers to take any action which you want them to take. For example, if you are writing a complaint letter, then you should do than merely complain about a faulty product or the poor service that you have bought. Your purpose will prompt the company of your purchased product to repair their mistake.

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Again, make a few notes of the purposes of what you are going to write. It is great for you if you can take time to beware of the purpose before you begin writing.

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3.      Read Before Writing And Create The Reading Habit

It is good for you if before writing, you could spend about 30 to 60 minutes on reading high quality short poetry, stories, essays. That does not mean that you have to read something good literature. It means anything that can capture your imagination, tell you a good story or create new worlds and build wonderful characters. A good writer will read with an eye for his or her writing. This will help you lift up your current writing skills, develop dramatically current reading skills, and allow you to learn unique style from other writer.

Make the reading become your habits that can help you have enthusiasm and ideas for writing. After reading, tell other people about the work you have read, log your progress daily and give yourself rewards. Do this one month in order to have a decent habit in place.

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4.      Build The Ability To Focus

This is considered as the indispensible tips on how to become a better writer that you cannot skip. There is an advice for those people who want to be a professional writer that to give themselves the physical stamina for concentration and strengthen the willpower, people should spend time on every single day to relax, even do nothing. By this way, you can quietly training and improving your mental focus to get more energy as well as ideas for the writing.

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5.      Plan Before Writing

Planning is really a separate step when writing. However, a lot of people try to plan and write all in one step. Then, their writing tends to take too difficult or too long to do. Obviously, they might get frustrated. If you plan what you intend to write before sitting down, then your writing will be much easier and faster. Also, your overall writing will be much better. Planning what you need to write also make you feel enjoyable in your writing process.

6.      Decide The Structure

At the same time of planning the writing project, then you can decide the structure for your work. That is, creating a proper manner to best organize the information you are going to write about.

Most novels are written in chapters and each one contains scenes. If you are going to write a novel, it is better for you to write down some notes of which you are intending to add in each chapter. After that, you can break down the action in each chapter into scenes. Once start writing, what you need to do is accomplish each scene at a time. They will turn into complete chapters and those chapters will finally turn into your book.

When you are not clear about the structure your material, you can refer some things similar. Take notes of how this work is structured. Perhaps, the same structure will be suitable for your work.

7.      Write Simply

how to become a better writer yahooIf you are not a professional writer, you should not make your writing complicated because it is easy to let the reader feel confused and tired of reading your work. For most part, the greatest writing is what makes people feel easy to read and simple to understand.  So, try to write simply and avoid obscure vocabulary as much as you can in most of the work. Using technical jargon will be beneficial if you have identified your audience already. The best is writing in a way that readers will understand without referring extensive explanations. Just vary the sentence length; use short sentences and a few longer sentences mixed in a paragraph. Make sure that the order of your sentences is logic.

It is essential for you to avoid over-generalizing or implying; generalizations and vagueness are less likely to grab the attention of your readers. Meanwhile, try to contain only the relevant details; describe all what you need to describe without wasting space.

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8.       Expand Your Vocabulary

In order to improve your writing skills, expanding your vocabulary is necessary. Read the daily newspaper or buy the reliable dictionary as well as thesaurus. Your writing will not be exciting if every character presents everywhere and every line of the paragraphs. The ability of using comprehensive vocabulary will help your story or poems to the life and allow you to describe the world surrounding lively and effectively.

In other words, make sure that you use vocabulary precisely and logically. Some of the alternatives listed in the thesaurus might not have the exact shade of meaning or be suitable for the formality level. If there is any doubt about the word using, just use the word you already know exactly. It is recommended that the best way to use words in a way that are commonly understood is to read, read, and read. Re-read the books as well as articles to help you get closely examine the way they use vocabulary.

9.      Write Every Day

This is a must. Practice make perfect. Writing is a spiritual practice; therefore, you are getting into yourself and cleaning out the soul toxins. If you do not do it every day, then you will lose that ability.  And, if you do it day by day, then you are steadily find out where the toxins are. And, the cleaning can start.

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10.      Sleep Eight Hours A Day

This seems to be not relevant to the tips on how to become a better writer, right? Yet, in fact, it does. The best idea to keep your mind clear and healthy is go to sleep before 9 pm about 4 days a week, even more. Before writing, stretch and take a deep breath. Be this way, your brain is getting healthy oxygen needed. We supposedly use just 5% of our brain. So, you had better use 6% at least to write better than everyone else. In reality, there are a large number of people wasting their resting and valuable writing time by staying up late or doing essentially nothing.

11.      Do Exercises

People can wait until they catch their breath before being creative; however, why don’t you exercise sooner to start making your task involve higher-order thinking? There is a link between cognition and exercise that if you accomplish a moderate intensity exercise (that can double your heart rate), you can gain the effects of exercise on cognition. The workout can affect significantly the creative process of people in a positive way.

This means you need to mobilize your full ability in different aspects of life. Working towards excellence as a writer gets involved in indentifying, practicing, and improving the core values including process, quality, consistency, leadership, perseverance, and time. Do you want to work toward excellence as well as become a better and better writer, then follow this plan below:

Step 1 – Determine the values and define why and how they are important.Step 2 – Practice the values. For example, you can practice the consistency by disciplining yourself for writing daily and making gradual progress through the time. With perseverance, you could practice by keeping moving, never giving up, and not letting adversity deter you from your targets.Step 3- Develop and strengthen those values. The only way to develop the values is practice, practice, and practice. As mentioned above, practice makes perfect. By this way, you will make them part of who you are. After that, you will begin to become a better writer.

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Here are all the tips on how to become a better writer that are collected by a lot of writers who are successful in their writing career. If you follow exactly the above-mentioned tips on how to become a better writer, I bet that sooner or later you will become a professional writer.

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Monday, August 11, 2014

15 Easy tips on growing taller fast reveal the truth about height increasing that no one talks about

Are you a person who wants to know how to get taller naturally, especially for teenagers? Well, you are not alone because there are huge numbers of people who are asking the same thing. A lot of people have the problem with their height, particularly those who are short. Most of people who do not have the ideal height usually compare their height with other people when it comes to the height. Buying those height grow rate promoting products does not the ideal and only way to help you get taller. Fortunately, today, this article will provide you with tips on growing taller naturally without any harmful effects. Give them a try first before using other kinds of product.

1.      Cycling And Sleeping

You might doubt about this tip, right? Cycling, swimming, or playing volleyball and basketball are extremely useful in increasing height for girls. Firstly, cycling is the basic things that most of people learn to do at certain age. However, not everyone beware of its benefits. Cycling helps you grow taller. This exercise is naturally beneficial for growth.

When it comes to sleeping, you may think of well-balanced state. More importantly, sleeping really helps you grow your height by increasing the growth hormones which in turn enhance the person’s height. This is very important because the damaged parts, muscles, and cells will be destroyed and replaced by the new ones. Also, when you sleep, your body naturally stretches itself out and leads you to naturally grow taller without even moving. Thus, for this reason alone, you need to sleep 8 hours each night to enhance your height. This is considered as the easiest tips on growing taller because you do nothing, your body will take care of it.

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2.      Stretching Exercises

When waking up in the morning, you should do some stretching exercises. This kind of exercise is extremely helpful and efficient in the morning because this is the time when you are at your tallest. In fact, throughout the day, people will lose some height due to the natural impacts of gravity. Therefore, in order to beat the gravity, you can do some good stretching in the morning, over the time you will be amazed with the result.

For instance, you can do the exercise called “downward-facing dog”. This can strengthen your back shoulders as well. Start on all fours with the hands in front of the shoulders. Steadily lift the knees off the floor in order to straighten the legs, push the heels towards the floor. During the exercising process, breathe deeply for one minute.

Another sample of stretching exercises for growing taller is simple supported backbend. Firstly, you lie back with the cylindrical pillow below the shoulder blades. Besides, add the rolled-up blanket beneath the neck. Then, open the arms, and palms facing up. Try to breathe deeply during the exercising.

The last unique stretching exercise that I want to introduce is the cobra pose. With this, you need to lie down on the stomach, keep the upper body still. Then, steadily lift your upper body and try to stretch as much as possible. It nearly resembles the snake cobra.  

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3.      Correct Posture

You need to be alert in keeping the body posture straight as well as steady. Improper postures can impact your efforts to promote height in an adverse way. Do simple thing such as sitting straight on certain chair. By this way, you are doing the vital step that consolidates your straight spine and a strong back. The most important factor to be paid attention, having a good pillow and a body-friendly mattress is necessary for you to keep the spine comfortable. In other words, do not allow your shoulders to stoop when standing or walking as well.

4.      Breathing

Breathing is also a great exercise in the morning that you can do. It is not only good for your health but also for you height. Take some breaths by inhaling deeply by the nose, then hold the breath, after that, exhale with the mouth. Repeat this routine again and again to fill the lungs with much needed oxygen.

5.      Sunlight

A developing body needs plenty of sunlight; thus, go outside and expose yourself into the early morning sunshine. Early morning sunlight contains a lot of vitamin D which is essential nutrient required by human body to grow taller. Additionally, the warm morning sun will help you feel good than any kind of energized products.

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6.      Massage

 After the daily activities, you had better end it up with doing several massages at specific points of the body that can develop your growth hormones. This is also a form of exercises, and concurrently, a kind of relaxation.

7.      Hanging Exercises For Good Health

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Hanging exercises are the exercises that could be considered as universal in nature. That means regardless of your age, you can do this freely and easily. If done appropriately, this will be helpful for you to keep you fit and grow up in height. What you need to do is to hanging on horizontal bar with the arms and the spine stretched out. Stay in this position for about 10 seconds and repeat this routine about 6 times, or even more, if possible.

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8.      Leg Kick

The name of the exercise might suggest you clearly what you need to do. Firstly, stand on the floor and kick the lower legs without moving the thighs. This can help the cartilage in the knees to grow in mass and finally assist your height growing. This exercise is regularly done by the martial arts fighter.

9.      Get Enough Calcium And Zinc

This is one of the most critical nutrition tips on growing taller that you need to know. Height growth supplements are important in a person’s day-to-day diet to enhance height. Because your bones would be the first thing that you need to focus on, it is very critical that you take enough calcium to make the bones stronger as well as stimulate its growth. Calcium is included in protein-rich foods and milk products.

Dairy foods contain milk, ice cream, yogurt, and cheese which are tasty that kids love to take every day. Furthermore, some studies point out a possible link between zinc deficiencies and stunted growth in teenagers, especially boys. To grow faster and taller, they need to take enough zinc which is packed in oysters, pumpkin, squash seeds, lamb, crab, peanuts, and wheat germ.

10.       Fruits And Vegetables

Fruits and vegetables make up a critical part of the well-balanced healthy diet. These stuffs provide eaters with vitamin C, A, E, folate, and potassium. If you want to increase your height naturally, then do not skip the variety of colorful fruits and vegetables in order to make sure to get enough vitamin A. According to studies, this kind of vitamin is essential for the growth and development of bones as well as soft tissue.  The rich sources of vitamin A are carrots, broccoli, apricots, spinach, and cantaloupe.

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11.      Starches And Grains

Grains and starches supply you with energy, fiber, B vitamins, iron, and selenium. Also, grains contain a large number of calories which are necessary for kids’ height growth. During the puberty, teenagers have to go through their growth spurt; thus, they should choose more whole grains like brown ice, whole wheat bread, whole-grain pasta and popcorn in order to maximize the nutrient intake.

12.      Avoid Saturated Fats And Drugs

Saturated fatty acids will boost the creation of acetate fragments in the body which can cause the production of cholesterol. Obviously, cholesterol will cause damage to your body by getting lodged in the blood cells as well as organs. 

In other words, you need to avoid consuming alcohol, drugs, or anything else that is proven to be bad for your health. If you want to gain inch, then do everything you can to help your body. That also means you need to quit things that is not beneficial to height gaining.

13.      Drink Water

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No one can deny the role of water in human health. Drinking the right amount of water and keeping your body hydrated is the key factor deciding your growth. Water is not talked about and too much neglected when it comes to growing taller. When the body is 20% hydrated, you will only get 20% benefit from the exercises and nutrition. So, when the body is 100% hydrated, you will get 100% benefit from the exercises and nutrition as well. An example of how water is important to our health is when someone goes to the hospital for emergency, the first thing doctors will do with him/her is hydrate the body. Why? Because they understand that to successfully cure the person, the body need to be fully hydrated.

So, to successfully increase height, you need to fill your body with enough water. Many people do exercises and eat enough nutrients, but they still wonder why they do not see any positive result. It is because of lack of water intake. Divide your weight in half and that how many ounces of water you need for the body. If you are 160 pounds, the ounces of water you need every day are 80. Thus, drink plenty of water to assist your body in increasing height naturally and quickly.

14.      Frequent, Smaller Meals

It is recommended that having six meals per day instead of three larges meals to boost your metabolism. The result of the height gain regime and the amount of human growth hormone produced depends on what you eat. Therefore, you need to follow a proper diet plan in order to attain further inches of height naturally. 

15.      Proper Rest

You need to get rest properly. The body repairs and rejuvenates itself when you are sleeping. Once you do not let your body take rest, then your body will not able to get the full benefits of exercises, water, and nutrition you take.

Here are all the tips on growing taller that are collected by a lot of people who see the development in their height after taking a try. Fortunately, it is possible to increase height after 18 years by following the above-mentioned tips on growing taller.

If you feel this article is helpful for you, and want to contribute your ideas about any aspect of this topic, leave all your comments at the end of this post. We are welcome all of your contribution and will respond as soon as possible. 


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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Video: Paid Recall Worker Tells Voter To Lie About Residence

UPDATE: Check out this complaint posted to the Hudak recall campaign's Facebook page:

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FOX 31's Eli Stokols again breaks a big story that's bad for the recall campaign against Sen. Evie Hudak:

A man being paid to gather signatures to recall state Sen. Evie Hudak can be heard encouraging a person who lives outside the lawmaker’s district to sign his petition with a fake address in an audio recording released Thursday by a group defending Hudak.

The Democracy Defense Fund, formed to defend Hudak, D-Westminster, sent out a YouTube video of an audio recording of a four-minute exchange between an unidentified petition circulator, who admits to being paid $3 per signature by Kennedy Enterprises, and an unidentified person who is really a DDF staffer with a tape recorder…

“If you write an Arvada address in there, it’s alright,” the petition gatherer says, apparently encouraging the man to lie about his residency. [Pols emphasis]

“So if I just wrote my buddy’s house, you think it would work out?” the man responds.

“The thing is, technically, only out of 100 names — or let’s say out of 1,000 names, only 630 of them have to be real registered voters for me to get paid for the whole job,” the petition circulator says.

“It’s basically six out of ten — makes it a little easier for me.”

One of the things that has made Democrats nervous as the recall signature campaign against Sen. Evie Hudak got underway were reports that organizers had adopted a validation screening procedure similar to the method against against Sen. Angela Giron in Pueblo. By pre-screening prospective petition signers against a mobile-accessible voter file spreadsheet to ensure they are registered voters living in the district, the recall campaign against Giron achieved a stunningly high validity rate for their petitions. As we've said, regardless of how you feel about the recalls, you have to acknowledge that this prescreening of signers was a game-changing development–and should be adopted by every petition campaign going forward.

So what's going on here? Why is this paid gatherer telling people who live out of the district to lie about their residence? Why does he so casually explain that he only needs a 63% validity rate to "get paid for the whole job?"

There have been a number of anecdotal reports, from talk radio interviews in addition to tallies from recall opponents watching petition sites, that suggest the Hudak recall campaign is having trouble obtaining the signatures needed to reach the ballot. We of course have no way of assessing the truth of these reports, but it's true that the threshold for success in Senate District 19 is substantially higher than it was for the two recall elections this summer. We do know that at least at one point of the Hudak recall petition campaign, on-site validation of voters as residents of the district was taking place.

But what we're seeing here, a paid gatherer willing to lie and encourage lying, with a validity quota of only 63% to get paid, obviously without the screening intended to ensure the kind of high validity rates we saw in the Giron recall, is the best evidence yet that the Hudak recall campaign is desperate. The impression the campaign has given is that they are using on-site validation, and as a result there's already a broad presumption of a high validity rate for whatever signatures they do turn in. This campaign has tried even harder than previous efforts to pass itself off as "grassroots" and adherent to high standards. Eli Stokols' last report, documenting a pro-recall worker assaulting a recall opponent cameraman, already put a dent in that impression.

Today, we know a lot more. Now we know that they've got guys out on street corners ready to say anything to anybody to get them to sign the petition, even lie and facilitate fraud. And that means the aforementioned presumption of high validity, and with it the moral high ground the Hudak recall campaign claims, may now be dispensed with.


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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

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Friday, April 25, 2014

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

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Monday, March 31, 2014

Why Colorado Agriculture Should Care About Fuguitive Natural Gas Emissions

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Earlier this year the Climate Change Program Office – Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture released a report, "Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation" .  The report was the first, comprehensive report on the effects of a changing climate and the need to address adaptation and mitigation strategies.

Climate change poses unprecedented challenges to US agriculture.  In Colorado we've witnessed extreme droughts in the southeast over the past decade; our farmers in the northeast are challenged with diminishing water flows in the Republican River.  As a result, large tracts of irrigated land are being retired; Bonny State Reservoir has been drained.  On the west slope, predictable timing of runoff poses increasing challenges to agriculture – while they wrestle with many demands downstream for the water. The Ogallala Aquifer, once the worlds largest underground source of water trapped millions of years ago is now in what many describe as 'the fourth quarter'. 

While carbon dioxide emissions is the pollutant, as determined by the United States Supreme Court in 2007, that enjoys the bulk of media attention – there is another gas more potent, and increasingly playing a role in the Colorado air quality challenges:  methane.  In particular, fugitive methane emissions from Colorado's natural gas industry and coal mines.

A recent study completed by USDA-ARS, "The Effects of Ozone Air Pollution on Plants" determines that increased levels of ozone has a dramatic effect on crop production when the concentration increases beyond certain levels. For Colorado agricultural producers, the results of the study should elicit a policy response: winter wheat, the predominant crop in eastern Colorado, begins to see production degradation at 40 parts per billion [ppb] Ozone; corn production is negatively affected above 55 ppb.  Our entire state now experiences ozone levels above 55; the Front Range corridor is in a 'red zone', and according to the report is likely suppressing corn yields by 10%.

10% yield reduction on our Front Range corn production? That doesn't really sound like too big a deal, yet in Weld County alone a 10% reduction in yield in today's market is costing Weld County agriculture $12 million in lost production.  Colorado winter wheat production in 2013 was projected at only 49,500,000 bushels (based on the USDA’s estimate of yield on July 11, 2013, down 33 percent from 73,780,000 bushels produced last year, and down 31 percent from the 10-year average crop of 71,978,000 bushels.  A 10% degradation in state-wide wheat production attributed to increased ozone levels may have cost Colorado producers an estimated $24 million.

As we address the issue of fugitive methane emissions from Colorado's fossil fuel production, we must account for the cost of not capturing those emissions in their totality.  To date, our agriculture community has been nearly absent from this discussion. It's time to bring the two state agricultural organizations to the table; scientists from CSU and USDA-ARS should also contribute to the discussion.  Our complacency in the climate change discussion is affecting our bottom line; the support for a regulatory framework that eliminates these fugitive emissions is both in our best economic interest and economically and technologically feasible.


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A Few Words About Rep. Cory Gardner’s Health Insurance

FRIDAY UPDATE: Rep. Cory Gardner on CNN's Crossfire last night, Stephanie Cutter grilled him on his claims of a massive premium increase for a "comparable" plan to his current $650 per month family policy:

We wish Cutter had zeroed in on Gardner's claim about his "100 percent increase" right at the end–he mentioned his current $650 monthly premium, but it doesn't get explored before Rep. Keith Ellison interjected with discussion of rates in Minnesota. Cutter does point out that rates in Gardner's district for a family policy, especially once subsidies are factored, are distantly below the figure Gardner claims he must now pay for "comparable" coverage to his current plan. Nobody we've talked to has been able to reconcile Gardner's shocking claim of well over a 150% increase, mostly because Gardner hasn't supplied enough information about either his existing plan or its supposed replacement to make that possible.

But as the Colorado Independent's Mike Littwin opines today, that might not be the point.

Cruz claims Obamacare has already been a disaster for America, even though it has barely begun. Rep. Cory Gardner claims Obamacare has robbed him of his insurance, although he refuses to give out any details. This is the paranoid world of GOP political theater.

It would be nice if reporters would make Gardner prove what he's asserting and nobody can reconcile, but even if they don't, his claims will be validated by his constituents as the Affordable Care Act takes effect, or proven false by them. We wouldn't wish the horror story Gardner describes on anybody, but it just doesn't add up. What's more the ACA is having lots of positive effects right now that his constituents can see with their own eyes.

Whichever way it comes out, we hope the truth about Gardner's health insurance claims gets as much attention as Gardner is getting right now with his insistence that the sky is falling. Original post follows.

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Rep. Cory Gardner. Rep. Cory Gardner.

The latest cause célèbre in the debate over the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. "Obamacare," concerns a dramatic claim being made by GOP Rep. Cory Gardner about his own family's health insurance. As the Colorado Independent reports:

Colorado Republican Congressman Cory Gardner has been railing against the law since before it passed. Two days ago, he wrote an op-ed for the Colorado Springs Gazette about how he never accepted federal employee health benefits when he went to Washington in 2010 and now his family’s private insurance plan has been cancelled because of “the myriad new regulations, requirements and mandates of the president’s health care law.” Gardner doesn’t offer any details about the provider or the plan nor any specifics on why it got canceled. He wrote that, if he decides to stick with his provider, he’ll have to pay more. He doesn’t say whether he can now find a better plan at a lower rate somewhere else or if he’s even tried. Righty blogger Michelle Malkin reported yesterday that Gardner is carrying the policy cancelation letter around with him as a prop…

Here's the relevant portion of Rep. Gardner's Gazette op-ed:

When I was elected to Congress, I chose not to enroll in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program that is available to Members of Congress and their staffs. Instead, I purchased insurance from the private market because I wanted to be enrolled in the same health insurance network that all Coloradans have access to. It's the same type of plan that many of my friends and neighbors in Yuma and across Colorado have…

Recent analysis has shown that average premiums in Colorado for the individual market will increase between 23 and 25 percent. Moreover, premiums are expected to increase by 17 percent in the small group market. After my current plan is discontinued, the closest comparable plan through our current provider will cost over 100 percent more, going from roughly $650 a month to $1,480 per month. [Pols emphasis]

Let's unpack the things we know and don't know about Gardner's claim that his insurance premium will increase from $650 per month to nearly $1,500 per month. Talking with health insurance experts–who we'll disclose do support Obamacare–the first thing they question is the strikingly low figure for Gardner's "existing" insurance relative to what he claims he'll have to pay for an "equivalent." According to this study from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the 2013 average for an employer-based family health insurance total premium is over $16,300 per year. With that in mind, Gardner's current $650 monthly non-group premium for his family of four could be considered abnormally low–and that's before we learn any details about coverage, deductibles, and other considerations that Gardner has not bothered to disclose.

And that's where Gardner's grandiose claim of this massive increase gets really dubious. Was Gardner's old health insurance a high deductible "catastrophic" insurance plan? Did it not include some (or any) of the "essential health benefits" mandated by the Affordable Care Act, such as lab tests or mental health services? We don't know any of those details, but for determining the truth behind Gardner's allegation, those details are absolutely vital.

Gardner makes much of a claim by Barack Obama during the debate over health care reform that people could "keep" their existing plans. In the text of the law, this refers to "grandfathered" plans that existed before March 23, 2010, and they have to provide enough coverage (no lifetime caps, coverage of children until age 26, etc.). If they don't? Well, they're part of the problem we're solving with health care reform, and that's why better plans are about to be made available through the exchange. What's more, a large percentage of Gardner's constituents are going to get help paying for insurance bought through the exchange–admittedly not Gardner, whose congressional salary of $174,000 per year makes him ineligible for help. For more on benefits of Obamacare in Gardner's district, read this.

Bottom line: In Gardner's op-ed, he quotes "estimates" from sources unknown that premiums "individual market will increase between 23 and 25 percent." The Congressional Budget Office originally estimated more in the neighborhood of 10-13%, and that's before the subsidies for an estimated 57% of policyholders kick in. Some newer studies indicate the predicted rates of increase under Obamacare have been wildly overblown. Above all, no one can show us any rational figures that reconcile with Gardner's claim of an over 100% increase for the "closest comparable" plan. Until Gardner is willing to open the proverbial books and show precisely what the apples-to-apples differences are between his existing plan and his "equivalent" new one, we're just not buying any of this–and reporters need to ask Gardner for the proof.


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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Debunking Nonsense About Colorado Election Law (Again)

Wayne Laugesen. Wayne Laugesen, editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette.

Yesterday, Colorado Springs Gazette editor Wayne Laugesen published an editorial demanding a special session to "fix" the election modernization bill passed by the General Assembly this year, House Bill 1303. Republican opponents of this new law, which was written in large part by county clerks from both parties, have made a range of highly dubious claims about this bill, from warnings that it would facilitate "gypsy voting" by nonresidents to the bizarre assertion that ballots might arrive "from Chicago" and be legally cast in Colorado elections.

Jon Caldara of the right wing Independence Institute went so far as to cast a ballot in the recent Senate District 11 (Colorado Springs) primary, even though he has lived in Boulder for nearly 30 years. As we've explained based on sound legal opinions we've heard, Caldara's logic is fundamentally flawed, and he has exposed himself to criminal prosecution by falsely affirming his "residence" in Colorado Springs. It seems like part of the purpose of Laugesen's silly editorial is to run cover for Caldara's election fraud, but he doesn't even manage that as we'll explain.

Here are some of the major claims made by the Gazette yesterday about Colorado election law, with their debunking. We hope that at some point journalists will stop allowing this nonsense to be uncritically repeated by their outlets, to include their editorial boards:

The new law undoes traditional checks and balances that have kept elections fair. Gone are assurances that only lawful residents of a jurisdiction get to vote in an election. Before HB1303, only the tinfoil hat crowd worried much about election fraud. Today, with HB1303, it's a legitimate concern…

Now first of all, we're pretty sure Laugesen just accused Secretary of State Scott Gessler and a whole lot of other Republicans who do indeed "worry about election fraud" of being members of the "tinfoil hat crowd!" Setting that aside for a moment, Laugesen is wrong–House Bill 1303 does not eliminate "assurances that only lawful residents of a jurisdiction get to vote in an election." Voting fraud is today–and always has been–a felony. Same day registration doesn’t remove any checks and balances, and actually isn't all that new. As the Secretary of State's office itself explained, the law allows voters to cast a ballot after they have already moved to the district and their address is verified.

We know the law can be abused, which is obvious to anyone who reads it. Any question about the biggest flaw in HB1303 was eliminated when Jon Caldara, a Boulder resident and president of Colorado's Independence Institute, cast a blank ballot in the District 11 recall to make a point.

You might recall during the debate over gun safety legislation in the General Assembly this year, a key contention by opponents was that "criminals don't care about laws." This argument always dumbfounded us, because it's a completely ridiculous tautology–of course criminals "don't care about laws," that's why they're criminals. But here we have one of the same people who made this ridiculous argument, that criminals don't follow laws, calling for–wait for it–stricter election laws! Because–wait for it–it's possible to break the law! We agree Caldara is a great example of the problem of people breaking laws.

Oops.

That was a high-profile stunt, and authorities could do nothing to stop it because of HB1303.

If someone swears under penalty of perjury that something is true, generally that sworn statement is accepted by whoever is asking for it. If it is determined that a person lied under penalty of perjury, they then can be prosecuted. That didn't change with House Bill 1303. Caldara committed a felony by pretending to move to Colorado Springs and casting a ballot in the recall election. As we've explored in detail, it was obviously never Caldara's "intention" to move to Colorado Springs. So he committed a felony. The threat of felony prosecution is now, and has always been, the principal deterrent to election fraud. 

Traditionally, one had to have roots in a community before voting in it. Not now. The wording below clearly shows that one can show up in a jurisdiction on the day of an election and vote with nothing more than an "intention" of making the place a permanent home…

This gives almost any Coloradan – especially those among us who are willing to lie – an easy opportunity to vote in local elections.

We're kind of amazed to see such unthinking nonsense coming from the editor of a major newspaper. Folks, we hate to break this to you if you didn't already know it, but people who are "willing to lie" can vote wherever they want. They are committing a felony if they do, just like they were before House Bill 1303. If this seems obvious to you, it's probably because you are smarter than a proverbial fifth grader.

As for "roots in the community?" Before House Bill 1303, a voter had to live in the district they voted in for a whopping 29 days. Under House Bill 1303, it's 22 days resident in-state, a person must have already moved to the district, and their intention must be to remain in the district. Now, it's possible that Laugesen is referring to some other kind of long-ago "tradition," back in the days of poll taxes or literacy tests? But if he's discussing the laws Colorado has used for elections since well before House Bill 1303, the residency requirement was always 29 days. We have no idea what kind of "roots in the community" one can establish in 29 days, but we'd say probably not very damned much.

Want to pass or kill a local school tax? Bring in voters willing to state an "intention" to move. Want to undo a municipal gun law? Ask impassioned gun-rights activists to show up and state their intentions to move.

In a hurry? Run a stop light. Want more money? Rob a bank.

Please remember that there are consequences if you do.

Even if county officials can prosecute, they have no good means of detecting such activity.

Again, this is just not true. Pueblo County Clerk Gilbert "Bo" Ortiz was able to show inquiring reporters that there had only been 39 same-day registrants in the SD-3 primary out of some 11,000 votes that had been cast by that time. According to Ortiz, it's no problem to track these registrations, and anyone he suspects of voter fraud will be turned over to the local distract attorney. Laugesen says that such prosecutions can't "undo the damage" of voter fraud, but how could they ever? How can you un-commit any crime?

This concludes today's lesson in remedial critical thinking, which unfortunately newspaper editors are not required to pass. We'll be happy to recount this as many times as necessary, but we hope–probably in vain–that the Wayne Laugesens of the world get their facts straight first.


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Thursday, February 20, 2014

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Saturday, February 8, 2014

Marble on KLZ Radio: “It Has Never Been About Chicken”

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On KLZ radio's afternoon talk show Thurs., State Sen. Vicki Marble said that if Rep. Lori Saine brought fried chicken to a legislative hearing last week as a silent protest, it doesn't matter because Marble is thrilled the chicken issue has returned to the news.

It must have been "angels from above" that caused Rep. Lori Saine to bring fried chicken to the hearing, Marble said on air, because it started an important dialogue, which, unfortunately, has been distorted by the "left" and the "news media."

"The focus of this attack by the left and the news media has never been about chicken," Marble told the radio audience. "It has been about spinning the narrative to destroy conservatives and our principles."

Marble specifically called on Fox 31's Eli Stokols to stop being an "ambulance chaser," to "get to the truth," and to "give all the people the information that they are literally dying for."

Guest-host Stacy Petty asked Marble: "Here's the thing, even if she did this as a silent protest? Does that matter?"

Marble: "No!"

Marble caused an uproar during an Aug. 21 hearing when she suggested that eating chicken and barbeque causes poverty among blacks. She also said Mexicans who come to the U.S. gain weight because they stop eating as many "fresh vegetables."

Partial transcript of Sept. 5 appearance by State Sen. Vicki Marble on KLZ's Grassroots Radio Colorado. Bolded segments are BigMedia emphasis.

Guest-Host Petty: We have Sen. Vicki Marble on the line, and she wants to continue our discussion on chickengate.

Marble: Yes, it is chickengate. And what a chicken they have turned out to be. The focus of this attack by the left and the news media has never been about chicken. It has been about spinning the narrative to destroy conservatives and our principles. The liberal media has been carrying the water for the left for decades. Every news outlet, including Eli Stokols, has always known that my statement—they were about lies. Why do our friends, neighbors, and family in the black community die younger? It was never about 'chicken causes poverty.' That was ludicrous. But, if they reported the truth, there would be no attack. And they control the narrative and their goal is to destroy conservatives. Democrats never ask why. Imagine giving someone the motivation to take charge of their quality of life through their everyday healthcare choices, which include diet and exercise. They won’t even bring it up. Democrats say they are offended by my asking why, why, why are they dying? I want to know why…. And I want to ask Eli Stokols right now, will you please begin the dialogue? And give all the people the information that they are literally dying for. This is a serious matter, and I wish that he would treat it as such because their childish behavior is doing nothing to help the people of Colorado achieve good, high-quality, life…

Marble: And I am so glad that Rep. Saine decided to have chicken, because what did it do? It opened up that dialogue again that has died. They thought they were done roasting me. All of a sudden, I don’t know, it must have been angels from above, telling her to pull in the Popeye’s, because it started the dialogue. Now we can have the newscasts from I believe it was Fox News. I believe it was Meagan Kelley’s segment that comes on at 12 o’clock in the afternoon. Everyone needs to hear this. And everyone can make those health care choices. We can manage our quality of life just through the diet and exercise. And yes, the doctor did mention fried chicken. I did not. Now, Eli Stokols, please take note. Please start reporting the truth. You’ve been an ambulance chaser in the news media. I think you’re better than that. I think you can really serve Coloradoans well. Get to the truth. Quit carrying the water for the liberal Democrats. And make some sense out of life and the people, and what we’re supposed to be trying to achieve here in Colorado. And that is economic opportunity….

Marble: I knew that the chicken was there. I walked, and she had the chicken lunch. That's fine. But was really funny to me was when Eli Stokols tweeted that, I did see it. And I thought, this is a great way to re-start the dialogue. And boy has it….

Co-Host Stacy Petty: Here's the thing, even if she did this as a silent protest? Does that matter?

Marble: No!


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A Few Words About Morse and Marijuana

The Colorado Springs Gazette's editorial page blared a nasty headline yesterday targeting liberal support for Senate President John Morse, perfectly timed with robocalls going out to Democrats in Senate District 11:

It's a safe bet many of the students who rallied for Morse last week would also rally for more marijuana rights. That's not to pass judgment on Colorado College. It's just a young, liberal college thing to advocate marijuana freedom.

Morse claims to favor legalization, but advocates of that cause do not favor authoritarian Morse.

Don't ask us. Ask the Marijuana Policy Project, the country's largest and best-funded organization working toward legalization of pot. The organization feels so threatened by Morse – a purported advocate of their cause – they named him this year's worst legislator in the United States…

If Morse could tax the air we breathe, he probably would. So at the end of the last legislative session, he co-sponsored a bill that would have suspended Colorado's Amendment 64, the law that legalizes marijuana, unless voters approve a giant tax increase on pot.

Our readers will recall coverage of the resolution in question here, which had the shortest lifespan of any legislation we can remember–about three hours from introduction to demise as alarmed marijuana activists descended on the capitol. That has apparently (we didn't actually know this) led the Marijuana Policy Project, a respected pro-legalization thinktank, to label Morse "the worst legislator in the United States."

The robocalls hitting Democrats in Senate District 11 cite the MPP, but are paid for by a group linked to longtime GOP operative Patrick Davis, former National Republican Senatorial Committee political director–and who we can assure liberal Democrats has no interest in legalizing marijuana. A larger problem is that both MPP and the robocalls are flat wrong about that bill's purpose. Senate Concurrent Resolution 003 would not have "resulted in the repeal of a voter-approved initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol." None of the provisions legalizing personal possession and use of marijuana would have been affected. The resolution would have tied the opening of retail marijuana stores to the approval of the marijuana tax initiative headed for the ballot this November. As long as the tax initiative passed, the stores would be allowed to open. If not, well, they'd need to try again.

As we've said over and over about Amendment 64, the revenue opportunity is one of the big reasons pot is now legal. We believe it was a big part of motivating voters who were otherwise ambivalent about legalization.

Senator Morse said after the bill died that he introduced it to "get the attention" of the marijuana industry, which has been noncommittal to outright opposed to the tax initiative. The problem is that Amendment 64 was indeed not written in compliance with TABOR, which means the tax provisions built into the amendment are invalid–that's why the second initiative is necessary. Morse, simply put, was concerned about bad faith.

Those are the facts of what happened. We recognize that there are some who will read all of it and still disagree with Morse's short-lived proposal, and that's fine. The facts of this are not nearly what they're being represented to be by either pro-legalization advocates or opportunistic Republicans. And we think a full airing of the true facts would leave a lot of Democrats backing Morse–including plenty of pot smokers.


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Friday, January 17, 2014

Chase about me

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