Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Re: “New Coloradan eyes governor's race”
Pam, in all fairness (something you know so little about) and with an eye for alliteration (you know, something to make your 'stuff' a little more palatable) couldn't we refer to Tancredo as a right-wing wacko, since the libs kind of own liberal, lefty "loon"?
You guys at the Indy remind me of MSNBC. You don't even try to put on airs of balance.
Posted by
siggie
on 05/21/2013 at 1:55 PM
Re: “Homelessness solution: Welcome to Bachville”
"Bachvilles?!?!?!?!?!" I congratulate you, Stacy. You employed just the right number of question marks and exclamation points to drive home your point. Had you added or subtracted even one of those punctuation marks, the argument would not have been nearly so convincing!
One minor detail: the article referred to a single Bachville, not many Bachvilles, because it was not meant to refer to any homeless encampments around town. It was a satirical comment on how the mayor sees the entire city of Colorado Springs.
Posted by
Mr. K--
on 05/21/2013 at 1:15 PM
Re: “Mayor Bach: Recreational marijuana is 'public-safety issue'”
TT -- Wow, you are a real piece of work! Like I said earlier, I think you would be surprised at the true demographics of the pot-using communities (medical and recreational). Perhaps you should pull your head out long enough to take a good look around and get a grasp on some reality. Considering that you've shared your imaginative picture of me, I think I'll share mine of you: An overweight, unhealthy, friendless slob, slouched in front of computer day and night with nothing better to do than to try to jazz up those of us who actually try to have an educated, open-minded, and civil discourse on a myriad of current-day topics.
I have much better things to do than deal with a mental midget such as yourself, so good luck to you and bu-bye.
Posted by
COnative59
on 05/21/2013 at 12:11 PM
Re: “Want to support John Morse?”
happyfew: If removing Morse is not the will of the majority, then he will keep his job. He only won because the Libertarian split the opposition vote. Remember, the majority of Colorado district 11 voters voted against Morse in the last election. There is a difference between plurality and majority. Morse should have kept that in mind when casting his votes on issues, and he should have been more moderate in his push for the Democrat agenda. Background checks probably would have been OK to most voters, but his "liability bill" went way too far, and his arrogant attitude just added fuel the fire.
Posted by
DanDanNoodles
on 05/21/2013 at 9:18 AM
Re: “Want to support John Morse?”
happy: enjoy you delusions and "happyfew" more days as a loony left liberal. Your corrupt politicians won't last much longer. Morse isn't the only one that should fear a recall. Your boy Obama's days are numbered as well. What an arrogant, elitist sleaze-bag you and your "I want everything given to me" ilk elected.
Oh, by the way, in neither case, Morse or Obama, did a majority of the people vote them in.
Posted by
siggie
on 05/21/2013 at 9:10 AM
Re: “Want to support John Morse?”
the clueless repubicans around here are not unlike the worthless repubicans in Washington DC. they cannot accept that they lost the last election and are pouting and won't let anything happen without throwing a tantrum. you LOST, accept that fact and stop hurting the state and country by attempting to circumvent the will of the majority of the people. great job this term morse!!
Posted by
happyfew
on 05/21/2013 at 8:37 AM
Re: “Want to support John Morse?”
Thanks for the response. I live in Colorado Springs, and I am involved in the recall effort of John Morse. I was also at the capitol building in Denver on the day of the Judiciary Committee hearing. I had a seat in the hearing room, was signed up to testify, and was personally excluded from the debate process. In fact, everyone was excluded. Not a single private citizen (except the "expert witnesses") was given a chance to testify. I wrote many letters to representatives and senators on both sides of the issue. Almost every opponent of the bill took the time to respond to my letters, only about half a dozen supporters of the bills responded. John Morse did not respond. Then I heard the interview with Morse on the Rachel Maddow show where he specifically said that he didn't read constituents emails or letters and that he had directed "his" senators to ignore them as well. A bit of research showed me that Morse had won his district with only 340 votes, and that the Libertarian running as a third party had gotten over 1200 votes. To me that meant that the majority of Colorado Springs district 11 probably doesn't support gun control. If Morse had listened to his constituents, he might have known that. But since he chose to ignore them, and instead follow party lines and the will of outside forces (Bloomberg and Biden) I felt that he was not a true representative of the people. When I read about the recall effort against Morse, I went to a meeting to learn more. At the time there was very little funding, and things were getting a slow start, but I decided that this would empower the citizens of Colorado Springs to have a voice, so I volunteered to help the effort. Since then, the majority of funding has come from "I am Created Equal", a local effort that started before the bills were passed to educate people on the pending gun legislation. To this date, the only NRA help that I am aware of is that they sent out mailers to D11 residents telling them of the effort. This is a grassroots effort started by outraged citizens. It is not a knee jerk reaction to background checks, it is a groundswell of outrage by a citizenry who feels ignored by their elected leaders.
Posted by
DanDanNoodles
on 05/21/2013 at 8:19 AM
Re: “Want to support John Morse?”
This man is the liberal equivalent of Bach with the same questionable ethic and integrity issues in his past and present and needs to be removed from office.
Posted by
Kyle
on 05/21/2013 at 8:17 AM
Re: “Want to support John Morse?”
Kevin: Wow, that was just a bit preachy. So, in your mind, the right to recall is nothing more than micromanaging "every single thing a legislator does"? I personally believe that elected officials should have a little fear of the electorate. If you don't like the recall process, perhaps it is you that should "look into writing and sponsoring a Constitutional amendment".
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/…
Posted by
siggie
on 05/21/2013 at 7:03 AM
Re: “Homeless population growing, survey shows”
Anywhere But Here
When: Sat., May 25, 10 a.m.
a family-friendly live Christian music event to feed and clothe the local homeless, sponsored by Treasures out of Darkness.
Acacia Park
115 E. Platte Ave. DOWNTOWN
Posted by
TejonTech
on 05/21/2013 at 7:01 AM
Re: “Want to support John Morse?”
@Dan: First of all, thank you for reading my article and taking the time to express your point of view in response to the article. As I see it, and according to the research I did for this article, the NRA initiated the recall movement, sponsored the petition drive and funded the campaign to recall Mr. Morse. Yes, as you say, citizens are the ones who are distributing the petitions for signatures. However, the effort to recall the Senator is being sponsored and funded by the NRA. In so far as the true motivation behind the recall drive is concerned, I did mention the fifteen round limit in my article. It's just that the main impetus of the Senator's bill is the background check piece and this single piece of legislation is the one entity that preempted the recall drive from the start. Dan, we live in a republic, not a direct democracy. We elect our officials to represent us for a specified term of office. If they don't do the job, we vote them out at the next election. Attempts to micromanage every single thing a legislator does while in office is going to seriously impair the legislator's effectiveness and cause the legislator to be hamstrung and afraid to do anything in office for fear of offending someone and being recalled. If a direct democracy is what you want as opposed to a republic, I would recommend that you look into writing and sponsoring a Constitutional amendment to that effect and bring it to all fifty state legislatures for ratification. In the meantime, I would encourage you to live within the parameters of our representative democracy and work vigorously to get the candidates you want elected during the next election cycle. Once again, thank you for reading and responding to my article. I welcome the interactive process and relish the fact that I am able to interact with my readers.
Posted by
Kevin McClarty
on 05/21/2013 at 4:13 AM
Re: “Bach plays paperboy for Gazette”
The Gazette and COS news channels have sold Bach as the savior of the City for 2 yrs now. Gazette allowed their City Hall reporter to write meaningless, trouble causing blogs about City leadership but he rarely ever wrote about Bach's wrongdoings. When he finally started to reveal all the lies and dealings of the Mayor, Gazette booted him to crime beat. The media is now seeing Bach's refusal to answer questions, and his arrogance of thinking he can do whatever he wants to. Broadmoor needs favors from the City so Gazette will continue to grease Bach's wheels. Wayne Laugesen has been the leader in hiding the man Bach really is. In 2 years it'll be "remember Mayor Bach accused of beating his ex wives, firing all City employees, handing out huge severance packages, and never getting along with anybody". Him and Suzie Q will fade into retirement.
Posted by
not surprised
on 05/21/2013 at 12:51 AM
Re: “Police chief: Looking at helicopters and drones”
What happen to this City being broke, needing to beef up reserves, etc? MAyor Steve BAch is spending money like there are no hard economic times.
Posted by
not surprised
on 05/21/2013 at 12:36 AM
Re: “Police chief: Looking at helicopters and drones”
I would move more in the direction of an English system where they took the cops guns and lasers away.
Paul is right, more cars in the southeast part of town and fewer setting up income traps.
Posted by
TejonTech
on 05/20/2013 at 9:26 PM
Re: “Homeless population growing, survey shows”
Sheliia, And Obama has been a big help funding fat cat solar energy buddies and raising taxes and making oil scarce.
It is a proven fact the conservative Chrisitans contribute far more to organizations like ESM and Care & Share than the local lobs.
Posted by
TejonTech
on 05/20/2013 at 9:22 PM
Re: “Police chief: Looking at helicopters and drones”
Yet another cockamamie idea from the Mayor's hand-picked boy. The Chief's policy of "shoot first, ask questions later" will work well when little Stevie or Queen Suzi are threatened by some citizen whose only crime is to ask a straight-forward question about City policy. The cops don't even enforce red light violations when they occur right in front of a cop car! Can't wait for 2015 to rid ourselves of this jackass of a mayor and his cronies and other hangers on.
Posted by
Connie Lingus
on 05/20/2013 at 5:51 PM
Re: “Homeless population growing, survey shows”
"conservative and x-tian city"... in reputation only for the x-tian part. totally teabagger for the conservative part.
Posted by
happyfew
on 05/20/2013 at 4:04 PM
Re: “Swimming with Sharks”
What a pitifully prejudicial piece of crap this hit piece was. How much credibility do you figure the extreme left-wing and now defunct ACORN has? They were run out of business in disgrace a few years back.
The loan referenced and described as "predatory" looked like a fairly decent consolidation loan. Can't speak to the insurance since not enough information was given.
There is such a thing as personal responsibility. Why don't all you bleeding heart liberals start your own business lending money? Feel free to lend to anyone you like. We'll see how long you remain in business.
I know, you all think it is your "right" to have everything handed to you. It just isn't "fair" that some people have more than you.
Posted by
siggie
on 05/20/2013 at 3:59 PM
Re: “Police chief: Looking at helicopters and drones”
They're expensive to fly. YES they are for this out dated fleet, leave them on the ground and spend the money elsewhere like the southeast side of town!!
Posted by
Paul Kleinschmidt
on 05/20/2013 at 3:35 PM
Re: “Homelessness solution: Welcome to Bachville”
The contemptuous K strikes again (or tries to). You have been spanked by every conservative you endeavor to edify. It will take little effort from Stacy to hand you your hat.