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HIDE THE HAM: Press Omits Barney Franks’ Prostitution “Issue”
Barney Frank announced his retirement yesterday from Congress after 32 years. In that time he racked up plenty of biting floor speeches, piles of bad bills, and oh yeah...he hired a prostitute to work for him and lobbied the prostitute's probation officer on...
“WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING”: Super (Partisan) Mario Shows His True Democrat Colors
The fix is in. Reapportionment Commission Chairman "Super Partisan" Mario Carrera proved yet again that he's willing to do the bidding of the Commission's Democrats, regardless of the ethics, or lack thereof, involved. Yesterday, Carrera allowed...
HICK FAIL: So Much For Ending Homelessness
Colorado's Democrat Governor John Hickenlooper has talked a good game since his days as Denver Mayor. As Pie-in-the-Sky politicos go, few can match the Governor. But results are a very different thing. Even as a growing number of leading Republicans...
BWEAKING NEWS: Barney Frank Is Finally Going Away
Barney Frank is retiring from Congress next year. Father of the Great Recession, defender of Fannie and Freddie, lispie loud mouth who helped make Congress the cesspool of partisanship and inane name calling that it is today, Barney Frank leaves a long and...
DAVE DIEPENBROCK: Thanks For The Data
The American celebration of Thanksgiving has become a four-pronged event. We gather as family and friends who watch parades and football, eat turkey (and 'must have' sides) andprobably do spend at least a moment or two actually giving thanks for the bounty in...
(FINALLY!) RED TAPE LIBERALS LOATHE: Hick Streamlines Medicaid, Welfare Application Process
Governor Hickenlooper made many a promise on the campaign trail to reduce red tape and bureaucratic headaches. The thing is...no one thought his first attempt to make red tape reform would be to make it easier to access government entitlements that are already making...
Gardman Bamboo Edging
The most important and natural part of your sweet home is the garden. This space can be enhanced using the naturally available products. One such item is bamboo. If you were ever looking to make your home products attractive and stylish, then bamboo edging would be...
DAVE DIEPENBROCK: Colorado’s Partisan Reapportionment
Dear Chief Justice Bender, Your recent dissent to In re Reapportionment (2011) showed me why our mutual friends think well of you. You managed to find a way around the lawyer's adage: "When you have the facts behind your case, pound on the facts. When you have the...
MIKLOSI’S CATCH 22: How Andrew Romanoff’s Whisper Candidacy Could Strangle Joe Miklosi’s Bid
If Colorado Pols is to be believed, the big question mark surrounding the 6th Congressional district race right now is all about how much money Denver state Rep and avowed carpetbagger Joe Miklosi can raise before the curtain comes down on 2011. Despite rolling out...
CHICKENLOOPER NARRATIVE TAKES GRIP: Stapleton & Gessler Call Out Governor For Dodging Governance
Secretary of State Scott Gessler and Treasurer Walker Stapleton are the latest prominent conservatives to offer a stinging rebuke of Governor John Hickenlooper's hands-off, hide-out, tuck-duck-and-cover approach to governing the state of Colorado. Stapleton and...