Colofornia Dreaming

 

Who benefits from “woke”?

With Colorado ranked #2 as the most dangerous state in the country, some reasons are glaringly obvious.

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The question of who benefits, IMO, are the ultra wealthy like George Soros socialists who want to destroy our culture and freedom coupled with rulers in countries that hate us. They fund the campaigns of the (P)regressives running for office. Not a new or profound observation on my part.

At the moment, six Democrats have announced they will run for the CO 8^th Congressional seat. Already I get weekly flyers attacking the Republican incumbent with broad accusations, but no verifiable facts.

Last election public records show over $40,000,000 was spent on this one piss ant seat. 

 Colorado’s New Gun Laws

For those who have the stomach, here is an overview of the new Blue Turd restrictions on lawful firearm owners. Should keep lawyers full employment for months to come, while giving sheriffs in deep blue counties draconian control over who can own a firearm.

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Along the lines of the devil is in the details, several of these will be dependent on receiving “grants” to fund them.

Most of these won’t survive the court process but while that is happening we have less freedom.

How do we make these gun grabbers feel some financial hurt? That is one way to stop them.

The Irish, obstinate beyond belief

The news out of Northern Ireland recently has been more ‘Troubles’. This time it is the natives against the state sponsored Muslim immigrants.

 Obstinate: Consider this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25MSWIz6vag

Key lyric, “We’ve fought you for 800 years, and we’ll fight you for 800 more”. More South than North, to be true.

Who knows; perhaps the combination of EU socialism and unrestricted immigration might result in a Unified Ireland where both the North and the South kick out the overbearing tyrants.

Stellentis declares bankruptcy

The first casualty of Trump’s tariffs declare the American Mainstream Maggots (h/t BZ). Tariffs may be part of it but shitty product made it inevitable. How do you ruin brands like Jeep, Dodge, Nissan, Ram, and Chrysler in the USA? Try saving pennies on an HVAC air system actuator, cost around $50, that takes $4,000 in labor charge to replace? The list goes on. Nissan/CVT transmissions. Fiats rebadged as Jeeps and “Trail Rated”.

The total brands they own are:  

Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, and Vauxhall. 

Ancient history now, when Henry II checked out and Donald Petersen became Ford President, he instituted, “Quality is Job One”. He got the UAW on board. The design team that brought the next generation Thunderbird in at 600 lbs overweight got fired. Unprecedented in the car biz, Ford went on to make more money in one quarter than the rest of the USA industry combined.

I was selling Fords at the time. The Escort, Tempo, and Taurus were nearly bullet proof, had decent performance, and the trucks were solid. Happy times to be selling Fords.

Both GM and Ford are not far behind Stellentis. GM has a disaster with their 6.2  truck engines falling apart. Ford has their EcoBoost problems and problems with the turbos on the diesel engines failing because of emission blunders. Both have more truck problems with the ten speed automatic transmission they jointly developed.

I can keep my 2002 Ford Taurus going for a long time for less than the first year deprecation on anything new. Bonus: What  is more anonymous than a gray Taurus without a single bumper sticker or dealer logo?

Follow the money

Glen Valley Foods, Omaha, NE  

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 was served a search warrant by ICE. Over 100 illegal’s were detained. The owner was recorded claiming all had been E-Verified before they were hired. Who helped all these people get fake IDs and SSN? Odds are, they didn’t do it for free. They need to be found and prosecuted, IMO.

 Wolves

My sympathies will always align with the ranchers.

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Alberta

Canada politics seem even more convoluted than ours. I have a passing interest but no dog in the fight. Any speculation on what Trump may do at the G-7 Summit 6/15-17 in Alberta? Will he play nice?

As always, YMMV

Blue State Blues

 

We’re #2, Most Dangerous State

After eight years with every State Government office held by Democrats, all three Supreme Court Justices elected Democrats, a majority, sometime super majority, House of Representative Democrats and a elected Democrats Senate Majority, this is the result.

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All of them are hell-bent on Californicating Colorado, and proud of it.

As always, YMMV

Grumpy Old Keyboard Warrior Bloviates

 

Colorado’s own USAID

I will get to the point after some background information. In and around Denver, the name, “Rose”, has special meaning. Denver native, General Maurice Rose, died in WWII while personally leading men in combat. That may not have been wise for a man of his rank, but that is what he did. He was Jewish, and the local Jewish community have established a hospital in his name. My oldest son was born in that hospital.

 

Co-opting his name is the Rose Foundation. 

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They have long been used in ways similar to USAID. They receive some taxpayer money as grants. They spend it how they please with no applied oversight (except for a wink and a nod). Outsiders are now trying to investigate, again, where the money goes and who controls the expenditures. Alas, no Elon Musk power here.

Magnesium

Critical metal; we rely on China and Russia for what we need. Not smart, IMO.

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Key phrase from the above article.

 “Wyoming is a phenomenal state to work with when it comes to natural resources and this type of research.”

 Humor

 My wife used to complain that I ruined our anniversaries. That was ridiculous, cause I didn’t know it was our anniversary in the first place. (Yes, I’m still divorced.)

Jon Caldera

Democrats, everywhere? What is a balance sheet?

Financial mismanagement and a desire for no transparency seem to be an integral part of the Democrat Party, even in Wyoming.

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 Key takeaways. Case and others noted that the party hadn’t had a consistent treasurer for about five years. Case said it took him about six months to sort through the party’s finances and put together his report.

 “I’m not comfortable with the press taking pictures of our budget,” said O’Doherty. “I would formally request the media not share any of this information outside the room.”

 Wyoming is so overwhelming GOP the Democrat Party is more of a social club. They do occasionally get a RINO elected, as an example, Liz Cheney.

 Colorado 8^th Congressional District

The district I live in was added after the last census. The first election was won, narrowly, by a Democrat. The second was won, narrowly, by a Republican. At this time, five Democrats have announced their intent to run for the seat at mid-terms. Already I’m receiving mailers vilifying the GOP  incumbent.

 There must be money to be made. Last election, $40,000,000 spent.

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 $40 million for one pissant Congressional seat.

 As always, YMMV

May Their Mouths Overload Their Asses

 

Grumpy Old Man Rant

You may want to skip this Colorado specific bloviating.

 The rejection of the (P)regressive agenda that swept the nation and put PDJT back into the Oval Office barely touched Colofornia. The past Legislative session saw the gaggle of Front Range Karens and mountain town trust fund snots push the full gender bending agenda, curtailing parental control, odious unconstitutional gun control, eroding free speech, and more environment fallacies.

While “helping” the underdogs (which I support) they perpetuate dependency while creating well paid jobs for their chosen few to ‘administer’ the programs.

In Colorado, tax increases from the state level to a water district, by our constitution, require voter approval. So, let’s just label them “fees”. No problem with the courts as our state Supreme Court judges are 100% (P)regressives.

Fix our roads? No, it is more important to take $4,000,000 from that budget and create a war chest for Emperor Polis to fight Trump.

 One glimmer of hope lies in the Democrats abject failure to elect county commissioners in the rural counties and pickup any federal Congressional seats.

Hurrah!

Sorry, wrong picture

The environazis lose again. Outside of the Front Range sprawl, EVs are of limited use in Colorado. To forcible shove them down rural Coloradoan throats is an abuse of power. Said abuse has never deterred the environazis. Their feelings will always overrule mere facts and/or what harms ‘lesser’ citizens.

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Wolves 

They are getting closer to Aspen.  Maybe they will develop a taste for trust fund snots.

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Wolves will be wolves, much to the disappointment of their advocates.

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The same wolf advocates are pushing to re-introduce grizzles to Colorado.

Uinta Basin Railroad wins, Environazis lose 

Previous posts have mentioned the effort to move heavy crude from one of the poorest places in the country to refineries that can process it. A win for Northeast Utah and a loss to Venezuela is always worth cheering, IMO. For the trust fund snots infesting Eagle County, their NIMBY asses can kick rocks.

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Once again, the Supreme Court has put unelected bureaucrats on notice their overreach won’t fly anymore. An 8-0 decision? I’m amazed.

Hunting with Lone Star Parson

Apologies to VM

Damn it, this is wrong

Zip tying children is, to me, abhorrent. Their parents, yes. I recognize ICE is doing their job; one that I support.

All these immigrants didn’t get here without help. When will those who aided this mass lawbreaking be held accountable? (not holding my breath)

As always, YMMV

To Flee, or Not To Flee?

Surprise!

Illegal Alien criminal skips court appearance. Seems the judge isn’t that good at judging.

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Wamsutter, WY

My favorite Wyoming town to bash is Wamsutter. Example: Hell will be working in an outbound call center and living in Wamsutter.

Seems it does have something to offer besides petrol dispensers.

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Latter Day Luddite

My 2^nd computer wouldn’t connect to the internet. Paranoid, I assumed Microsoft, with their shitty Windows 11, was trying to force me to use shit like Edge and Co-pilot. After much cursing and increasing paranoia, I checked all the cable connections. Suddenly, everything started working.

That matches my cursing the new coffee pot. After much consternation, I added water. Miracle! Coffee!

Truly, there is no fool like an old fool. At least the little head no longer thinks for the big head (much).

Local Hypocrisy

With much publicity the Greeley Police Department is introducing “photo radar” and will issue tickets. Recently, while driving 40 mph on a posted 35 mph four lane street, a Greeley patrol SUV passed me going much faster. No lights or sirens. Lead by example?

(P)regressive Virtue Signaling – Gun Law Addition

Emperor Polis signed into law HB 25-1171. If you are convicted of vehicle theft, you cannot use or posses a firearm in Colorado. Somehow the idea someone stealing cars isn’t likely to care about another law must escape these people. The senator representing my district, Andrew Bosenecker was a sponsor.

 As an aside, he wasn’t elected. He was a State Representative. When a Democrat Senator, newly elected, then decided to ‘retire’, the party picked him to fill the vacancy. That is the way (P)regressives roll in Colorado.

Doggone

Some readers are interested in Banner, the smelly treat hound that shares my home. Age 13, he seemed to be declining. Then, he developed bad diarrhea. Off to the vet where fecal examination revealed three different parasites in his gut. After a few days on meds, he is alert and energetic.

 I took pictures of the 20’ of poop across the apartment to show to the vet. Nobody I offered to share the pictures with accepted the offer. Should you want to see them, ask in comments.

 The blasted beast is a glutton who will eat almost anything. He is especially fond of grass which may be contaminated with bird droppings. He gets high quality food along with chlorophyll drops but still grazes.

 As always, YMMV

Tyranny by What Definition

Tyranny

Amazing, how the intellectual left can demonize President Trump for doing his job.

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Nearly every point this smug intellectual makes applies to the Democrats, to Biden, and to the Lightbringer.

The Founders recognized the large population areas will dominate any democratic process to the detriment of rural populations. We are not a “Democratic Constitutional Republic”. We are a Constitutional Republic designed to protect minorities from the tyranny of majorities.

Do you need a current example of why this is necessary? Look no further than Alberta.

IMO, we have been increasingly under tyranny from the woke left and their fellow travelers. Now, thankfully, they are losing all the ground they illicitly gained, and they are having a hissy fit.

My sympathy is for those people, many I know, that are collateral damage. People who were simply finding work where they could. Now their jobs are being flushed.

Wolves

Is technology the answer?

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How long until scofflaws weaponizes the drones? Asking for a friend, of course. Possible consulting gig for LL?

(P)regressive meets karma

Democrat legislator is assaulted by third world immigrant.

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Let me be clear, I never want to see any female sexually assaulted. However, when a supporter of sanctuary bullshit finds herself in a situation far to many people experience, brought on by the policies  she has supported, I cannot help but smile.

I cannot find any verification the alleged perpetrator is here lawfully.

Eggs

Six weeks ago the egg section at Safeway was nearly empty. Now, some are reaching their pull date and are ½ price. Trump effect?

He is bragging gas is under $2.00 a gallon in some places. Not here. Perhaps we are saddled by the (P)regressive’s requirement for “summer formula”. Maybe not, Wyoming prices are about the same as ours.

As always, YMMV

Stupid Is as Stupid Does

 

Tourist Tossing Season

Will we ever run out of damn fools bothering wild animals (yes, a rhetorical question).

Yellowstone

I subscribe to the mountain man wisdom, “Don’t go bothering something that ain’t bothering you.

Coal

An article about coal mining in Colorado. The source, The Colorado Sun, leans left, way left, IMO. In the middle of the article the environazis take victory  laps. Wyoming coal is easier to mine. There are proven coal deposits in Colorado 5,000’ deep. I grew up in coal country, knew many coal miners, and my Dad was a control room operator at the Hayden plant in his later years.

Coal

Puking (P)regressives

Is there any low, sleazy tactic they won’t use? Is there any Democrat running for office that won’t accept their tainted contributions?

SCUM

 Elk

The hills around Steamboat Springs, CO are covered with scrub oak. From spring into summer cow elk congregate there to raise their young. Good forage for them and good protection for their newborn.

Recreational mountain bikers disturb them. There are existing trails but, as usual, the riders want more areas.

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My interest? I attended high school in that town. Then it had a population of around 2,000. Now, 8,000+ transplants and trust fund snots.

Promising Technology – Iron Smelting

This can be good news.

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The problem, as I see it, is environazis and the NIMBY crowd. Where will the raw ore come from? Colorado has iron ore. From the internet:

Colorado has historically had various iron ore deposits, particularly hematite, limonite, and magnetite, found in locations like the Calumet Mine, the Orient Mine, and the Iron Mountain/Grape Creek deposit. Additionally, deposits are associated with precious metal mining in areas like Leadville. The Iron Hill carbonatite complex near Powderhorn is also notable for its iron ore potential. 

The howls from the residents around these areas will be monumental, IMO.

 Wolf News

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Legal Immigrant

My past caught up with me again. While having my tires rotated, another customer starting petting Banner, then said he recognized me! A legal immigrant from Kenya, we sold him a Kia in 2002. He is now a naturalized citizen, speaks better English than me, and has been on his job now going on ten years.

 That is the way events should unfold.

 Telling it like it is – Crime and (P)regressives

The Pueblo, CO, Police Chief released a long, detailed press release that, IMO, is one of the better dissections of what (P)regressives have caused in Colorado. Filled with facts, he lays it out.

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Trucking News – English Proficiency

A long article detailing the current state, and prior history, of the requirement commercial drivers are proficient in English.

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As has been forever, who decides what is “proficient”?

The cost of illegal aliens – personal

Sometimes there will be six levels of separation, but always there is a connection. This is a very personal account of that connection. Long, I’m putting it here for people associated with me to read who might otherwise not want to hear it from me. If others find it of interest, so much the better.

 Illegal aliens indirectly led to my youngest son’s death.

A high school forced (1) dropout, he worked his way to being a master plumber by the time he was twenty.

With two children, he married a woman with two children and they lived in the Albuquerque, NM area where he was gainfully employed. A change in building codes allowed anyone to work as a plumber, and lack of enforcement allowed builders to hire illegal’s, pay them cash, and quickly force legitimate contractors out of business. My son, seeing the writing on the wall, joined the Army and became a Medic.

In Basic, he slipped on an obstacle course and badly sprained his left ankle. No quitter, he sucked it up and kept on. By the end of his tour in Kandahar, he was wearing a support boot. Eventually the Army gave him an 80% disability, later increased to 100%, discharge. As a civilian he worked as an EMT until he was physically unable to continue.

The ankle developed sepsis and he knew the answer was amputation. The Charleston, SC Veterans Administration doctors kept stalling. He was managing the pain with morphine. With a wife and now five children, he needed to continue working. One St Patrick’s Day, he and his wife were out with friends and he had a few alcohol beverages. Once home, he passed away during the early morning hours. Likely cause?  The combination of morphine and alcohol.

Let me be clear. He used morphine to maintain, not to get high. He did enjoy adult beverages.

Back to the top, he likely would never have joined the military had his plumbing career not been destroyed by the economics of illegal aliens.

Let us address compassion. Aliens are people, yes. Why are they coming here? To make a better life, for them, is their motivation. Do they care about the country they are coming to? I doubt it. They don’t assimilate, they keep their national identity, and they have contempt for our laws and values. Driver license, car insurance? Why?

Are they escaping a bad place? Probably. Sucks to be them. Why don’t they pay the cost to fix their home countries?

We can’t fix the world. 

(1)He got crosswise with the black student packs infesting his high school. The administration failed to address the problem. Travis, not a racists, by the by, feared for his life. As a 16 year old Freshman, he took his GEDs. His lowest score was 82%.

Legacy

His son recently posted a picture on Facebook with his girlfriend. Do you see the resemblance?

 As always, YMMV