Archive for February, 2008
After the first six interviews with my brother Police Officer and Detective Howard Wooldridge of Lansing, Michigan (retired) concerning the “War on Drugs”, more and more Americans understand the underpinnings of how the U.S. government protracts a national taxpayer fraud. How big a fraud? Taxpayers forked over $1 trillion in 36 years paying for the impotent “War on Drugs.” Results? More drugs available, major drug networks, cheaper drugs and more potent drugs.
Continue Reading February 22nd, 2008
One of today's best-known and most highly regarded musicians, pianist Emanuel Ax lends his mastery to works by Schumann and Beethoven on Tuesday, February 26 at 7:30 pm in Harris Concert Hall.
Continue Reading February 21st, 2008
Hope and change. Every four years we are beset with this same litany. However, this year there may be too much change and hope perhaps crushed under martial law. Many Americans fear the regime that ignores our Constitution, that stripped away fundamental rights, that facilitates vast corruption and enmeshed us in unending war will not simply abandon their quest for dominance and slip away to write their memoirs.
Are we paranoid? If we are, so was D. Eisenhower as he warned that we must guard against the acquisition of power by the industrial-military complex. “We must never let this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted.”
Continue Reading February 20th, 2008
ASPEN, COLORADO (Post Time News)--Local Aspen columnist Gary Hubbell either struck a chord or rang a bell with his piece entitled: "In election 2008, don’t forget Angry White Man."
"Here is one group no one has recognized," he writes, "and it is the group that will decide the election: the Angry White Man. The Angry White Man comes from all economic backgrounds, from dirt-poor to filthy rich. He represents all geographic areas in America, from urban sophisticate to rural redneck, deep South to mountain West, left Coast to Eastern Seaboard."His common traits are that he isn’t looking for anything from anyone — just the promise to be able to make his own way on a level playing field. In many cases, he is an independent businessman and employs several people. He pays more than his share of taxes and works hard."
Continue Reading February 20th, 2008
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February 19th, 2008
Today, Sean Hannity read a portion of an editorial by valley native Gary Hubbell, published February 9 in the Aspen Times Weekly:
Aspen Times Weekly (February 9, 2008)-- There is a great amount of interest in this year’s presidential elections, as everybody seems to recognize that our next president has to be a lot better than George Bush. The Democrats are riding high with two groundbreaking candidates — a woman and an African-American — while the conservative Republicans are in a quandary about their party’s nod to a quasi-liberal maverick, John McCain...
Continue Reading February 18th, 2008
Folks, we already house between 305 and 335 million residents in the USA – and our crumbling infrastructure (schools, hospitals, roads, prisons, etc) suffers maxed-out consequences as we slide into a major recession. To recover, we must place a moratorium on growth.
Except for a miracle third party run from Ron Paul or Newt Gingrich, we stand 10 months away from the next president opening our borders to a flood of humanity. Progressives Obama, Billary and McCain promise to give amnesty to more than 30 million illegal aliens, continue chain migration, double U.S. immigration from 1.0 to 2.0 million annually and accept unending millions of anchor babies. This 'red carpet approach' means 70 million MORE immigrants and their children will flood into America by 2040— a 32 year heartbeat in time.
Continue Reading February 18th, 2008
In another thread, Reckless G wrote, “Contrary to popular belief, if it weren't for the economic sanctions, Iraq would've rivaled any modern first world nation.”
Perhaps, but only in a subjunctive absence of a very central ingredient: Saddam Hussein.
This view looks right past how demoralizing and debauching life was under Saddam Hussein’s thirty-five year rule. The notorious plight of the Iraqi people under UN sanctions, brought on by the choices Saddam Hussein himself, was only the tip of the iceberg. There was no possibility of civil dissent because Hussein literally destroyed all rivals. Said in the simplest terms, no rival political or religious class had the slightest chance of emerging. Case in point, Saddam’s massacre of the people of Dujail.
Continue Reading February 17th, 2008
I have been considerably distracted lately trying to finish out my time here, go through everything and pack up in preparation to move out of state, but something caught my eye today (yesterday now) in "The Aspen Times".
On the front page is an article entitled "RFTA's challenges with ridership spur finger pointing". The main point of discussion concerns ongoing arguements among board members as to why they are not sufficiently handling the needs of bus riders in this valley. Among the reasons cited for their problems are: decreased amount of day-skier parking in Snowmass Village, higher parking fees in Aspen, soaring gas prices and harsh winter weather. While admitting that some of the criticism is valid, the RFTA CEO also said "...that RFTA will be unable to meet future increases in demand for service without additional revenues."
Now I would be the first to admit that I know very little as to their policies, procedures and the like, but I have eyes and have seen a hell of a lot of things that don't seem right to me...
Continue Reading February 16th, 2008
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February 15th, 2008
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