Two men are seated in a cab. One man is driving. The other man rides in the back. One is working, making his living driving a cab. The other is on vacation, leaving a party, intoxicated. A short time into the ride a fight ensues. The driver flees his cab with a concussion, nasal contusion, and bloody nose. The passenger jumps into the driver’s seat and speeds away in the cab.
Continue Reading 1 comment March 22nd, 2008
For the most part, people in Aspen have no idea when pols behind closed doors are making calls they will pay for through the nose for a long, long time.
This is one of those times, as city officials huddle for the first time to float a plan that would float a bond to pay for affordable housing.
The cost: $200 million with an ultimate cost that will easily approach and even surpass $500 million.
Continue Reading 1 comment March 21st, 2008
Stuart Brafman: I just did an interview on KAJX about my uncle as a matter of fact. My Uncle Abe came to the United States at age 15 in 1922 from a small town in the Ukraine with his father and two sisters. His mother was killed by bandits shooting up the town. The guy was incredible. Within two years of coming here his father died. He learned the language, got a job in shoe factories, and worked his way through high school. He applied to West Point after just four years and got a grade of 82. The Congressman was ready to recommend him until he realized “you’re not in my district.” That Congressman said: “I made an appointment for a guy who had a 68.” He said: “What about Annapolis?”—but Uncle Abe rejected it. Then he worked his way through the University of Wisconsin engineering school, selling fruit off a wagon in summer to make enough money. The third year he did ROTC in the summer and the family pitched in to get him through his last year. He graduated, got a commission, and was sent to Fort Sheridan, where he soon became the post engineer—he built Fort Sheridan into a major induction center and became a full colonel.
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David Walker, the Comptroller General of the United States, recently reported on 60 Minutes that we are headed for an economic train wreck of disastrous proportions. He warned of “catastrophic consequences” and that “the survival of our republic is at stake.” As our economy, our dollar and your way of life crumbles before your very eyes, perhaps you may wonder what is happening.
While Bush and company have knowingly advanced the process, it has taken almost a century to bankrupt America. The train wreck has not happened by chance, it is a skillful strategy. The “War on the Middle Class” is waged to divide America into two economic classes, the rich and the poor. The end game is to destroy our democracy. Look around, our Constitution lies in tatters, freedoms lost, perhaps forever.
Continue Reading 2 comments March 20th, 2008
For the past 20 years and today, presidential candidate Barack Obama attended(s) a Chicago church where Pastor Jeremiah Wright rails against our country by stating in his sermons, “Instead of God bless America, I say, God d**** America.”
With the pews packed, Wright’s vitriolic orations ring to the rafters and black American church-goers cheer, clap and sing against their own country. The venom expressed inside those church walls contradicts everything Jesus Christ expressed in his ministry. Jesus called for forgiveness, understanding, respect and love of your fellow man.
Yet, in the United States, a country populated by people from over 100 countries, Wright condemns everything American.
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The Con Man weighs the fallout from the Barack Obama speech on race, and then welcomes Aspen Center for Integral Health executive director Michele Lueck to the show to talk about the Women's Health Conference: From Theory to Practice.
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The Con Man talks the talk about books with guest Mike McGarry, and then turns his attention to Barack Obama's quest for racial normalcy.
Continue Reading 1 comment March 19th, 2008
The 1st Annual Aspen Women's Health Conference dives into practical applications of the latest health research. The program highlights what important new findings mean to women in their daily lives. From "living greener" to feeding our families (and ourselves) in a better, healthier way, key aspects of healthy mind, body, relationships, and environment will be covered. Join us and learn how to put theory into practice.
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The Con Man welcomes two young children from Shining Stars and Dr. Larry McCleary, the pediatric neurosurgeon who acts as the organization's chief medical officer.
Then "Con Games" deconstructs the speech on race by Barack Obama.
Continue Reading 7 comments March 18th, 2008
Tina Staley and Kristin McDermott, co-founders of the Pathfinders cancer survivors organization, spend an hour discussing the role of hope among cancer survivors.
Then the Con Man shifts his sights to Iraq, where hope is waxing even as it wanes.
Continue Reading Add comment March 17th, 2008
