Archive for May, 2008
When the historians look under the covers on civil rights, they are all but assured to see John McCain’s appearance on the “The Ellen Degeneres Show” as one of the great seminal (sic) moments in the history of gay emancipation.
Ellen—the woman who came out famously on her late sit-com as a gay woman—asked the putative Republican Presidential nominee if he would not be willing to talk about “the elephant in the room” on her syndicated talk show. McCain, the blind man touching the rump of said pachyderm, walked right in the door of daytime television and came out with a snoutful.
And thereby hangs a tale.
Continue Reading May 26th, 2008
I read in Friday’s Aspen Times that off-leach dogs may soon be allowed to run free on Smuggler Road. Judging by all of the un-leached dogs you see scampering up and down this popular hiking trail each day, you’d have thought this was already law. I wish I’d known that dogs were required to be leached. I would have strapped a billy club to my belt and made hundreds of citizen arrests by now.
Continue Reading May 23rd, 2008
The Con Man gets a visit from Chuck Thompson, the "Con Games" truth-in-travel expert, and then segues into a discussion of John McCain's appearance on the "Ellen" show to talk about gay marriage--and the latest outrage from Reverend John Hagee.
Click here for the complete "Con Games with Michael Conniff" for Thursday May 22, 2008.
May 22nd, 2008
When Mick Ireland and his Merry Pranksters assumed office in Aspen after the last election, I of course assumed there would be some glaring glitches and growing pains.
Not in my wildest imagination did I believe that the current regime would all but run Aspen into the ground financially in just a few short months. No exaggeration, my friends. Under the stewardship of the Bath Party, Aspen has been brought to its knees, fiscally speaking, by a group of poobahs who pooh-pooh the value of the dollar even as they burn money faster than an open fire on the Cooper Avenue Mall.
Continue Reading May 21st, 2008
The Con Man went to a seminar with Randy Udall, sponsored by the Sopris Foundation, and came away a changed man. With peak oil either here or imminent, with demand rising, it's impossible not to look at energy in a new and disturbing way. Life as we know it is about to change.
Click here for the complete "Con Games with Michael Conniff" for Wednesday May 21, 2008.
May 21st, 2008
You may take this as a challenge and/or invitation to change the future toward a sustainable civilization! The USA grows by 3.1 million annually on its way to adding 100 million people in 30 years. What drives that population overload? Legal and illegal immigration! Water shortages, energy costs, gridlock, crowding, air pollution and quality of life hang in the balance and can only worsen with added population.
Continue Reading May 21st, 2008
The Con Man attacks those who would attack Michelle Obama for saying: "For the first time in my adult life, I'm proud of my country"--and he decries the false, faux patriots who believe slavish devotion to the government equals patriotism.
Click here for the complete "Con Games with Michael Conniff for Tuesday May 20, 2008.
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May 20th, 2008
When you talk to American citizens rather than politically correct editors, publishers, TV producers and talk show hosts, you get to the heart of the matter. As illegal alien migration and mass legal immigration rage into this country like a “Human Katrina”, every American citizen pays financially. Other costs include cultural destruction, linguistic chaos, educational breakdown, incarceration and medical consequences.
Continue Reading May 20th, 2008
When you talk to American citizens rather than politically correct editors, publishers, TV producers and talk show hosts, you get to the heart of the matter. As illegal alien migration and mass legal immigration rage into this country like a “Human Katrina”, every American citizen pays financially. Other costs include cultural destruction, linguistic chaos, educational breakdown, incarceration and medical consequences.
Continue Reading May 19th, 2008
The Con Man completely explodes the Bush Nazi appeasement analogy, then turns his attention to the implications of the decision by the California Supreme Court mandating gay marriage.
Continue Reading May 19th, 2008
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