Part 4: Fomenting failure in our educational systems
By Frosty Wooldridge
In this final entry of this series on Anchor Babies in America, we shall investigate the unbelievable but verifiable costs to American citizens. Additionally, we will explore ancillary problems created by illegal alien children within our classrooms across the country.
Continue Reading 5 comments August 31st, 2009
Monday August 31, 2009
With recovery from the recession expected to take at least two or three years, belt tightening will continue in Pitkin County.
Pitkin County department heads may not see any additional monies for 2010—emergency and essential services will be maintained…but some capital improvement projects will remain in the planning stages---unless a huge spike is seen in tax revenues next year.
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I first quit newspapers in 1979 because they had no future. After attending the Aspen Institute Forum On Communications and Society thirty years later, it felt like I quit just in time.
The smartest people in the media business—newspapers et al—were in the room this August in Aspen trying to answer a simple question: how in God’s name can journalism be sustained in world where The Internet thang has transformed the historical economic model from apples into apple sauce. Craig Newmark of Craig’s List was in the room for “Of the Press: Models for Preserving American Journalism” in Aspen, and he and the others, new and old, were trying to make apple pie of a world where the center cannot hold and flat-out won’t.
On the other hand, how many fading businesses would love to be in this situation?
Continue Reading 1 comment August 27th, 2009
By Frosty Wooldridge
Teddy Kennedy died yesterday, but his legacy grows more deadly for future Americans.
Instead of a rich legacy bequeathed upon the United States by forever U.S. Senator Teddy Kennedy, the oft-intoxicated, blubbery fourth brother of the Kennedy clan—four decades ago--drunkenly drove over a bridge that caused the death of Mary Jo Kopechne and lied about what happened.
But his worst and most destructive legacy for the United States stems from his authorship of the 1965 “Immigration Reform Act” that added the bulk of our additional 100 million people into America within 40 years. It jumped legal immigration from 170,000 annually to 1.1 million annually. Added to that disastrous environmental legacy, his actions provoked a complete ethnic change of our stable society into a fractured civilization. How? He provided for entrance of immigrants from cultures totally incompatible with U.S. culture. He downgraded citizenship by not enforcing our laws or maintaining educational standards.
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Thursday August 27, 2009
Change is good. But that often depends on how change affects those involved. Winners (sort of) and losers yesterday at the steps to the Pitkin County Courthouse auction---one bid---one buyer: for six foreclosed properties in Snowmass Village---casualties of the weak economy but returning to dominance: New York based Related Groups, buying Snowmass Mountain Chalet, the Snowmass center, some luxury condos at Sonnenblick----at just under 101 million dollars. Stability: finally here---says Related Westpac President Dwayne Romero, who says Related New York plans to continue development at Base Village---no plans to sell.
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This email was sent to Sue Gray on August 26, 2009.
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Dear MoveOn member,
The Lion is at rest.
Senator Teddy Kennedy passed away last night and our movement lost a hero. His leadership, his vision, and his passion will never be forgotten.
As we grieve, we must honor his memory and re-dedicate ourselves to his fight. Right now, let's listen to his words. Below is a powerful video that lots of MoveOn members are passing around this morning:
Continue Reading 7 comments August 26th, 2009
Wednesday August 26, 2009
Marijuana: more than 900 mature plants have been discovered growing east of Glenwood Springs near County Road 113----aka Cattle Creek Road.
Trident: the two rivers drug enforcement team, working with the Garfield County sheriff’s office---is credited with the find. No arrests however---and now word yet about suspects---the street value of the crop: two million dollars.
Flu season is upon us---and local news will be offering some features in the coming weeks about where to get your shots---and why you should.
Swine Flu, according to local Dr. Tim Kruse of Premier Care, is not particularly more dangerous a strain than the seasonal flu, but that the vaccine for swine flu may be made available several weeks after the vaccines are made available for the seasonal flu. Dr. Kruse will be our guest for news in September, offering tips for staying healthy as winter makes its approach.
Send your news tips and opinions to news@aspenglenwood.com, and listen to KUUR and KSNO radio!
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By Frosty Wooldridge
Each day, I scratch my head, purse my lips and stare out the window from 8,000 feet above Denver, Colorado to view that city spread in all directions for as far as the eye can see. Above it, a gargantuan Brown Cloud—loaded with toxic air pollution expands all the way to the eastern horizon. Off to my left, I-70 provides a 24/7 automobile traffic conveyor belt moving into and out of Denver. At night, I watch the I-25 north/south corridor run like a fast moving river with car lights blazing a steady path to infinity.
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Tuesday August 25, 2009
There’s been a flurry of new business openings----all are medical dispensaries selling marijuana; the most recent in Aspen –at 520 East Cooper. Another dispensary operates at the holistic Winn Institute in Willits, with another outlet in Carbondale.
The Aspen dispensary ---as the others---are legal under a Colorado voter approved amendment to the state Constitutions=----which allows those with a doctor’s prescription to purchase the drug to relieve pain from various illnesses.
Local health agencies are gearing up for an expected higher demand for swine flu shots.
The state health department rolled out this morning ----- its plan to acquire more vaccine. Universities and colleges across Colorado-----as students prepare to return for Fall classes---are also getting ready for inoculations-------eight students at C.U. in Boulder are being tested now for the H1N1 virus.
KSNO and KUUR local news will be bringing you more information and interviews soon about the importance of the inoculations and where you can get your shots to prevent infection.
Add comment August 25th, 2009
By Frosty Wooldridge
Does this sound familiar? "Children born to foreign parents in Dublin maternity hospitals accounted for 25 per cent of total births this year,” according to Declan Keane, Master of the National Maternity Hospital. “This number is causing major problems.”
Continue Reading 34 comments August 24th, 2009
