tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post5026655810559085998..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-24522570670400559892013-06-09T03:45:21.921-04:002013-06-09T03:45:21.921-04:00Vicki.... Wrong! They love their *self serving* V...Vicki.... Wrong! They love their *self serving* VERSION of America. The one whereby every one votes their way. Long live the 1950's (where?) What's more democratic than every one knowing their place now that's a majority.Examinatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990595916031900662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-37419734010637663922013-06-08T10:35:18.695-04:002013-06-08T10:35:18.695-04:00Conservatives love America, they just hate Democra...Conservatives love America, they just hate DemocracyVicki Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700180175783993816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-37367427980675100622013-06-07T21:27:44.986-04:002013-06-07T21:27:44.986-04:00Another problem with intra-state secessions is, th...Another problem with intra-state secessions is, they would create more red states, with more red Senators and Congressmen to bury the rest of us.<br /><br />Don't let it happen.<br /><br />Very crankily yours,<br />The New York CrankThe New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-55646996827455138382013-06-07T17:00:14.045-04:002013-06-07T17:00:14.045-04:00Wow, I hadn't heard about this yet. Man, ther...Wow, I hadn't heard about this yet. Man, there is a lot of butthurt in this state over the big, bad, mean, totally unfair background check and clean energy laws that just passed. There are also several recall attempts against some of the Demoncrats who led the charge.<br /><br />If it was up to me I'd say "let 'em go and don't let the door, etc." but no way the Legislature is going to let Weld County and all it's oil & gas get away so this is mostly sound & fury.<br /><br />As far as funding the schools, the Demoncrats also passed a new school funding act which will rectify the very inequities they are whining about. But no reason not to claim victimhood anyhow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-71076492789263362402013-06-07T11:14:26.849-04:002013-06-07T11:14:26.849-04:00Oh, its the Kurds and the Iraqis all over again. ...Oh, its the Kurds and the Iraqis all over again. This is sounding more and more like "Passport to Pimlico"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_to_Pimlico A wonderful, too often forgotten movie about what happens when a tiny part of London declares independence in order to gain control of an underground treasure. One of the things that happens is that the British Government ends up blockading them, they become a high crime area in which British law doesn't apply (in terms of the black market) and eventually they end up having to rejoin the UK because they just can't make it as the world's tiniest independent country inside another country.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-8833304975151661962013-06-07T08:00:03.992-04:002013-06-07T08:00:03.992-04:00But in this case -- and I should have quoted the p...But in this case -- and I should have quoted the parts of the stories that noted this -- the resource-based industries in this part of the state are a big part of Colorado's economy, energy in particular.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-31812261303729638022013-06-07T07:50:59.309-04:002013-06-07T07:50:59.309-04:00Well, the simple answer is "yes," we are...Well, the simple answer is "yes," we are going to see the longest, whiniest, little bitchfest since the civil war, and for nearly the same reasons.<br /><br />I say we let them practice, first, by cutting them out of federal money and state money entirely for a few years. No money for roads, schools, police, utilities--whatever state and federal taxpayer money is used for can't be used for areas that are voting to secede from the state. Let them try to find enough money to run their little local mini state governments and towns without being subsidized by the cities in their own states? Can't be done.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-87460675980920739092013-06-07T06:17:57.021-04:002013-06-07T06:17:57.021-04:00If secession were on a state by state option, I...If secession were on a state by state option, I'd say, go for it.<br /><br />The problem is, in pretty much all of the states, it's not the entire state, it's the rural areas.<br /><br />The cities are, for the most part, blue, to Bluish purple. Ditto the nearest suburbs. <br />It's the rural areas in all state, mine, NY, included, that are Red. <br /><br />People in cities have learned to tolerate one another's race, religion, place of origin, and sexual orientation.<br />And the rural areas are desperate NOT to have to tolerate any change, and don't want to have to be tolerant of anyone - in many areas, not even Christians of a different persuasion.<br /><br />And they don't have enough votes, to counter what the cities and suburbs want to have done.<br /><br />And I don't know how we resolve these issues.<br /><br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-16511948793483031252013-06-07T06:16:07.444-04:002013-06-07T06:16:07.444-04:00Check your constitution. The federal congress also...Check your constitution. The federal congress also has a role.Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-13379596643825422212013-06-07T00:01:58.821-04:002013-06-07T00:01:58.821-04:00As a resident of Seattle, we hear this kind of cra...As a resident of Seattle, we hear this kind of crap from the other side of the cascades all the time. Thing is, if it weren't for us Seattle taxpayers, few of those small communities would have schools. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360948324883606169noreply@blogger.com