en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/648534 Comments by omni http://www.dailycamera.com/columnists/ci_28877230/leonard-pitts-jr-justice-denied-66-years-and#IDComment997049956 An entrenched racial mindset comprised of fundamental assumptions immune to review. Seeking exoneration for Charles Greenlee is a worthy cause. Launching petty, broad brush, and quizzical generalizations with respect to the article's author and branding the exoneration effort (which is not new) as "opening a wound" demonstrates such mindset. Pitts quite often misses the mark, but the Groveland Boys are emblematic of the darkest civil rights chapters of 20th Century America and the legal request to set the record straight deserves to be granted. "Devil in the Grove" won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction for being a tour-d-force of historical research and meticulous footnoting while conveying a complex and multifaceted story. Read it and then we can discuss whether exoneration is appropriate. Mon, 28 Sep 2015 18:09:31 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/columnists/ci_28877230/leonard-pitts-jr-justice-denied-66-years-and#IDComment997049956 http://www.dailycamera.com/columnists/ci_28877230/leonard-pitts-jr-justice-denied-66-years-and#IDComment997032213 Y'all castigate Pitts for his entrenched racial mindset, but are no different than him. Unlike the gross miscarriage of justice for the Groveland Four, the legal system worked in the Tawana Brawley case; none of the accused were brought to trial and the ringmasters of the circus were convicted of defamation. "Devil in the Grove" is a gripping book about not only the Groveland Four and the post-WWII South, but the career and a giant of a man, Thurgood Marshall. Highly recommended. Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:59:35 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/columnists/ci_28877230/leonard-pitts-jr-justice-denied-66-years-and#IDComment997032213 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28866466/howard-sargent-rewriting-history#IDComment996514743 Court-martials for Pearl Harbor, but not a single disciplinary action, firing, demotion, reprimand, or any shred of accountability anywhere for anyone after 9/11. The miserable failure of NORAD and Department of Defense was glossed over and rewarded. General Ralph Eberhart was in charge of NORAD on 9/11, but was promoted to head the Northern Command in October 2002. The interim head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 9/11, General Richard Myers, sat in a meeting as the attack unfolded, but was later promoted to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Three months prior to 9/11, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld rewrote a flexible chain-of-command directive regarding aircraft interceptions, dictating that any response to hijacked aircraft would furthermore need to be cleared through him. WTF!? Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:34:38 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28866466/howard-sargent-rewriting-history#IDComment996514743 http://www.dailycamera.com/rockies-mlb/ci_28862642/yogi-berra-hall-fame-yankees-catcher-dies#IDComment996354729 You can observe a lot by just watching. Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:30:49 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/rockies-mlb/ci_28862642/yogi-berra-hall-fame-yankees-catcher-dies#IDComment996354729 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_28854526#IDComment996212285 If noon and midnight were called zero'clock, we wouldn't have this problem. Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:12:45 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_28854526#IDComment996212285 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_28851562/Camera-moving-to-new-commenting-system-disqus#IDComment996091243 Not worth providing an email address. What's in it for me? Spam? They should be payin' us... Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:10:17 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_28851562/Camera-moving-to-new-commenting-system-disqus#IDComment996091243 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28832804/editorial-overreaction-has-chilling-effect#IDComment995649839 Homeland Insecurity. Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:34:19 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28832804/editorial-overreaction-has-chilling-effect#IDComment995649839 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_28824202/u-s-36-tolls-traffic-meet-expectations-first?source=rss#IDComment995523108 947,219 tolls is impressive. More so considering all sections did not yet toll. Assuming a $6 average toll, that's almost $6 million revenue in a bit over a month. Once all sections toll, monthly revenue could be reasonably estimated at $4 million to $10 million. The US36 project cost $500 million, the equivalent of 50 to 125 months of estimated revenue, meaning, the project could be paid off in less than 10 years. That leaves Plenary Plenty Fat Cat riding 40 years of cash cow contract worth easily $5 billion. Shaping up to be a serious contender for the Greatest Boondoggle Ever Foisted On Colorado. Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:28:06 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_28824202/u-s-36-tolls-traffic-meet-expectations-first?source=rss#IDComment995523108 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28825190#IDComment995392667 Bureaucrat Heaven. Wed, 16 Sep 2015 22:34:05 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28825190#IDComment995392667 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28811034/r-eggers-refugee-crisis-is-heartbreaking#IDComment995204979 Casting the refugee crisis in an Obama/Bush context is myopic at best. The primary blame for the problem in Syria is USNATOIsrael policy to instigate and support the overthrow of a series of Middle East strongmen in order to install weak feudal states pliant to external hegemony. Bashar Assad is the latest and toughest. Proxies Qatar and Saudi Arabia finance and arm both the "moderate" Syrian opposition and ISIS, in reality, two heads on the same beast. Yes, the strongmen were bad guys, but the human suffering inflicted on Iraq, Libya, Syria, and others during the 14 year USNATOIsrael campaign of destruction across the Middle East and North Africa cannot be justified. Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:15:12 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28811034/r-eggers-refugee-crisis-is-heartbreaking#IDComment995204979 http://www.dailycamera.com/broomfield-news/ci_28795900/crowd-200-remembers-9-11-at-broomfield-ceremony#IDComment994679113 "Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of the truth" - Albert Einstein Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:45:09 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/broomfield-news/ci_28795900/crowd-200-remembers-9-11-at-broomfield-ceremony#IDComment994679113 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28783751/editorial-u-s-should-accept-more-syrian-refugees#IDComment994480450 The US backed the forces that created the refugee debacle in Syria, Iraq, and north Africa, but when it comes time to bear any responsibility for the crisis, all we hear is an Alfred E. Neuman-esque "What, Me Worry?" Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:36:39 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28783751/editorial-u-s-should-accept-more-syrian-refugees#IDComment994480450 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28779569/boulder-officials-climbers-fume-over-graffiti-near-top#IDComment994329040 The latest scourge: I encountered someone blasting "music" from a backpack at Heil Ranch recently. Wed, 9 Sep 2015 16:05:44 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28779569/boulder-officials-climbers-fume-over-graffiti-near-top#IDComment994329040 http://www.timescall.com/columnists/johnnie-st-vrain/ci_28778717/johnnie-st-vrain-who-pays-bill-bicycling-events#IDComment994323110 You kids get off of my lawn! Wed, 9 Sep 2015 15:15:59 +0000 http://www.timescall.com/columnists/johnnie-st-vrain/ci_28778717/johnnie-st-vrain-who-pays-bill-bicycling-events#IDComment994323110 http://www.timescall.com/longmont-local-news/ci_28754421/new-longmont-area-pot-dispensary-purple-yellow-and#IDComment993555415 No, the complaints aren't related to the nature of the store. It's just ugly. Fri, 4 Sep 2015 14:49:24 +0000 http://www.timescall.com/longmont-local-news/ci_28754421/new-longmont-area-pot-dispensary-purple-yellow-and#IDComment993555415 http://www.dailycamera.com/nation-world-news/ci_28750593/clerk-gay-marriage-case-appear-federal-court#IDComment993465211 "...Boulder was built by people with conservative and Christian principles..." True. The Klu Klux Klan was a major political power in early Boulder. Thu, 3 Sep 2015 21:43:24 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/nation-world-news/ci_28750593/clerk-gay-marriage-case-appear-federal-court#IDComment993465211 http://www.dailycamera.com/broncos-nfl/ci_28750841/tom-brady-wins-ruling-against-nfl-deflategate-case#IDComment993463562 Talk about a self inflicted wound. How many times can Goodell screw up and keep his multimillion dollar job? Thu, 3 Sep 2015 21:26:10 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/broncos-nfl/ci_28750841/tom-brady-wins-ruling-against-nfl-deflategate-case#IDComment993463562 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_28738138/sheriff:-evergreen-man-faces-felony-after-fatally-shooting-bear-cubs#IDComment993137522 The wild raspberry crop seems to be a complete failure this year. Lots of empty bushes. Tue, 1 Sep 2015 19:06:12 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_28738138/sheriff:-evergreen-man-faces-felony-after-fatally-shooting-bear-cubs#IDComment993137522 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28736202/boulder-doctor-collapses-during-court-hearing-drug-charges#IDComment993136073 Eckstein has a license. The allegations should be reviewed by a medical board, not criminal court. Tue, 1 Sep 2015 18:55:22 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28736202/boulder-doctor-collapses-during-court-hearing-drug-charges#IDComment993136073 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28735398/boulders-proposed-2016-budget-48-new-employees-2#IDComment993105195 Where do I apply for the marijuana inspector position? Tue, 1 Sep 2015 14:18:37 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28735398/boulders-proposed-2016-budget-48-new-employees-2#IDComment993105195