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11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Friend in Boulder anim... · 0 replies · 0 points

Sarah, if your post is correct, I am sorry this has happened to you. A similar situation happened to me where something I said was taken out of context by the DC. It can be very a very irritating situation to have your words twisted. I have heard this happening to others as well. I would caution people before they speak when the media is present.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Bring the troops home:... · 0 replies · +3 points

Great Article: Tens to hundreds of thousands of our most honorable, courageous, and duty bound citizens are coming back in need of help, and they deserve every penny to get them back to normal. The longer we continue the worse it will get. If you don't like that fact, then don't be so eager to go to war.
These military excursions have gone on far too long. Let's get back to building things and not blowing things up. Let's learn to, again, lead by example and not force. Get out now!

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Bring the troops home:... · 1 reply · +5 points

Oh right, I remember when I served; the military was full of hippie-liberal-nihilistic types. And, the hackysacking was such a daily intrusion [irritated/sarcastic voice].

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Craig Patterson: Disab... · 0 replies · +6 points

As a Veteran, I have never received these free things. No free loans; no free education; and no free medical care. You would not put free medical care on your list if you knew the Byzantine maze veterans have to go through to actually get benefits for service related injuries.

I do strongly disagree with the bloated defense budget and I hate that the military is the sacred cow of politics. However, when a citizen raises their right hand to defend the constitution with their life, that is not a small thing. Opinions about veterans ebb and flow and being a veteran has not always been been seen with gratitude. In 1993, I was actually denied a job with Denver County because of my war veteran status. The city employer, looking me in the eye, said that despite my qualifications, unfortunately, he couldn't hire me because Denver wasn't at war with anyone.

12 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Judge: Police violated... · 0 replies · +16 points

Wow! I'm a little shocked at @MiddleRight's analogy. I'm always surprised at how Americans have become comfortable with government intrusion. No, the government doesn't get to move the bush in front of the window of the room where I sleep. I put that bush there because I don't want people, either you or the government, peering in my window. I don't care what illegal activity they may have reasonable suspicion I am doing. As @Bing987 states, unless it's an emergency or the government has a warrant no one gets to move the bush in front of my window and peer their beady eyes in.

12 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Homeless advocates dec... · 0 replies · +7 points

Can someone on this board tell me how to get back to Boulder, Colorado? I moved there because it was a city that protected constitutional rights, respected free expression, and helped the poor. Somehow, I have ended up in your city which would rather spend resources on preventing these things instead of finding other solutions. I knew I should have turn left at Albuquerque...

12 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder proposes elimi... · 0 replies · +6 points

Be careful when you put efficiency above human dignity and human rights. As the saying goes: "Say what you will about Mussolini, he made the trains run on time."

12 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Reality-based ruling -... · 0 replies · 0 points

This Save our State's initiative and statute has much deeper issues and concerns than fear of Sharia law and immigration. Certain powers in country have gotten very good at using the patriotic and moral energies of those on the right and left to push forward their agendas. I don't believe OK Rep Duncan and other supporters of this bill aren't feeling defeat. The Sharia clause in the statute is conspicuously separate from the other restrictive clauses.

US Judges have had a long tradition of using the opinions of foreign judges. Obviously these opinions have no binding effect but can be informative to a judicial opinion. Courts use outside writings to fill out and enlighten their opinions all the time. Duncan doesn't hide this and has mention Ginsburg's use international law. The funny thing is that Ginsburg isn't known for writing on the establishment clause. But, she has used the Israeli Supreme Court in opinions concerning terrorism and torture. The concern probably stems from having justices from a by-gone error of a progressive Oklahoma in their courts. That pesky life tenure.

This is a bigger concern when foreign court systems have become more agile and have allowed their opinions to modernize and evolve. Surprise! when you have a Canadian Supreme Court that is one seat from putting women in the majority, they are going to write more informative opinions and US Judges are going to want to borrow from that.

There is also the possible use of the bill of rights as a bludgeoning tool. Many of the same amicus in support of this statute probably supported the religious rights of Sovereign Indian Peyote smokers in the 90s. What's the change? When the bill of rights is used fairly it is important to not shoot yourself in the foot, but when it becomes a weapon you can aim it were you please. Why are broad thinkers like Chemerinsky, stepping out of their safe Ivory Towers to get into the fray and give an opinion on Assaults on liberty?

Anyways, there are a bookful worth of themes here and is hard to fit in this forum.

12 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Virtual Editorial Boar... · 1 reply · 0 points

I found some of @Max_Weller_HPC ideas intriguing, including the licensing of panhandlers. I like that it may empower people by giving them a business license. I hope he recognizes that I may have concerns with his enforcement measures. I don't know where the existing homeless would go and I worry about the labeling of people. But, I share his desire to help the local homeless and poor families with an eye towards solutions addressing the real concerns of other Boulderites. There is a race to the bottom as city after city becomes more draconian and dump their homeless on to their neighbors. I would like to see Boulder find solutions to turn this tide.

12 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Guest opinion: Poverty... · 0 replies · +1 points

I don't think that accounts for the 11% drop or other drops. The problems of self-reporting may affect one report but not in the comparison over time. Also, the sharp drops in income have to be within a standard deviation. Unless a larger percentage of affluent Boulderites are making a run on WIC.