Tony's Rants

20/02/2024

You Colorado state legislature (D) at work, doing their best to hide their deliberations and decisions from you, their constituents. Makes you wonder what the Democrats have to hide, eh?

Leaders of the Colorado General Assembly, along with several Democratic members, are seeking sweeping exemptions for lawmakers from the state's open meetings law, which contains guarantees of transparency when officials

13/02/2024

Anyone else notice what is wrong with this graphic that was shown during the Super Bowl by CBS Sports? It contains yet another, subtle slight of the Broncos. For decades, the NFL Hall of Fame voters ignored the Denver Broncos. While we have seen some well-deserved players make it in recent years, there is a huge backlog that should be in there. Up until now, not one member of the famed Orange Crush has made the cut. That is wrong. When CBS put this graphic up, it immediately struck me – Randy Gradishar is the only player with their picture in black and white and he is behind two other players. He is almost unseen against the other inductees. What a crock! I don’t know for sure but a friend said when the announcers were discussing the names, they didn’t mention Gradishar. I wouldn’t be surprised.

10/02/2024

Funny! Shared by Michael Haley, Nikki Haley's husband. Certainly applies to those that support the presumptive nominees of both parties. America, you need to wake up.

05/02/2024

A friend posted the text of this so I sought out the origin of it. From a letter to the editor back in 2015. Echoes what I say every year at this time about the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Most of the performances are really lousy with the "artist" trying to "make it their own." Don't! Just don't. This year Reba is singing it. I checked out previous times she has done it and generally she does it quite well. Hopefully she does it justice this year. Almost certainly will be better than the majority who have come before.

21/01/2024

I am not sad to see DeSantis drop out. I am sad that he endorsed Trump. Not good for the party or the country.

12/01/2024

Ah, now it makes sense. 😉

03/01/2024

I find this to be a well done story about the very real anxieties that Colorado's ballot box biology is causing with people that will suffer the consequences.

"Would it be OK, if just once... the small rural communities get to vote some impactful measure into the Denver-Boulder region, and you don't have a say in it," Erik Woog asked. "But we're going to decide.... The point is, you wouldn't feel all that empowered as an American citizen, would you - when someone can just check a box on a ballot that affects your life, and there's not one thing you can do about it?"

In the wake of a vote that was heavily decided by Front Range residents, much of Grand County feels like they were, quite literally, thrown to the wolves. Hear from them in our 360 in-depth report.

28/12/2023

Oh dear Lord. Add carpetbagger to her resume. I am a true Republican and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and Donald J. Trump (and their entire ilk) just need to go away - for the good of the Republican Party, Colorado and more importantly, the nation.

30/11/2023

So what do you think? Are Adams County Government, CO, City of Thornton, Colorado Government Adams 12 Five Star Schools and other local governments / school boards going to give their taxpayers a break? Somehow I bet not. They know the huge jump in property values is a boon for them (not that they need it - or deserve it) and they want to cash in.

(The Center Square) – Gov. Jared Polis is urging local governments and school districts to reduce property taxes after surges in property assessments throughout Colorado.

16/11/2023

What a complete and total clown Jared Polis has turned into. Serious times require serious leaders and this man is not as evidenced by these BS theatrics. Coloradans are hurting and he and his fellow Democrats had plenty of time to provide real solutions to skyrocketing property taxes. Instead, they opted to try to reach into your own pocket to pay for your relief. Thankfully voters saw their way through the ruse and shot down Proposition HH. Don’t let your guard down though! They may yet try to manipulate (i.e. steal) your TABOR refunds during this special session. Contact your state legislators and the governor and tell them HANDS OFF!

14/11/2023

Way to go, Colorado! Good job climbing the list. Sigh. This is what happens when you turn over statewide offices, the state legislature and district attorney, county, and municipal offices to leftists. They have weakened penalties for criminals, set criminals free and refused to prosecute many crimes. This is the result and you voted for it, Colorado.

“Colorado is the only state among its eight neighbors to have seen the crime rate increase from 2012 to 2022, having risen 21.6%. On average, crime rates in neighboring states fell 28% over the same period. For the U.S. overall, the crime rates decreased 28.3%.”

13/11/2023

I guess at least the Colorado GOP isn't alone in having a mess for a state party. Here, the MAGA Trump-loving crowd is ensuring no Republican will hold statewide office for a very long time and the state legislature will remain firmly in Democrat hands. Idiots.

National Republicans fear the cash crunch could hamper field operations in key swing states come 2024.

13/11/2023

Next year, please drop the apostrophe!

10/11/2023

Oh, NOW Democrats want to really tackle property tax relief? Sheesh. We will see what comes of this special session. I have serious doubts about their ability to make the right choices for Coloradans.

After the resounding defeat of Proposition HH, Colorado Democrats are now scrambling to address the state's property tax mess by  calling for a special session . But critics are skeptical of their motives, questioning why they didn't have a backup plan in case the controversial proposition

21/10/2023

Proposition HH is a disaster. Democrats & Governor Jared Polis had the opportunity to bring real property tax relief to Coloradans during the past legislative session. Instead, they opted to (again) try to totally gut TABOR. I implore you, vote NO on Prop HH.

Prop HH is supposed to be a tax reduction, but is it really?

05/10/2023

"There will not be another foot of wall constructed on my administration..." Joe Biden, August 2020.

"There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States..." DHS Sec. Mayorkas, October 2023.

Glad President Biden has finally woken up to the crisis at the border that has been going on for many years. Too bad he pandered to the far left and stopped border wall construction when he was elected. Had he not, we might have been able to avoid the disastrous state we are in now thanks to him and his administration's policies.

01/09/2023

Oh yes, you knew this was coming. Choochoo fans want to tax us for another rail boondoggle that will see less ridership than expected, cost far more than expected and take longer to complete than promised. Sound familiar? Voters would do well to remember the Fastracks that cost a multitude of times more than promised, underdelivered, is not ridden as much as they said it would be and has not been finished to the extent promised!

But planners aren’t certain they’ll be ready by next year.

30/08/2023

Sorry, Mitch, just like Feinstein, it is time to step aside. The way these elected officials cling to office given clearly declining faculties is ridiculous (and, yes, I am looking at you too, Joe).

McConnell, 81, initially seemed to struggle to hear when asked at an event in Covington, Kentucky, about his views on running for reelection.

28/08/2023

Issues with the Adams County Sheriff's office? I back the blue but the department is routinely in the news for problems of one sort or another. This story certainly might help explain why Thornton PD opted to bring much of the training of their cadets in house rather than use Flatrock.

Flatrock Regional Training Center instructors targeted women, small-framed men and Aims Community College cadets, the state alleges

02/08/2023

Welcome to the new Colorado. To save you from clicking on it, the Mile High City ranked at #15. Ouch! You get what you vote for.

Stacker listed the 50 worst-run cities in the United States using June 2023 data from WalletHub’s Best- and Worst-Run Cities in America. Cities are ranked by their overall operating efficienc…

04/07/2023

God bless America! 🇺🇸 🦅 🇺🇸 🦅 🇺🇸 🦅 🇺🇸 🦅

02/07/2023

College graduates and students, pay your own debt!

04/05/2023

The socialists at Colorado Education Association that teach our children hold a coming out day slamming capitalism. No surprise really. Folks, you need to wake up! The 'long game' these folks have been playing is very evident and it is working - unless you take a stand. Yeah, I doubt you'll see the story in the majority of the MSM. It just reinforces why I am SO GLAD my kids are out of government school (not that college is really any better).

https://www.foxnews.com/media/colorado-teachers-union-passes-resolution-declaring-capitalism-inherently-exploits-children-public-schools

23/04/2023

I really hope this makes the ballot! I would whole-heartedly support it. The less time they have in session the better.

The initiative would amend Colorado's Constitution to shorten time lawmakers spend under the gold dome

30/03/2023

If this is true, this is why even steadfast conservatives like me are abandoning the Colorado GOP. Absolutely sickening to see the state party destroy itself and fall further into irrelevancy.

27/03/2023

By the numbers, the decline in American greatness. This survey provides a sobering look at the changing values in our society and likely provides insight into why our nation seems to be on the decline. Read: https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-pull-back-from-values-that-once-defined-u-s-wsj-norc-poll-finds-df8534cd

25/03/2023

The school shooting here in Denver greatly saddens me. These things really should not happen. But, these folks are delusional if they think any of the proposals the Colorado state legislature is considering would have made any bit of difference. Raise the age to buy a firearm? The shooter was underage by current law. Ban “ghost” guns? The shooter didn’t use one. Ban so-called “assault weapons”? The shooter didn’t use one. Mandating a “waiting period”? Yeah, as the kid was underage, he clearly didn’t acquire the firearm legally so that would do nothing. Wake up folks. I get the emotion involved in a situation like this but so many of these folks showcase what can only be called ignorance. The blame lies elsewhere. The shooter was already on probation for having a firearm in a school. Why was he even allowed into a public education facility? Yup, liberal policies that allowed it – and in fact required it. At a minimum, it was liberal policies that removed SROs from DPS schools requiring unarmed, untrained, ill-prepared administrators to conduct searches every morning of a demonstrably violent youth. While the entire background of the shooter has yet to be revealed, any bets he didn’t have a father figure in his life and came from a broken home? I’ll put cold hard cash that is the case. Any takers? Of course not. We all know that is the case. Liberal policies since the 1960s have fostered conditions that have destroyed the American family (particularly in the black community), devalued life and created a fallacy that children don’t need a mother AND father. Well, leftists, you reap what you sow, and our children and our society continue to pay the price.

15/03/2023

I'm just sitting here shaking my head at this. You wonder why Republicans are leaving our party and independents don't vote for our candidates? Someone getting beaten within an inch of their lives isn't funny, no matter who they are. Be better, my fellow R's! For those of us in Colorado, the state is lost thanks to "jokes" like this and the type of people we elect to party leadership.

10/03/2023

Absolutely spot on! I LOL'd at this but it is true. It's the military. Either you're in and comply or don't join, we don't want you. You are here to fight. Period. Not to impress the barista at the corner coffee shop.

"So, if you want to look cute with your skinny jeans and your beard, by all means do it someplace else. But quit wasting our time on something that doesn't have anything to do with kicking the enemy's ass," Colon-Lopez said.

"The question is, do we really need to be discussing fashion when we're preparing, after 20 years of war, to best an opponent that can potentially have the best of us?" he said. "Is the beard relevant? Is there a need for a beard other than personal comfort to not shave?"

Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Ramon "CZ" Colon-Lopez, the senior enlisted adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave his rebuke of more progressive shaving policies on a Facebook livestream.

09/02/2023

Colorado Democrats' election year bribery scheme may end up costing taxpayers. Way to go! Of course voters have only themselves to blame for putting these idiots in office.

If you received a TABOR refund last year, you might owe federal taxes on that money.