ā¦ Colorado has shown they have no will or desire to clean up their criminal illegal problem to keep their citizens safe. So at this time I donāt have any interest, and suggest that others show no interest in what they are doing or not doing. To notice or consider Colorado is simply a waste of valuable time. Call me when they decide to save themselves by taking appropriate action.
Ugh donāt get me started.
I live here, and I stay for the Nature and the access to good food and drink, but the politics is absolutely bonkers.
I have learnt to pick my battles and rise above the nonsense.
Well, it seems the satanic has two parties to work through. I would call the tech bro transhumanists who now ride high in the Republican Party pretty satanic too. The Republicans of my childhood wouldnāt recognize whatever one calls the current iteration of that party.
Itās a uniparty of evil greed and control. They just differ in which flavours of evil they prefer.
And I think there are less evil on the Right, but enough anyway.
Yes - my take on it is there still remain some old school conservative Republicans at local or state levels - Idaho comes to mind - but it is a uniparty that betrays both bases. The Democrat faithful seem as ignorant that their donor class ignore them as the MAGA base are.
ā¦ we need to start isolating and cutting off states such as Colorado, California, New York ā¦ you know the list. Find every way possible to take away every single penny and prevent any pennies from going into those states. Arenāt sanctions a thing?
ā¦ more info on the wonderful state of Colorado (from a short piece on American Thinker)
Seven years ago in Colorado ā¦
*Third in the nation for personal income growth.
*A regulatory burden in the lower half of all states.
*Tied for second-lowest unemployment in 2017 at 2.7% ā and that wasnāt unusual.
*Job growth of 2.4% in 2017 ā typical for a state that was regularly in the top ten.
*A top-10 destination for people moving in from other states.
SEVEN YEARS LATER
"So, how is Colorado doing after seven years of far-left Democrat rule? Not so well:
*11.2 % sales tax and a state income tax rate of 4.25 %
*39th in the nation for personal income growth.
*Sixth worst regulatory burden in the nation.
*In March, we had the second-highest unemployment rate (not an atypical month).
*Job-growth rate of 0.17% (March 2024-March 2025), 43rd in the nation.
*A bottom-10 destination for people moving in from other states.
Coloradoās New Motto
See Foot ā¦ Draw Weapon ā¦ Unload Weapon Into Foot
I am not enjoying the higher taxes. It is very noticeable in things like grocery shopping, delivery fees, fees for fees, inclusion fees, clothes and footwear shopping. You used to be able to get a cheap pair of shoes here for $30 before the 'vid, now itās literally double, at $60 . We donāt suffer TOO much because all things considered we are frugal and donāt pay for āservices/subscriptionsā and buy to own, like thrift stores etc, but it is not sustainable as a trajectory. And the State Legislature seemingly trying to block regulations for AI ( a good thing in my opinion) and having to ball-lessly explain away removing men from womens sports as a possible litigation issue instead of actually a principle issue, in public, are just all symptoms of rot. I know a lot of people that have moved out in the last 5 years. This is where I bought my first house however when rates were super low.
As Iāve been advocating, we need a John C. Calhoun version 2.0 to argue for the idea of āreverse secessionā, i.e., the forcible expulsion from the Union of āstatesā like Nuttyfornia, Coloracket, Sickinois, &c., though I would prefer it be done on a county by county basis.
Just a thoughtā¦
Du hast die recht.
That is to say, such āsmallā things as county lines and nuttiness became first apparent to my little mind during COVID. When we saw a city like Longmont , for example, in Colorado, half in Weld County and half in (Peoples Republic of ) Boulder County. One could shop normally in one building without being literally run down by a mask zealot just down the road from a place where you were lined up by the gestapo for the privilege of buying toilet paper, all ostensibly in the same city.
Then of course you get into things like property tax, etcā¦ My house would be thousands and thousands cheaper just a few metres located in a different direction. Nonsense.
To extrapolate, there can be no Civil War 2.0 (dont you think?) for the very fact of instant communication, globalisation, and embeddedness of all types of Americans in the same housing complex let alone state. . .
On the contrary I think it is more likely now than I thought it was say, only 5-6 years ago.
Just seems a lot messier ,and less logistically feasible, is I suppose what I was getting at. Unfortunately !
Perhaps itās time for the true conservatives, the oneās who donāt want to get involved with foreign wars, donāt want to see our progeny dismembered and the pieces sold for science (or sweeteners) and donāt want to ignore the human trafficking, ESPECIALLY child trafficking, anymore, to do more than talk about it. No violence, no militias, just good olā fashioned Civil Disobedience.
Next time they tell us to be afraid, donāt. Next time they tell us to social distance, hold hands. Next time the tell us to sacrifice, ignore them.
How do you make a tyrant known to all? Make them act like tyrants. Sic Semper Tyrannis.
ā¦ āTheyā have already and are currently acting like tyrants ā¦ now what?
Stop lying down for it.