coloradopeakpolitics--2020-11-30--Not all get well wishes are showing sympathy for the governor

Not all get well wishes are showing sympathy for the governor Sentiments of frustration along with get well wishes are pouring in for Gov .
Polis , who announced Saturday night he and his partner tested positive for COVID-19 , but are asymptomatic and not actually feeling sick .
Polis isn ’ t revealing any details as to where or how he came into contact with the virus , and his lack of transparency is not sitting well with many Coloradans .
The Twitterverse did an about face when Denver Mayor Hancock weighed in , and redirected their ire towards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subjects to stay home , then fled the state for a warm Thanksgiving in Mississippi .
All city employees , including Hancock we presume , are being forced to quarantine for 14 days if they traveled during the Thanksgiving holiday .
Polis has not even revealed how long he has to quarantine before he is no longer contagious .
Such information would tell us when he was likely infected and who the governor might have also infected .
Real leaders lead by example , and Coloradans won ’ t soon forget the examples @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this Thanksgiving .

Not all get well wishes are showing sympathy for the governor
Sentiments of frustration along with get well wishes are pouring in for Gov. Polis, who announced Saturday night he and his partner tested positive for COVID-19, but are asymptomatic and not actually feeling sick.
Polis isn’t revealing any details as to where or how he came into contact with the virus, and his lack of transparency is not sitting well with many Coloradans.
Seriously? @jaredpolis can order all his lowly citizens to do all the things and confess all the details as if they sinned, but he can’t bother to be honest? Fits the hypocritical leadership of @coloradodems. Best wishes for King Polis’ recovery and future honesty. #copolitics https://t.co/O9uELEohN2 — KBBColorado (@ColoradoKbb) November 29, 2020
Remember how Polis condescendingly tut-tutted when Trump got COVID? Best wishes for a full recovery, Governor. Evidently you don’t have the grasp on proper COVID precautions you thought you did. https://t.co/fxEWPcgH9y — Daniel Cole (@dancoloradan) November 29, 2020
The Twitterverse did an about face when Denver Mayor Hancock weighed in, and redirected their ire towards the leader who ordered all of his subjects to stay home, then fled the state for a warm Thanksgiving in Mississippi.
All of Denver right now pic.twitter.com/1ZKMpkkaCV — leigh (@Leigh_47) November 29, 2020
Not a single person on Earth gives a fuck what you have to say on this. #SilentNight #copolitics https://t.co/3LDA0Iy50f — most loved ∴ most hated (@BuzzFeed_Chris) November 29, 2020
All city employees, including Hancock we presume, are being forced to quarantine for 14 days if they traveled during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Polis has not even revealed how long he has to quarantine before he is no longer contagious. Such information would tell us when he was likely infected and who the governor might have also infected.
Real leaders lead by example, and Coloradans won’t soon forget the examples Hancock and Polis set for us all this Thanksgiving.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-01--Polis state: Only counties policing his COVID orders can get $57 million in aid

Polis state : Only counties policing his COVID orders can get $ 57 million in aid Only counties agreeing to police and punish those who don ’ t abide by Emperor Polis ’ s COVID-19 lockdown regulations will be eligible for $ 57 million in emergency funding to deal with the ongoing economic disaster that ’ s resulted from Polis ’ s rule .
The Colorado Sun reports on the mandate put in motion by the state legislature as lawmakers ’ way of mandating compliance .
It ’ s reminiscent of how North Korea would operate , minus the taxpayer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state .
Here ’ s who fits the bill , literally , to reap these millions lawmakers earmarked during a three-day special session this week .
You are eligible if : This isn ’ t just Democrats making counties follow the governor ’ s executive orders .
The Senate bill is , gasp , bipartisan .
Sponsors are Sens .
Faith Winters , Democrat , Republican Kevin Priola , and Reps. Leslie Herod , Democrat and Republican Shane Sandridge .
Lawmakers are also talking about excluding funding in other measures from counties that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wheel of closures .
The obvious target is Weld County .
Residents are being punished for voting for conservative , small-government Republicans who aren ’ t inclined to arrest office workers for busting the 10 % capacity cap or fining residents at an outdoor event that tips the 25 % cap .
We ’ re betting Denver gets a pass , even though Mayor Hancock clearly broke the stay-at-home rule .

Polis state: Only counties policing his COVID orders can get $57 million in aid
Only counties agreeing to police and punish those who don’t abide by Emperor Polis’s COVID-19 lockdown regulations will be eligible for $57 million in emergency funding to deal with the ongoing economic disaster that’s resulted from Polis’s rule.
The Colorado Sun reports on the mandate put in motion by the state legislature as lawmakers’ way of mandating compliance.
It’s reminiscent of how North Korea would operate, minus the taxpayer dollar reward for operating a compliant police state.
Here’s who fits the bill, literally, to reap these millions lawmakers earmarked during a three-day special session this week.
You are eligible if:
“The county’s good-faith efforts to enforce or promote compliance with applicable executive and public health orders within the scope of its authority and in consideration of available resources, including engaging law enforcement to enforce executive and public health order violations …”
This isn’t just Democrats making counties follow the governor’s executive orders. The Senate bill is, gasp, bipartisan.
Sponsors are Sens. Faith Winters, Democrat, Republican Kevin Priola, and Reps. Leslie Herod, Democrat and Republican Shane Sandridge.
Lawmakers are also talking about excluding funding in other measures from counties that don’t comply with the COVID wheel of closures.
The obvious target is Weld County. Residents are being punished for voting for conservative, small-government Republicans who aren’t inclined to arrest office workers for busting the 10% capacity cap or fining residents at an outdoor event that tips the 25% cap.
We’re betting Denver gets a pass, even though Mayor Hancock clearly broke the stay-at-home rule.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-01--Democrat House Speaker wrongly accuses staffer of bringing COVID to special session

Democrats and some in the media went on a wild witch hunt during the first day of the special legislative session Monday calling out any Republican who dared lift their mask to speak or eat lunch .
But the most offensive behavior was that of Democrat House Speaker KC Becker , who acted on rumor and innuendo to accuse a Republican staffer of being in attendance after testing positive for COVID last week .
If Becker had bothered to check with House Minority Leader Hugh McKean before trying to incite panic over a rumor , she would have learned the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last week , and that her doctor cleared her return to work .
So much for medical privacy .
The staffer tested positive on Nov. 17 , and the CDC requires those who actually test positive stay away from others for 10 days after symptoms first appear .
The Republican staffer came to Becker ’ s attention after she was captured in the background of a photograph taken by Democrat Rep. Cathy Kipp of Fort Collins who wanted to embarrass Republican Rep. Larry Liston of Colorado Springs .
Liston lifted his mask over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind the protective partition to speak with a colleague .
It made for a goofy-looking photo , which Kipp enhanced by simply making up a paranoid scenario to accompany her photo on Twitter .
From there , the photo was blown up and the staffer was outed by the Denver Post .
She ’ s sitting alone , and she ’ s a recovered COVID victim who is no longer contagious .
God forbid she pull the mask from her nose to catch a few breaths like every mask-wearing human being on Planet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ awkward mask photo , he told Colorado Politics he was not wearing it like a hat to mock masks , he was having a conversation with another lawmaker .
“ I wasn ’ t trying to make any point at all .
Why is it a big deal if I wear it on my head or over an ear ?
I wasn ’ t trying to make light of anything or anybody.
” “ I have done nothing wrong and have a right to put the mask on my head , over my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to speak to a colleague when there is a plastic partition between us , ” Liston maintained .
While several Republicans did remove their masks to speak or eat during the first day of the special mask-shaming session , Becker set the Democrat standard by apparently absorbing that large cup of coffee by osmosis .

Democrat House Speaker wrongly accuses staffer of bringing COVID to special session
Democrats and some in the media went on a wild witch hunt during the first day of the special legislative session Monday calling out any Republican who dared lift their mask to speak or eat lunch.
But the most offensive behavior was that of Democrat House Speaker KC Becker, who acted on rumor and innuendo to accuse a Republican staffer of being in attendance after testing positive for COVID last week.
If Becker had bothered to check with House Minority Leader Hugh McKean before trying to incite panic over a rumor, she would have learned the staffer did test positive, but not last week, and that her doctor cleared her return to work.
Just want to add the info @RyanHaarer learned tonight. House Minority Leader @hmckean said the staffer tested positive for COVID on Nov. 17 and had clearance from doctor to return to work. https://t.co/QDkJChovdt #coleg #copolitics https://t.co/RPN7m6ZY2b — Marshall Zelinger (@Marshall9News) December 1, 2020
So much for medical privacy.
The staffer tested positive on Nov. 17, and the CDC requires those who actually test positive stay away from others for 10 days after symptoms first appear.
The Republican staffer came to Becker’s attention after she was captured in the background of a photograph taken by Democrat Rep. Cathy Kipp of Fort Collins who wanted to embarrass Republican Rep. Larry Liston of Colorado Springs.
Liston lifted his mask over his head while seated at his desk behind the protective partition to speak with a colleague.
It made for a goofy-looking photo, which Kipp enhanced by simply making up a paranoid scenario to accompany her photo on Twitter.
Not wearing a mask us one thing, mocking it like this or coming across the aisle maskless to greet your colleagues is just offensive.#coleg #copolitics pic.twitter.com/ztBQNHuYFT — Cathy_Kipp (@Cathy_Kipp) November 30, 2020
From there, the photo was blown up and the staffer was outed by the Denver Post.
You know that photo of Rep. Larry Liston that’s been going around? (This one was taken by @Cathy_Kipp.) The woman with the brown hair in the background is Moroney, the GOP staffer who posted “I have COVID” on Facebook on Nov. 24. pic.twitter.com/kifc02rAeo — Alex Burness (@alex_burness) November 30, 2020
She’s sitting alone, and she’s a recovered COVID victim who is no longer contagious. God forbid she pull the mask from her nose to catch a few breaths like every mask-wearing human being on Planet Costco.
As for Liston’s awkward mask photo, he told Colorado Politics he was not wearing it like a hat to mock masks, he was having a conversation with another lawmaker.
“I wasn’t trying to make any point at all. Why is it a big deal if I wear it on my head or over an ear? I wasn’t trying to make light of anything or anybody.” “I have done nothing wrong and have a right to put the mask on my head, over my ear or in my pocket when trying to speak to a colleague when there is a plastic partition between us,” Liston maintained.
While several Republicans did remove their masks to speak or eat during the first day of the special mask-shaming session, Becker set the Democrat standard by apparently absorbing that large cup of coffee by osmosis.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-02--Media blackout? Reporters avoid asking Polis how he contracted COVID-19

Media blackout ?
Reporters avoid asking Polis how he contracted COVID-19 The press conference Tuesday with Dr. Fauci was the perfect opportunity for Gov .
Polis to explain how he came into contact with and contracted COVID-19 .
But Polis didn ’ t offer any explanation , and none of the participating reporters bothered to ask .
Maybe the media already forgot the governor was told by someone he had come in contact with a person who tested positive for the virus .
The governor obviously knows whether he was following his own state mandate to wear a mask when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Polis knows if he failed to social distance from the carrier or wash his hands .
The governor also knows if he was following all the rules , and yet it just didn ’ t protect him .
But for some odd reason , the governor won ’ t say and the media is refusing to do their job and ask .
It ’ s not like reporters are shy about asking tough questions .
The first one out of the chute during the press conference was Steve Staeger from 9News , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ve called business owners and county leaders who ignore restrictions bad actors .
You ’ ve called Coloradans who don ’ t wear a mask selfish bastards .
Yet , we haven ’ t heard you say a critical word about Mayor Hancock ’ s travels , isn ’ t that creating your own issue of hypocrisy ?
” You know what else would create his own issue of hypocrisy ?
The governor actually contracting COVID-19 because he did not follow his own mandates .
It ’ s been a full week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contact with someone , somewhere , and has COVID-19 .
But we still don ’ t have any answers as to what happened to the governor , because apparently there ’ s a media blackout preventing reporters from asking about it .
If Polis did contract the virus because he didn ’ t follow his own rules , regulations or mandates , does this mean no one in Colorado will be eligible for future emergency benefits because of the new rule from state lawmakers that aid only goes to counties that police Polis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entire State of Colorado .

Media blackout? Reporters avoid asking Polis how he contracted COVID-19
The press conference Tuesday with Dr. Fauci was the perfect opportunity for Gov. Polis to explain how he came into contact with and contracted COVID-19.
But Polis didn’t offer any explanation, and none of the participating reporters bothered to ask.
Maybe the media already forgot the governor was told by someone he had come in contact with a person who tested positive for the virus.
The governor obviously knows whether he was following his own state mandate to wear a mask when he came into contact with the virus.
Polis knows if he failed to social distance from the carrier or wash his hands.
The governor also knows if he was following all the rules, and yet it just didn’t protect him.
But for some odd reason, the governor won’t say and the media is refusing to do their job and ask.
It’s not like reporters are shy about asking tough questions.
The first one out of the chute during the press conference was Steve Staeger from 9News, who said to Polis:
“You’ve called business owners and county leaders who ignore restrictions bad actors. You’ve called Coloradans who don’t wear a mask selfish bastards. Yet, we haven’t heard you say a critical word about Mayor Hancock’s travels, isn’t that creating your own issue of hypocrisy?”
You know what else would create his own issue of hypocrisy?
The governor actually contracting COVID-19 because he did not follow his own mandates.
It’s been a full week since Polis first revealed he came in contact with someone, somewhere, and has COVID-19.
But we still don’t have any answers as to what happened to the governor, because apparently there’s a media blackout preventing reporters from asking about it.
If Polis did contract the virus because he didn’t follow his own rules, regulations or mandates, does this mean no one in Colorado will be eligible for future emergency benefits because of the new rule from state lawmakers that aid only goes to counties that police Polis’s rule?
Asking for the entire State of Colorado.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-04--Weld County business handles Polis State crackdown with dignity

The Polis State is at it again , this time targeting dozens of businesses in Weld County for inspections to make sure no one is eating inside or challenging the governor ’ s color-coded COVID wheel of economic doom .
State regulators conducted 78 inspections on the first business day of Level Red in Weld County , the Denver Post reports .
Bulldog Pub and Grub in Greeley lost its liquor license and responded with a GoFundMe page to stay afloat raising nearly $ 10,000 so far .
The regulatory raids are the latest paybacks in a string of hateful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ declined to send the police after residents with jail time and fines to enforce the governor ’ s random will .
Longmont Mayor Brian Bagley was shamed into backing down on his threat to withhold medical treatment for Weld County residents who contracted COVID-19 .
State lawmakers , including some Republicans , cut off Weld County businesses from receiving emergency aid passed during this week ’ s special session because the county council didn ’ t order armed shutdowns .
How dare they buck the governor or question his orders , like DIA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and restaurant-seating service .
In the Cuomo State of New York , Mac ’ s Public House in Staten Island was forced to close this week after police arrested one of the owners for ignoring shut down orders .
Sheriff deputies literally blocked the front door Wednesday and refused to allow other owners to enter — or the hundreds of protestors who showed up to oppose Cuomo ’ s orders .
This is what it looks like when politicians order the police to close down businesses .
This is what it looks like @ @ @ @ @ @

Weld County business handles Polis State crackdown with dignity
The Polis State is at it again, this time targeting dozens of businesses in Weld County for inspections to make sure no one is eating inside or challenging the governor’s color-coded COVID wheel of economic doom.
State regulators conducted 78 inspections on the first business day of Level Red in Weld County, the Denver Post reports.
Bulldog Pub and Grub in Greeley lost its liquor license and responded with a GoFundMe page to stay afloat raising nearly $10,000 so far.
The regulatory raids are the latest paybacks in a string of hateful repercussions against the county after elected officials declined to send the police after residents with jail time and fines to enforce the governor’s random will.
Longmont Mayor Brian Bagley was shamed into backing down on his threat to withhold medical treatment for Weld County residents who contracted COVID-19.
State lawmakers, including some Republicans, cut off Weld County businesses from receiving emergency aid passed during this week’s special session because the county council didn’t order armed shutdowns.
How dare they buck the governor or question his orders, like DIA restaurants being able to continue with bar and restaurant-seating service.
In the Cuomo State of New York, Mac’s Public House in Staten Island was forced to close this week after police arrested one of the owners for ignoring shut down orders.
Sheriff deputies literally blocked the front door Wednesday and refused to allow other owners to enter — or the hundreds of protestors who showed up to oppose Cuomo’s orders.
This is what it looks like when politicians order the police to close down businesses.
This is what it looks like when they don’t:


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-03--Here’s what you might get from the $300 million state lawmakers just spent in COVID aid

Here ’ s what you might get from the $ 300 million state lawmakers just spent in COVID aid The Democrat-controlled state legislature just spent nearly $ 330 million in emergency aid for COVID-19 relief , but what ’ s in it for you ?
Not much , unless you ’ re a small business owner , or so poor you ’ re already on public assistance , or an illegal immigrant .
And even then , you still won ’ t get much .
The three-day special session was mostly an expensive PR stunt by Democrat lawmakers to avert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shutdowns in the red zones , and to call out some Republicans for not wearing masks .
Outnumbered , Republicans meanwhile failed to curb the governor ’ s autonomous powers , with which he has executed 230 executive orders in nine months .
If you ’ re a business in Weld or any county that resists the governor ’ s regulations defined in his color-coded wheel of closures , you get no tax relief .
Here ’ s how Coloradans ’ taxpayer dollars will be spent to allegedly help those in need : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goes to the governor ’ s office to be spent by government agencies on his disaster emergencies .
How could we have survived without that ?
$ 57 million for small business and arts relief in counties that police all of Polis ’ s executive orders to close or restrict operations .
Actually , only $ 37 million goes to businesses , and $ 7.5 million to the arts .
The rest goes to different government offices .
Tax reductions for restaurants that could total anywhere from $ 39 million to $ 53 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to restaurants , just a four month tax break .
They get to keep up to $ 2,000 a month if they are still open and can earn up to $ 70,000 a month .
$ 45 million for child care facilities in small grant amounts to pay for your child care .
Just kidding !
It doesn ’ t help Coloradans pay for child care , the grants are for general operations like “ staff training , background check fees , cleaning supplies , educational supplies , and capital or facility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ internet access to preschoolers , yes preschoolers , students up to 12th grade , teachers and “ other staff ” as required for online learning .
Children should be in school instead , but it ’ s the least Democrats can do for robbing our kids of a proper education .
Seriously , it really is the least they did for our kids ’ future .
No , wait .
Only $ 5 million goes to direct assistance to those who can ’ t make the rent , including illegal immigrants .
Another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the eviction legal defense fund for people who don ’ t or can ’ t pay rent to hire lawyers instead .
The rest goes to grant programs and the government and non-profit agencies that will administer grants through June .
$ 5 million to replenish food banks .
That equals about $ 160 per homeless person in Denver .
$ 5 million in utility relief : “ The money from this bill will go directly to energy companies , with the condition that they use it to maintain service to people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ payments , or who may already be in arrears .
The bill does allow for expense on firewood , in addition to the more traditional energy expenditures households make.
” So there you have it , or you won ’ t — how Democrat lawmakers used their special session and your taxpayer dollars to help others in your time of need .

Here’s what you might get from the $300 million state lawmakers just spent in COVID aid
The Democrat-controlled state legislature just spent nearly $330 million in emergency aid for COVID-19 relief, but what’s in it for you?
Not much, unless you’re a small business owner, or so poor you’re already on public assistance, or an illegal immigrant.
And even then, you still won’t get much.
The three-day special session was mostly an expensive PR stunt by Democrat lawmakers to avert attention from Polis’s latest business shutdowns in the red zones, and to call out some Republicans for not wearing masks.
Outnumbered, Republicans meanwhile failed to curb the governor’s autonomous powers, with which he has executed 230 executive orders in nine months.
If you’re a business in Weld or any county that resists the governor’s regulations defined in his color-coded wheel of closures, you get no tax relief.
Here’s how Coloradans’ taxpayer dollars will be spent to allegedly help those in need:
$100 million in Disaster Relief that goes to the governor’s office to be spent by government agencies on his disaster emergencies. How could we have survived without that?
$57 million for small business and arts relief in counties that police all of Polis’s executive orders to close or restrict operations. Actually, only $37 million goes to businesses, and $7.5 million to the arts. The rest goes to different government offices.
Tax reductions for restaurants that could total anywhere from $39 million to $53 million. This isn’t money going to restaurants, just a four month tax break. They get to keep up to $2,000 a month if they are still open and can earn up to $70,000 a month.
$45 million for child care facilities in small grant amounts to pay for your child care. Just kidding! It doesn’t help Coloradans pay for child care, the grants are for general operations like “staff training, background check fees, cleaning supplies, educational supplies, and capital or facility improvement costs.”
$20 million for internet access to preschoolers, yes preschoolers, students up to 12th grade, teachers and “other staff” as required for online learning. Children should be in school instead, but it’s the least Democrats can do for robbing our kids of a proper education. Seriously, it really is the least they did for our kids’ future.
$44.5 million in housing aid, now we’re talking real money!
No, wait. Only $5 million goes to direct assistance to those who can’t make the rent, including illegal immigrants. Another $1 million of taxpayer dollars goes to the eviction legal defense fund for people who don’t or can’t pay rent to hire lawyers instead.
The rest goes to grant programs and the government and non-profit agencies that will administer grants through June.
$5 million to replenish food banks. That equals about $160 per homeless person in Denver.
$5 million in utility relief: “The money from this bill will go directly to energy companies, with the condition that they use it to maintain service to people who can’t make their utility payments, or who may already be in arrears. The bill does allow for expense on firewood, in addition to the more traditional energy expenditures households make.”
So there you have it, or you won’t — how Democrat lawmakers used their special session and your taxpayer dollars to help others in your time of need.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-04--Polis goes maskless to pull the worst publicity stunt, ever

Polis goes maskless to pull the worst publicity stunt , ever Gov .
Polis spewed COVID germs all over a @ @ @ @ @ millions of dollars for emergency COVID aid , because he failed to wear a mandated @ @ @ @ @ .
Polis was feeling cute when he pulled the worst publicity stunt ever , and @ @ @ @ @ while pledging to put on gloves before passing the bill off to an unnamed and @ @ @ @ @ s an idea , put on gloves and a mask before signing and speaking .
@ @ @ @ @ it so the next time you sign a bill you won ’ t have to @ @ @ @ @ , which probably just opened up a huge hole in the ozone layer over Boulder @

Polis goes maskless to pull the worst publicity stunt, ever
Gov. Polis spewed COVID germs all over a bill he signed today authorizing millions of dollars for emergency COVID aid, because he failed to wear a mandated mask while running his mouth.
Polis was feeling cute when he pulled the worst publicity stunt ever, and sprayed Lysol over the papers while pledging to put on gloves before passing the bill off to an unnamed and unseen official.
Signed a bill today that supports the state’s ongoing efforts to combat the pandemic by providing critical resources for our disaster response to the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/Ns0UsRLvk3 — Governor Jared Polis (@GovofCO) December 3, 2020
Here’s an idea, put on gloves and a mask before signing and speaking.
Please make a note of it so the next time you sign a bill you won’t have to waste near as much Lysol, which probably just opened up a huge hole in the ozone layer over Boulder.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-04--Buying Colorado: Democrats blew big bucks on a sure bet

Democrats succeeded in buying a U.S. Senate seat for John Hickenlooper by spending an eye-popping $ 41 million in Colorado .
Democrats also tried , but failed to buy the 3rd Congressional District seat , outspending Lauren Boebert by 2 to 1 .
Interestingly , the Colorado Sun describes our Senate election as a “ nationally important race , ” but we ’ ve no idea how they reached that conclusion .
Was it a nationally important race because it ’ s one of only two seats Democrats managed to take from Republicans in a year they were expected to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the saddest victory we ’ ve ever heard , especially since Democrats spent $ 716 million on Senate races nationwide while Republican spent $ 435 million .
Reuters summed it up best : Is it nationally important because Democrats didn ’ t go full metal jacket delusional and spend more than $ 100 million in Colorado , like they did trying to unseat entrenched Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in the die-hard red state of South Carolina ?
Was it a key win because it ’ s the one race pollsters got right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner couldn ’ t shake the coattails of President Trump to win bipartisan support in a blue state ?
Democrats spent $ 41 million in Colorado on a sure bet , according to pollsters .
Now that certainly ranks as nationally significant .
Democrats also spent $ 604 million in House races , of which they boldly predicted to pick up a bunch more , only to loose a dozen seats to Republicans who spent nearly $ 100 million less .
Ironically , it ’ s the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for campaign finance reform legislation to crack down on donations and get money out of politics .
Maybe the Democrat Party of the rich should just learn how to spend all their more wisely .

Buying Colorado: Democrats blew big bucks on a sure bet
Democrats succeeded in buying a U.S. Senate seat for John Hickenlooper by spending an eye-popping $41 million in Colorado.
Democrats also tried, but failed to buy the 3rd Congressional District seat, outspending Lauren Boebert by 2 to 1.
Interestingly, the Colorado Sun describes our Senate election as a “nationally important race,” but we’ve no idea how they reached that conclusion.
Was it a nationally important race because it’s one of only two seats Democrats managed to take from Republicans in a year they were expected to sweep the nation?
That’s the saddest victory we’ve ever heard, especially since Democrats spent $716 million on Senate races nationwide while Republican spent $435 million.
Reuters summed it up best:
Is it nationally important because Democrats didn’t go full metal jacket delusional and spend more than $100 million in Colorado, like they did trying to unseat entrenched Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in the die-hard red state of South Carolina?
Was it a key win because it’s the one race pollsters got right, predicting a year or so out that incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner couldn’t shake the coattails of President Trump to win bipartisan support in a blue state?
Democrats spent $41 million in Colorado on a sure bet, according to pollsters. Now that certainly ranks as nationally significant.
Democrats also spent $604 million in House races, of which they boldly predicted to pick up a bunch more, only to loose a dozen seats to Republicans who spent nearly $100 million less.
Ironically, it’s the Democrat Party that’s always clamoring for campaign finance reform legislation to crack down on donations and get money out of politics.
Maybe the Democrat Party of the rich should just learn how to spend all their more wisely.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-07--Polis State seizes property to enforce compliance with ever-changing COVID rules

It ’ s not enough the Polis State of regulators infiltrated Weld County to enforce upon small businesses the governor ’ s random edicts of the color-coded COVID wheel of economic doom .
State regulators are now confiscating property elsewhere and threatening wholesalers against selling to restauranteurs whose liquor licenses were yanked by revenuers for the crime of opening their door .
In a “ Compliance Alert ” issued Saturday , bureaucrats strongly encouraged wholesalers to refrain from distributing to Parrott ’ s Sports Grill , Lyon ’ s Den Restaurant and Taphouse , Bulldog Dell & Pizza , El @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restaurant ’ s Facebook page say state revenuers went so far as to confiscate their entire stock of alcohol , which 9News confirms .
Without a warrant , regulators walked off with $ 5,000 worth of stock belonging to the Lyons Den Restaurant and Taphouse in Boulder County .
We don ’ t need no stinking warrant to seize property , is the Polis State ’ s stance .
“ … ( I ) t falls within our administrative powers as the licensing authority .
This was an administrative action not a criminal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the state Revenue Department told 9News .
In the Polis State we all now live , it ’ s okay for bureaucrats to seize our property without a warrant just days after the governor changes his mind about the restrictions of his color-coded COVID wheel , which also defines stay-at-home orders , and when we can go to work or school .
And businesses beware , if you continue to cooperate with these entrepreneurial scofflaws , you could be targeted next for retribution .

Polis State seizes property to enforce compliance with ever-changing COVID rules
It’s not enough the Polis State of regulators infiltrated Weld County to enforce upon small businesses the governor’s random edicts of the color-coded COVID wheel of economic doom.
State regulators are now confiscating property elsewhere and threatening wholesalers against selling to restauranteurs whose liquor licenses were yanked by revenuers for the crime of serving minors opening their door.
In a “Compliance Alert” issued Saturday, bureaucrats ordered strongly encouraged wholesalers to refrain from distributing to Parrott’s Sports Grill, Lyon’s Den Restaurant and Taphouse, Bulldog Dell & Pizza, El Charro Restaurant.
Several posts on one restaurant’s Facebook page say state revenuers went so far as to confiscate their entire stock of alcohol, which 9News confirms.
Without a warrant, regulators walked off with $5,000 worth of stock belonging to the Lyons Den Restaurant and Taphouse in Boulder County.
We don’t need no stinking warrant to seize property, is the Polis State’s stance.
“ … (I)t falls within our administrative powers as the licensing authority. This was an administrative action not a criminal one,” Suzi Karrer, spokesperson for the state Revenue Department told 9News.
In the Polis State we all now live, it’s okay for bureaucrats to seize our property without a warrant just days after the governor changes his mind about the restrictions of his color-coded COVID wheel, which also defines stay-at-home orders, and when we can go to work or school.
And businesses beware, if you continue to cooperate with these entrepreneurial scofflaws, you could be targeted next for retribution.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-08--Colorado congressman asks for special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden

Attorney General William Barr must appoint a special counsel to investigate all of Hunter Biden ’ s shady money deals in China and the Ukraine before daddy moves into the White House .
Because if the barn door slams shut on the Trump administration and nothing is in place , law enforcement will have missed the only opportunity to discover the extent of the Biden family business , cash for influence .
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck , who also serves as Colorado ’ s Republican Party chairman , formally requested the special counsel appointment in a letter this week : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the integrity of our republic and ensuring a potential Biden administration will not be the subject of undue foreign interference , ” Buck wrote .
“ Americans have the right to know whether Mr. Biden ’ s reported ties to foreign governments will make him the subject of blackmail attempts or other nefarious efforts to undermine U.S. national security or otherwise improperly influence American foreign policy.
” The Biden ’ s have never denied allegations that Hunter pimped his daddy ’ s influence as the former VEEP to foreign interests .
Biden even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recently his son probably won ’ t do it again .
“ My son , my family will not be involved in any business , any enterprise that is in conflict with or appears to be in conflict with where there ’ s appropriate distance from the presidency and government , ” Biden told CNN host Jake Tapper .
It ’ s not clear what Biden meant by appropriate distance .
Perhaps it means Hunter will take extra care to hide his money-making schemes in the future , and not get so strung @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaves all the evidence at the local computer shop .

Colorado congressman asks for special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden
Attorney General William Barr must appoint a special counsel to investigate all of Hunter Biden’s shady money deals in China and the Ukraine before daddy moves into the White House.
Because if the barn door slams shut on the Trump administration and nothing is in place, law enforcement will have missed the only opportunity to discover the extent of the Biden family business, cash for influence.
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, who also serves as Colorado’s Republican Party chairman, formally requested the special counsel appointment in a letter this week:
“This investigation is critical to defending the integrity of our republic and ensuring a potential Biden administration will not be the subject of undue foreign interference,” Buck wrote. “Americans have the right to know whether Mr. Biden’s reported ties to foreign governments will make him the subject of blackmail attempts or other nefarious efforts to undermine U.S. national security or otherwise improperly influence American foreign policy.”
The Biden’s have never denied allegations that Hunter pimped his daddy’s influence as the former VEEP to foreign interests.
Biden even went so far as to promise CNN recently his son probably won’t do it again.
“My son, my family will not be involved in any business, any enterprise that is in conflict with or appears to be in conflict with where there’s appropriate distance from the presidency and government,” Biden told CNN host Jake Tapper.
It’s not clear what Biden meant by appropriate distance.
Perhaps it means Hunter will take extra care to hide his money-making schemes in the future, and not get so strung out on hookers and blow that he leaves all the evidence at the local computer shop.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-08--COVID aid backed by Bennet doesn’t include $1,200 direct payments

Gov .
Polis might have bragged too soon on U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet ’ s work with a bipartisan group of senators assembling yet another proposed funding package of COVID aid .
House Democrats rejected the $ 500 billion proposal from Republican senators plus President Trump ’ s $ 1 trillion package offer .
Both came just prior to the November election , so duh , Democrats weren ’ t ready to deal .
They wanted a couple trillion dollars more in spending , most of which had nothing to do with COVID-19 .
This new proposal , dubbed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carries a $ 908 billion price tag and will not include another round of $ 1,200 direct payments .
It also offers half the unemployment bump , $ 300 a week , which Democrats including Polis objected to prior to the election .
So it ’ s not surprising Democrats still aren ’ t happy with the bipartisan bill , and among the miffed are Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez .
Congress has already spent $ 2.6 trillion in COVID aid , but Democrats are still demanding another trillion or two .
Hold-out Democrats are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this bill , which brings total COVID spending up to $ 3.5 trillion , they will pass another ton of money once Joe Biden is sworn in as president .
God help us if the Democrats win the special Georgia election and take control of the U.S. Senate .

COVID aid backed by Bennet doesn’t include $1,200 direct payments
Gov. Polis might have bragged too soon on U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s work with a bipartisan group of senators assembling yet another proposed funding package of COVID aid.
House Democrats rejected the $500 billion proposal from Republican senators plus President Trump’s $1 trillion package offer.
Both came just prior to the November election, so duh, Democrats weren’t ready to deal. They wanted a couple trillion dollars more in spending, most of which had nothing to do with COVID-19.
This new proposal, dubbed the moderate alternative by the mainstream media, carries a $908 billion price tag and will not include another round of $1,200 direct payments.
It also offers half the unemployment bump, $300 a week, which Democrats including Polis objected to prior to the election.
So it’s not surprising Democrats still aren’t happy with the bipartisan bill, and among the miffed are Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Congress has already spent $2.6 trillion in COVID aid, but Democrats are still demanding another trillion or two.
Hold-out Democrats are being told that if they just pass this bill, which brings total COVID spending up to $3.5 trillion, they will pass another ton of money once Joe Biden is sworn in as president.
God help us if the Democrats win the special Georgia election and take control of the U.S. Senate.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-10--The kid from Yuma yields the floor: Gardner strikes positive note in farewell speech

The kid from Yuma yields the floor : Gardner strikes positive note in farewell speech U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner delivered his farewell address on the Senate floor Tuesday , striking a positive tone for which he is known as he gave praise to the nation he served .
Colorado is a better state for having Gardner as our senator for the past six years .
His are some large shoes , that always took the high road , for Senator-elect John Hickenlooper to fill .
We wish Gardner the best , and thank him for his tireless service .
Here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thank you to the people of Colorado for this incredible honor that you have lent to me these last six years to serve you in the United States Senate .
Thank you to my family – Jaime , Alyson , Caitlyn , Thatcher , to mom and dad and Lisa , who supported me in this last decade of service with your love and sacrifice through missed ball games and lost teeth , school concerts and junior high dances , sore throats and first moments .
Thank you to my incredible staff , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are in Colorado and Washington who made so many great things happen and whose difference will be felt for generations to come .
You leave a mark on the country far beyond the etching of a signature on a desk on the floor .
And thank you to my colleagues and to Senator Bennet .
Thank you for the honor of serving along your side and for your commitment to our nation .
To the Capitol Police , the staff , the support staff in the Senate who make it all possible .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , thank you to this great and extraordinary nation for all that it means and represents .
The hope and optimism that for over two centuries has led people around the globe to give up everything they had just to be here , to be a part of this nation , to then turn around and fight for it through political strife and pandemics , to go to war to save the Union .
To know how lucky and blessed that we are that out of all of the billions of people through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we have had the privilege of being here in this place at this point to be a part of it .
There ’ s been a lot of coverage in the news lately about how the pollsters got it wrong , but one thing they seem to get right , and it won ’ t come to a shock to my colleagues on the floor , Congress is about as popular as a Rocky Mountain oyster in a bullpen .
We ’ ve been , together , able to do many good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use those successes to drive even more successes and show the American people that faith in this institution is actually well-deserved .
Over the last six years I have worked hard to pass the first ever mandatory sanctions on Kim Jong Un and North Korea to denuclearize that regime .
It was an honor to work with Senator Menedez throughout this process .
Senator Markey and I led the passage of the first ever comprehensive strategy for a free and open Indo-Pacific , the Asia Reassurance Initiative .
Gary Peters , along with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reauthorization of the America COMPETES legislation to keep the United States competitive in science and engineering , to get more women and minorities into the STEM fields , and to advance our scientific research and discoveries .
The 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention Bill that Tammy Baldwin and I were able to pass into law represents the first bill in American history to pass the Senate and House unanimously with LGBTQ specific language .
This bill will save lives .
I was honored to help move the Bureau of Land Management Headquarters to Colorado and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Arkansas Valley Conduit .
And I helped lead the passage of legislation to complete our V.A .
hospital in Colorado , to advance our cybersecurity , and to foster our relations with Taiwan , South Korea , and beyond .
And it was an honor of my time in the Senate to work with Lamar , and Senators Manchin , Cantwell , Heinrich , Warner , King , Portman , Daines , and Burr on the Great American Outdoors Act – the holy grail of conservation legislation .
In my first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spoke about how no matter where across Colorado ’ s four corners that you live , or across this great nation , we all hope for the same thing for our children .
To live in a loving home that values every citizen , that they learn the value of hard work and perseverance , where hard work is met with merited reward .
That they find a nation of liberty and freedom that they help make a little bit more free and a little bit more perfect .
All of us here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , all of us , are responsible for the starting point that we hand off to the next generation , and we have a moral obligation to make it the best starting point possible .
The accomplishments that we have had together truly have helped create more opportunity for the next generation .
And the work that we continue to do , to get through this pandemic together , will ensure that the next generation can indeed take advantage of those accomplishments and that the starting point for them is better than the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today .
You know , at Sunday school we learned an important lesson about this – that struggles and tribulations produce perseverance .
Perseverance – character , and character , hope .
And since that very first speech that I gave on the Senate floor , I have come to recognize something that all of us – that everyone here has undoubtedly experienced – that our service to country is filled with moment after moment that gives us that lump in the throat that brings a tear to our eyes , that fills @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Perhaps it happened to you when seeing the majesty of the United States Capitol brightly shining in all its glory on a crisp State of the Union Address night , or maybe when we hear the passion in the voices of our colleagues as they tell the story of life and struggle and hope for the future .
For me , these moments happen every day , and I ’ m sure it does for you as well .
Just part of the wonder of this nation and its Capitol .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nearly ten years ago , when I was leaving the Capitol building .
I had walked through the Hall of Columns and I heard some voices ahead near the door that I was heading toward .
When I turned into the corridor , I saw a Capitol tour guide pointing at a phrase that was painted on the wall .
I looked at it and read it too .
It was William Jennings Bryan and painted on the wall were these words , “ Our government , conceived in freedom and purchased with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ constant vigilance.
” I looked at the group reading it and there in the center of the mall was a veteran in a wheelchair with bandages around his knees where his legs used to be .
The gravity of this place , that moment , and the duty that we owe to this nation struck hard .
As I walked home , I kept thinking about it , about those words , about that moment , about that veteran , about this nation and our responsibility .
I thought about how that wall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there are others that are blank and empty , spaces that have been left empty so that future generations can fill them in with their history , with new portraits and new phrases and new moments .
But no matter the moment in time , or point in time , in history , it ’ s the same patriotic responsibility that we owe to this chamber to defend and serve our nation , her Constitution , and the American people .
George Washington in his farewell address said that the name American must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He spoke of our Constitution and how it must be sacredly maintained and that virtue and wisdom must stamp every act , and despite the differences over policy and politics , it is our union that ought to be considered as a main prop of our liberty and that love of the one ought to endear us to the preservation of the other .
I believe that ’ s what Lamar Alexander very eloquently spoke about on this very floor in his farewell just days ago .
It is our country and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our differences , will help preserve and will preserve our liberty .
Washington offered his advice in his farewell as an old and affectionate friend , a friend who recognized our obligation to create a better starting point for every new generation .
But how do we heed this advice in a world of viral social media , click bait , and sound bites ?
Colorado Senator Bill Armstrong once said that while he was firm in his principle , he was flexible on the detail .
We all come to this place @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about this nation .
Those principles make us who we are , they drive our actions , they drive our debates .
But today it seems as though we live in a world where tactics are elevated to the same status and importance as principles and that staying true to principle means that the tactics used to achieve that principle are elevated to the same importance as the principle itself .
It ’ s always my way or the highway .
Senator Armstrong ’ s flexible details would now be derided as violations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when every tactic and detail is elevated to the level of principle .
There is no compromise with this approach .
We can not find ways to bring people together for that unity of nation which Washington spoke when the test for principles becomes so impossible to pass that only the very factions that he warned about can prevail .
To my staff I often talk about this challenge as being one of the pillar and the paint .
The pillars in the building are more than just ornamental – they are structurally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pillars are our principles .
They make us who we are .
But the paint color , the details , we can figure that out together .
We can respect the pillar and find agreement on the paint .
We can hold people ’ s principles in place , respecting those core beliefs that make you who you are , while finding ways to work together to find solutions to common challenges .
That ’ s how we pass the test of unity that brings people together .
Respecting principles while achieving solutions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and not every principle is a detail and we need a legislative body that can recognize this .
And by doing so we ’ ll follow through on the advice of Washington and preserve our liberty with unity of nation .
Too many people have given up on the institutions of their government , and it ’ s my hope that the American people will find this pillar and paint approach to be one that can make a difference because if they believe it , if they believe that it will , then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ values are reflected in the representatives that they elect .
Several years ago I had the honor of meeting a man named Donald Stratton .
He came to my office accompanied by his family and the family of a sailor named Lauren Bruner and the family of another sailor , Joe George .
They were looking forward to yet another commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor , December 7th , 1941 , now seventy-nine years ago yesterday .
Both Donald Stratton and Lauren Bruner were on the USS Arizona when it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the ship ’ s towers .
He was surrounded by flame and surely believed that he would perish , when out of the chaos of that morning came a rope , thrown by a yet unknown to him sailor by the name of Joe George , who was aboard the USS Vestal , which was moored next to the USS Arizona .
This rope saved Donald Stratton ’ s life and several other shipmates .
No one knew their lifeline was thrown to them by Joe George until years later .
Once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spent the rest of their lives fighting to get Joe George honored and recognized by the Navy .
I was honored to be a part of that effort and finally on December 7th , 2017 , led by Donald Stratton and Arizona ’ s remaining few , Joe George received the Bronze Star with “ V ” device for valor aboard the USS Arizona Memorial , with Donald Stratton attending one last time .
He was fighting for this country and his countrymen to the very end .
When I asked him how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the attack and those flames and got back into the fight in the Pacific for this nation , he chuckled , he laughed , and he gave me an answer that I truly didn ’ t see coming at all .
He said , “ Well , Cory , everybody has to be somewhere.
” Everybody has to be somewhere .
And he ’ s right .
We ’ re here in the United States Senate .
Most of you will still be here next Congress .
Don ’ t waste this opportunity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be at this moment of great challenge .
To recognize the difference between the paint and the pillar , to know the difference between a principle and a tactic , where to take a stand and where to stand together to bring a nation together in unity for the preservation of liberty .
To recognize that to be American carries with it the greatness of a nation forged by fight and fire , tempered by wisdom and made great by men like Donald Stratton , who recognized that their duty and their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the last calling of the roll .
Everybody has to be somewhere .
Make it count for this nation that you are here .
If you go into any of my offices you ’ ll see on the wall my Mission Statement and it ends with this : “ We represent a state where the words to ‘ America the Beautiful ’ were written .
We will always look up to the Rocky Mountain horizon and the work that we do and remind ourselves that only through our actions will God continue to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Ours is a nation founded on the optimism that no generation waits for the next to be told where to go .
It ’ s the great American horizon that compels us .
To continue to reach ahead , to rise , to achieve , and to believe in America.
” Ten years ago I sat on the floor of the United States House of Representatives as we prepared , some of my colleagues here with me , to be sworn into the 112th Congress .
I watched with our daughter Alyson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peaceful transition of power took place , the hallmark of our republic .
As the most powerful constitutionally prescribed member of Congress , the Speaker of the House gave the gavel to a newly elected Speaker without gunshot or war , peacefully transitioning to a new majority .
Today I speak on the Senate Floor with a heart of gratitude that as I leave with a new Congress set to begin , I go home not because of or due to the threat of violence or revolution , but because of that same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over two centuries of strength and certainty , a jewel among nations , exceptionally blessed by God .
It ’ s been the privilege to serve with you and this country .
We owe every man , woman , and child in this country our commitment to them , to not pass onto that next generation a nation in decline or retreat , but a nation that rises .
A nation that reminds itself that ours is a country worth fighting for .
A nation that believes in itself , because when you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in this country , the world has not seen anything yet .
Thank you to my colleagues , thank you for the honor of serving with you .
And , Madam President , this kid from Yuma yields the floor .

The kid from Yuma yields the floor: Gardner strikes positive note in farewell speech
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner delivered his farewell address on the Senate floor Tuesday, striking a positive tone for which he is known as he gave praise to the nation he served.
Colorado is a better state for having Gardner as our senator for the past six years.
His are some large shoes, that always took the high road, for Senator-elect John Hickenlooper to fill.
We wish Gardner the best, and thank him for his tireless service.
Here is the text of his address:
Thank you to the people of Colorado for this incredible honor that you have lent to me these last six years to serve you in the United States Senate.
Thank you to my family – Jaime, Alyson, Caitlyn, Thatcher, to mom and dad and Lisa, who supported me in this last decade of service with your love and sacrifice through missed ball games and lost teeth, school concerts and junior high dances, sore throats and first moments.
Thank you to my incredible staff, many in the chamber today, who are in Colorado and Washington who made so many great things happen and whose difference will be felt for generations to come. You leave a mark on the country far beyond the etching of a signature on a desk on the floor.
And thank you to my colleagues and to Senator Bennet. Thank you for the honor of serving along your side and for your commitment to our nation. To the Capitol Police, the staff, the support staff in the Senate who make it all possible.
But above all, and most importantly, thank you to this great and extraordinary nation for all that it means and represents. The hope and optimism that for over two centuries has led people around the globe to give up everything they had just to be here, to be a part of this nation, to then turn around and fight for it through political strife and pandemics, to go to war to save the Union.
To know how lucky and blessed that we are that out of all of the billions of people through the thousands of years of human history, we have had the privilege of being here in this place at this point to be a part of it.
There’s been a lot of coverage in the news lately about how the pollsters got it wrong, but one thing they seem to get right, and it won’t come to a shock to my colleagues on the floor, Congress is about as popular as a Rocky Mountain oyster in a bullpen.
We’ve been, together, able to do many good things and I hope that we can use those successes to drive even more successes and show the American people that faith in this institution is actually well-deserved.
Over the last six years I have worked hard to pass the first ever mandatory sanctions on Kim Jong Un and North Korea to denuclearize that regime. It was an honor to work with Senator Menedez throughout this process.
Senator Markey and I led the passage of the first ever comprehensive strategy for a free and open Indo-Pacific, the Asia Reassurance Initiative.
Gary Peters, along with Lamar Alexander and I, led the reauthorization of the America COMPETES legislation to keep the United States competitive in science and engineering, to get more women and minorities into the STEM fields, and to advance our scientific research and discoveries.
The 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention Bill that Tammy Baldwin and I were able to pass into law represents the first bill in American history to pass the Senate and House unanimously with LGBTQ specific language. This bill will save lives.
I was honored to help move the Bureau of Land Management Headquarters to Colorado and to finally get funding for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit. And I helped lead the passage of legislation to complete our V.A. hospital in Colorado, to advance our cybersecurity, and to foster our relations with Taiwan, South Korea, and beyond.
And it was an honor of my time in the Senate to work with Lamar, and Senators Manchin, Cantwell, Heinrich, Warner, King, Portman, Daines, and Burr on the Great American Outdoors Act – the holy grail of conservation legislation.
In my first remarks on the Senate floor, I spoke about how no matter where across Colorado’s four corners that you live, or across this great nation, we all hope for the same thing for our children. To live in a loving home that values every citizen, that they learn the value of hard work and perseverance, where hard work is met with merited reward. That they find a nation of liberty and freedom that they help make a little bit more free and a little bit more perfect.
All of us here in the Senate, the American people, all of us, are responsible for the starting point that we hand off to the next generation, and we have a moral obligation to make it the best starting point possible.
The accomplishments that we have had together truly have helped create more opportunity for the next generation. And the work that we continue to do, to get through this pandemic together, will ensure that the next generation can indeed take advantage of those accomplishments and that the starting point for them is better than the generation past, despite the struggles of today.
You know, at Sunday school we learned an important lesson about this – that struggles and tribulations produce perseverance. Perseverance – character, and character, hope. And since that very first speech that I gave on the Senate floor, I have come to recognize something that all of us – that everyone here has undoubtedly experienced – that our service to country is filled with moment after moment that gives us that lump in the throat that brings a tear to our eyes, that fills our heart with wonder for this nation.
Perhaps it happened to you when seeing the majesty of the United States Capitol brightly shining in all its glory on a crisp State of the Union Address night, or maybe when we hear the passion in the voices of our colleagues as they tell the story of life and struggle and hope for the future.
For me, these moments happen every day, and I’m sure it does for you as well. Just part of the wonder of this nation and its Capitol. It was late at night for me, nearly ten years ago, when I was leaving the Capitol building. I had walked through the Hall of Columns and I heard some voices ahead near the door that I was heading toward.
When I turned into the corridor, I saw a Capitol tour guide pointing at a phrase that was painted on the wall. I looked at it and read it too. It was William Jennings Bryan and painted on the wall were these words, “Our government, conceived in freedom and purchased with blood, can be preserved only by constant vigilance.”
I looked at the group reading it and there in the center of the mall was a veteran in a wheelchair with bandages around his knees where his legs used to be. The gravity of this place, that moment, and the duty that we owe to this nation struck hard.
As I walked home, I kept thinking about it, about those words, about that moment, about that veteran, about this nation and our responsibility. I thought about how that wall was painted with that phrase, but there are others that are blank and empty, spaces that have been left empty so that future generations can fill them in with their history, with new portraits and new phrases and new moments.
But no matter the moment in time, or point in time, in history, it’s the same patriotic responsibility that we owe to this chamber to defend and serve our nation, her Constitution, and the American people.
George Washington in his farewell address said that the name American must always exalt the just pride of patriotism. He spoke of our Constitution and how it must be sacredly maintained and that virtue and wisdom must stamp every act, and despite the differences over policy and politics, it is our union that ought to be considered as a main prop of our liberty and that love of the one ought to endear us to the preservation of the other.
I believe that’s what Lamar Alexander very eloquently spoke about on this very floor in his farewell just days ago. It is our country and the unity of nation that, despite our differences, will help preserve and will preserve our liberty.
Washington offered his advice in his farewell as an old and affectionate friend, a friend who recognized our obligation to create a better starting point for every new generation. But how do we heed this advice in a world of viral social media, click bait, and sound bites?
Colorado Senator Bill Armstrong once said that while he was firm in his principle, he was flexible on the detail. We all come to this place because of our core values and beliefs about this nation. Those principles make us who we are, they drive our actions, they drive our debates.
But today it seems as though we live in a world where tactics are elevated to the same status and importance as principles and that staying true to principle means that the tactics used to achieve that principle are elevated to the same importance as the principle itself. It’s always my way or the highway. Senator Armstrong’s flexible details would now be derided as violations of principle.
We cannot govern when every tactic and detail is elevated to the level of principle. There is no compromise with this approach. We cannot find ways to bring people together for that unity of nation which Washington spoke when the test for principles becomes so impossible to pass that only the very factions that he warned about can prevail.
To my staff I often talk about this challenge as being one of the pillar and the paint. The pillars in the building are more than just ornamental – they are structurally necessary to the building itself.
The pillars are our principles. They make us who we are. But the paint color, the details, we can figure that out together. We can respect the pillar and find agreement on the paint. We can hold people’s principles in place, respecting those core beliefs that make you who you are, while finding ways to work together to find solutions to common challenges.
That’s how we pass the test of unity that brings people together. Respecting principles while achieving solutions because not every detail is a principle and not every principle is a detail and we need a legislative body that can recognize this. And by doing so we’ll follow through on the advice of Washington and preserve our liberty with unity of nation.
Too many people have given up on the institutions of their government, and it’s my hope that the American people will find this pillar and paint approach to be one that can make a difference because if they believe it, if they believe that it will, then the American people will make sure their values are reflected in the representatives that they elect.
Several years ago I had the honor of meeting a man named Donald Stratton. He came to my office accompanied by his family and the family of a sailor named Lauren Bruner and the family of another sailor, Joe George.
They were looking forward to yet another commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941, now seventy-nine years ago yesterday. Both Donald Stratton and Lauren Bruner were on the USS Arizona when it was attacked. Donald Stratton was on one of the ship’s towers. He was surrounded by flame and surely believed that he would perish, when out of the chaos of that morning came a rope, thrown by a yet unknown to him sailor by the name of Joe George, who was aboard the USS Vestal, which was moored next to the USS Arizona.
This rope saved Donald Stratton’s life and several other shipmates. No one knew their lifeline was thrown to them by Joe George until years later. Once they learned who it was, they spent the rest of their lives fighting to get Joe George honored and recognized by the Navy.
I was honored to be a part of that effort and finally on December 7th, 2017, led by Donald Stratton and Arizona’s remaining few, Joe George received the Bronze Star with “V” device for valor aboard the USS Arizona Memorial, with Donald Stratton attending one last time. He was fighting for this country and his countrymen to the very end.
When I asked him how he did it, how he survived the attack and those flames and got back into the fight in the Pacific for this nation, he chuckled, he laughed, and he gave me an answer that I truly didn’t see coming at all. He said, “Well, Cory, everybody has to be somewhere.” Everybody has to be somewhere. And he’s right.
We’re here in the United States Senate. Most of you will still be here next Congress. Don’t waste this opportunity to be who this nation needs you to be at this moment of great challenge. To recognize the difference between the paint and the pillar, to know the difference between a principle and a tactic, where to take a stand and where to stand together to bring a nation together in unity for the preservation of liberty.
To recognize that to be American carries with it the greatness of a nation forged by fight and fire, tempered by wisdom and made great by men like Donald Stratton, who recognized that their duty and their time didn’t just end with the last calling of the roll. Everybody has to be somewhere. Make it count for this nation that you are here.
If you go into any of my offices you’ll see on the wall my Mission Statement and it ends with this: “We represent a state where the words to ‘America the Beautiful’ were written. We will always look up to the Rocky Mountain horizon and the work that we do and remind ourselves that only through our actions will God continue to shed his grace on our great nation. Ours is a nation founded on the optimism that no generation waits for the next to be told where to go. It’s the great American horizon that compels us. To continue to reach ahead, to rise, to achieve, and to believe in America.”
Ten years ago I sat on the floor of the United States House of Representatives as we prepared, some of my colleagues here with me, to be sworn into the 112th Congress. I watched with our daughter Alyson patiently sitting by my side as the peaceful transition of power took place, the hallmark of our republic. As the most powerful constitutionally prescribed member of Congress, the Speaker of the House gave the gavel to a newly elected Speaker without gunshot or war, peacefully transitioning to a new majority. Today I speak on the Senate Floor with a heart of gratitude that as I leave with a new Congress set to begin, I go home not because of or due to the threat of violence or revolution, but because of that same constitutional governance that has given this country over two centuries of strength and certainty, a jewel among nations, exceptionally blessed by God.
It’s been the privilege to serve with you and this country. We owe every man, woman, and child in this country our commitment to them, to not pass onto that next generation a nation in decline or retreat, but a nation that rises. A nation that reminds itself that ours is a country worth fighting for. A nation that believes in itself, because when you believe in America, when you believe in this country, the world has not seen anything yet.
Thank you to my colleagues, thank you for the honor of serving with you. And, Madam President, this kid from Yuma yields the floor.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-09--Polis retreats on COVID crackdown in the face of Supreme Court spanking

Polis retreats on COVID crackdown in the face of Supreme Court spanking In the face of a certain Supreme Court spanking , the Polis administration dropped its random capacity restrictions on the First Amendment right to freedom of religion limiting how many people can attend services at churches , synagogues , or mosques .
In typical arrogance , the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced this in a news release late Monday night : It was good of Gov .
Polis to deem religion and the U.S. Constitution as essential to Americans , but the little dictator didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the deadline for Polis and the state to respond to a case in the U.S. Supreme Court brought by the High Plains Harvest Church and Pastor Mark Hotaling .
And irony of sweet ironies , the case was going to Colorado ’ s own Justice Neil Gorsuch , who already knocked down New York Gov .
Cuomo ’ s COVID restrictions on religion .
“ While the pandemic poses many grave challenges , there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mosques , ” Gorsuch wrote .
There was no way Colorado was going to withstand a Supreme Court challenge to Polis ’ s own color-coded executive edicts .

Polis retreats on COVID crackdown in the face of Supreme Court spanking
In the face of a certain Supreme Court spanking, the Polis administration dropped its random capacity restrictions on the First Amendment right to freedom of religion limiting how many people can attend services at churches, synagogues, or mosques.
In typical arrogance, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced this in a news release late Monday night:
“Worship and ceremonies such as weddings and funerals are classified as essential.”
It was good of Gov. Polis to deem religion and the U.S. Constitution as essential to Americans, but the little dictator didn’t have much choice.
Wednesday was the deadline for Polis and the state to respond to a case in the U.S. Supreme Court brought by the High Plains Harvest Church and Pastor Mark Hotaling.
And irony of sweet ironies, the case was going to Colorado’s own Justice Neil Gorsuch, who already knocked down New York Gov. Cuomo’s COVID restrictions on religion.
“While the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues, and mosques,” Gorsuch wrote.
There was no way Colorado was going to withstand a Supreme Court challenge to Polis’s own color-coded executive edicts.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-10--CLASSLESS: Hick staff mocks Gardner’s uplifting farewell speech

Cory Gardner struck a positive and bipartisan tone in his farewell speech earlier this week urging his colleagues to find solutions to shared challenges in Congress .
To my staff I often talk about this challenge as being one of the pillar and the paint .
The pillars in the building are more than just ornamental – they are structurally necessary to the building itself .
The pillars are our principles .
They make us who we are .
But the paint color , the details , we can figure that out together .
We can respect the pillar and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can hold people ’ s principles in place , respecting those core beliefs that make you who you are , while finding ways to work together to find solutions to common challenges .
Gardner ’ s call to unity fell on deaf ears among Hickenlooper ’ s former campaign staff , who childishly used the occasion to mock the outgoing Senator .
Joining in on the Zoom were former Hickenlooper campaign staffers Nico Delgado , Ammar Moussa , Alyssa Roberts , and Melissa Miller .
Moussa has since moved on to shill for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ locked in a runoff Jan. 5 against incumbent U.S. Sen. David Perdue .
We ’ re glad Moussa found time to tune in amid a particularly tumultuous week for a campaign besieged by revelations they failed to disclose payments the woke trust-funder received from a Chinese Communist Party-linked conglomerate in Hong Hong .
Hopefully Gardner ’ s uplifting speech offered some brief respite for Moussa , as he no doubt brainstorms excuses for their upcoming loss .
All things considered , getting on a Zoom to mock a nonpartisan speech was hardly the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this cycle , but it does say something about these individuals as people .

CLASSLESS: Hick staff mocks Gardner’s uplifting farewell speech
Cory Gardner struck a positive and bipartisan tone in his farewell speech earlier this week urging his colleagues to find solutions to shared challenges in Congress.
It’s been the privilege of a lifetime to serve Colorado and this country. We owe every man, woman, and child in this country our commitment to them, to not pass onto that next generation a nation in decline or retreat, but a nation that rises.https://t.co/KsQiUZnAjE — Cory Gardner (@SenCoryGardner) December 8, 2020
To my staff I often talk about this challenge as being one of the pillar and the paint. The pillars in the building are more than just ornamental – they are structurally necessary to the building itself. The pillars are our principles. They make us who we are. But the paint color, the details, we can figure that out together. We can respect the pillar and find agreement on the paint. We can hold people’s principles in place, respecting those core beliefs that make you who you are, while finding ways to work together to find solutions to common challenges.
Gardner’s call to unity fell on deaf ears among Hickenlooper’s former campaign staff, who childishly used the occasion to mock the outgoing Senator.
Hickenlooper staff mock Senator Cory Gardner's departure. Don't believe them when they talk about unity. Childish. https://t.co/dQvzaGqFOS — Jeff Hunt (@jeffhunt) December 9, 2020
This group of people can’t even dream about having the amount of class Cory Gardner has. https://t.co/ojVNeKbCuz — Peter Towey (@petermtowey) December 9, 2020
Joining in on the Zoom were former Hickenlooper campaign staffers Nico Delgado, Ammar Moussa, Alyssa Roberts, and Melissa Miller.
Moussa has since moved on to shill for Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff, who is locked in a runoff Jan. 5 against incumbent U.S. Sen. David Perdue.
We’re glad Moussa found time to tune in amid a particularly tumultuous week for a campaign besieged by revelations they failed to disclose payments the woke trust-funder received from a Chinese Communist Party-linked conglomerate in Hong Hong.
Hopefully Gardner’s uplifting speech offered some brief respite for Moussa, as he no doubt brainstorms excuses for their upcoming loss.
All things considered, getting on a Zoom to mock a nonpartisan speech was hardly the most embarrassing misstep for the Hickenlooper campaign this cycle, but it does say something about these individuals as people.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-10--Why the media won’t report on how Polis contracted COVID-19

Why the media won ’ t report on how Polis contracted COVID-19 It ’ s been two weeks since Gov .
Polis first announced he was exposed to someone with COVID-19 and it looks like we can close the books on any explanation as to how he contracted the virus .
The Colorado media doesn ’ t demand transparency from this Democrat administration .
But to be fair , the media didn ’ t bother asking Rudy Giuliani either how he contracted the virus recently .
They just counted how many times they saw him without a mask and assumed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t work for Polis , because nearly every time we see him speak , he ’ s not wearing a mask , either .
We ’ ve seen him in a lot of places not wearing a mask , indoors and outside .
Would the media just have us assume that when Polis is not speaking in public , he ’ s wearing his mask .
It ’ s scandalous that as an elected official , Polis would oversee a government charged with tracking the virus , encourage Coloradans to sign up for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ steadfastly refuse to divulge how it was traced to him or tracked forward .
It ’ s hypocritical that Polis ’ s executive orders have put tens of thousands of Coloradans out of work , closed businesses , and violated our constitutional rights to worship and assemble to stop the spread of a disease his own rules didn ’ t stop him from contracting .
If the governor truly believes it is none of our business how he caught the virus or its tracing , in spite of his own rules , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ divulged more about his husband ’ s condition than his own .
And while we don ’ t believe the public deserves to know how their children are faring , how they are being cared for in a home with COVID , or if they are even with their parents — Coloradans do actually care and would like to hear the children are fine .
But the information we expect about the governor himself , that ’ s called transparency .

Why the media won’t report on how Polis contracted COVID-19
It’s been two weeks since Gov. Polis first announced he was exposed to someone with COVID-19 and it looks like we can close the books on any explanation as to how he contracted the virus.
The Colorado media doesn’t demand transparency from this Democrat administration.
But to be fair, the media didn’t bother asking Rudy Giuliani either how he contracted the virus recently. They just counted how many times they saw him without a mask and assumed the rest.
That explanation wouldn’t work for Polis, because nearly every time we see him speak, he’s not wearing a mask, either. We’ve seen him in a lot of places not wearing a mask, indoors and outside.
Would the media just have us assume that when Polis is not speaking in public, he’s wearing his mask.
It’s scandalous that as an elected official, Polis would oversee a government charged with tracking the virus, encourage Coloradans to sign up for cell phone tracing and alerts and yet steadfastly refuse to divulge how it was traced to him or tracked forward.
It’s hypocritical that Polis’s executive orders have put tens of thousands of Coloradans out of work, closed businesses, and violated our constitutional rights to worship and assemble to stop the spread of a disease his own rules didn’t stop him from contracting.
If the governor truly believes it is none of our business how he caught the virus or its tracing, in spite of his own rules, he should explain why.
He’s divulged more about his husband’s condition than his own.
And while we don’t believe the public deserves to know how their children are faring, how they are being cared for in a home with COVID, or if they are even with their parents — Coloradans do actually care and would like to hear the children are fine.
That’s called compassion.
But the information we expect about the governor himself, that’s called transparency.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-11--Polis sued as restaurant restrictions send jobless claims soaring

We ’ ve reported at length about the dire state of Colorado ’ s restaurant industry as indoor dining remains shuttered in many parts of the state .
Gov .
Polis introduced draconian new restrictions for restaurants in anticipation of a spike in COVID cases following Thanksgiving .
That spike in hospitalizations and cases has not materialized .
What has increased are jobless claims in Colorado , with over 36,000 people filing for unemployment last week according to the Colorado Sun .
UNEMPLOYMENT : Jobless claims are climbing again in Colorado following new restrictions enacted by Gov .
Jared Polis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Restaurants , many of which have been forced to end indoor dining for the foreseeable future , have posted the most job cuts .
Wallethub estimates that staggering Colorado jobless figure accounted for the 4th most lost jobs last week in the entire nation .
Overall under Polis , Colorado has posted the 14th most lost jobs nationwide since the outset of COVID .
On Friday , a group small business owners in Colorado Springs filed a new lawsuit against Polis .
In a press release , the business owners acknowledged that Colorado @ @ @ @ @ @ @ smart governor ” who is trying to protect citizens and follow health officials ’ advice .
However , the owners say the lawsuit is intended to expedite the process of reopening small businesses to prevent collateral hardships .
“ Out of an abundance of caution and because the situation is that critical , we filed a lawsuit on Thursday , December 10th , asking the Federal Court for injunctive relief to expedite the reopening of these businesses , to prevent further damage being done to people ’ s mental health and people ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ owners in a statement .
While the fawning language about Polis ’ s intelligence is laughable , you can ’ t blame them considering it ’ s unlikely Polis will proactively lift his administration ’ s jackboot of government thuggery .
In a related development on Friday , New York City also announced they were shutting down indoor dining .
Barstool ’ s Dave Portnoy appropriately summed up the dire consequences of these insane decisions from the likes of New York Gov .
Cuomo , Denver Mayor Hancock , and Polis .

Polis sued as restaurant restrictions send jobless claims soaring
We’ve reported at length about the dire state of Colorado’s restaurant industry as indoor dining remains shuttered in many parts of the state.
Gov. Polis introduced draconian new restrictions for restaurants in anticipation of a spike in COVID cases following Thanksgiving.
That spike in hospitalizations and cases has not materialized.
What has increased are jobless claims in Colorado, with over 36,000 people filing for unemployment last week according to the Colorado Sun.
UNEMPLOYMENT: Jobless claims are climbing again in Colorado following new restrictions enacted by Gov. Jared Polis to slow the spread of coronavirus. Restaurants, many of which have been forced to end indoor dining for the foreseeable future, have posted the most job cuts.
Wallethub estimates that staggering Colorado jobless figure accounted for the 4th most lost jobs last week in the entire nation.
Overall under Polis, Colorado has posted the 14th most lost jobs nationwide since the outset of COVID.
On Friday, a group small business owners in Colorado Springs filed a new lawsuit against Polis.
In a press release, the business owners acknowledged that Colorado has “an extremely well intentioned and smart governor” who is trying to protect citizens and follow health officials’ advice. However, the owners say the lawsuit is intended to expedite the process of reopening small businesses to prevent collateral hardships. “Out of an abundance of caution and because the situation is that critical, we filed a lawsuit on Thursday, December 10th, asking the Federal Court for injunctive relief to expedite the reopening of these businesses, to prevent further damage being done to people’s mental health and people’s small businesses,” said the owners in a statement.
While the fawning language about Polis’s intelligence is laughable, you can’t blame them considering it’s unlikely Polis will proactively lift his administration’s jackboot of government thuggery.
In a related development on Friday, New York City also announced they were shutting down indoor dining.
Barstool’s Dave Portnoy appropriately summed up the dire consequences of these insane decisions from the likes of New York Gov. Cuomo, Denver Mayor Hancock, and Polis.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-11--Thanksgiving spike didn’t materialize, so can we reopen restaurants?

Thanksgiving spike didn ’ t materialize , so can we reopen restaurants ?
So much for the Thanksgiving spike in @ @ @ @ @ warned would kill grandma if we all didn ’ t isolate , shutter restaurant dining @ @ @ @ @ unemployment lines and food banks for canned cranberry sauce .
It ’ s been two @ @ @ @ @ been no spike in cases or hospitalizations , according to state epidemiologist , Dr. Rachel @ @ @ @ @ reports government officials are doing a lot of navel gazing to figure out how they @ @ @ @ @ now Polis can reconsider his color-coded wheel of COVID edicts and permit folks to make @ @ @ @ @ the jackboot of government thuggery can be lifted just a little from the necks of @ @ @ @ @ to avoid bankruptcy .
Maybe give them back their property that was seized by government @ @ @ @ @ they dared open their doors .

Thanksgiving spike didn’t materialize, so can we reopen restaurants?
So much for the Thanksgiving spike in COVID numbers Gov. Polis warned would kill grandma if we all didn’t isolate, shutter restaurant dining rooms, send employees to unemployment lines and food banks for canned cranberry sauce.
It’s been two weeks and there’s been no spike in cases or hospitalizations, according to state epidemiologist, Dr. Rachel Herlihy.
The Denver Post reports government officials are doing a lot of navel gazing to figure out how they got it wrong.
Maybe now Polis can reconsider his color-coded wheel of COVID edicts and permit folks to make a living again?
Perhaps the jackboot of government thuggery can be lifted just a little from the necks of restaurant owners who are desperate to avoid bankruptcy.
Maybe give them back their property that was seized by government regulators without a warrant because they dared open their doors.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-14--Colorado-based North Face snubs energy workers

The CEO of the oil and gas services firm Innovex slammed Colorado-based apparel firm VF Corp after being denied branded apparel from the firm ’ s subsidiary , North Face .
Innovex , which also operates in the DJ Basin here in Colorado , planned to purchase North Face apparel for its employees as a Christmas gift .
But North Face informed Innovex CEO Adam Anderson that oil and gas companies are no longer welcome .
In response , Anderson published an open letter on Linkedin to Greenwood Village-based VF Corp slamming them for their discriminatory virtue signaling .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contributions of oil and gas to modern life , quickly went viral .
“ The jackets are one thing and the solution to that problem isn ’ t really a big deal , but I think it really hit a nerve—the idea of the population in general and even within our industry of apologizing for what oil and gas does , ” Anderson said .
“ What we do is good for humanity and good for the world .
Like everything , there ’ s trade-offs .
But I think somehow in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talk about the small portion of challenges .
We don ’ t talk about the 99 % of oil and gas which is great for humanity.
” VF Corp ’ s foray into far-left virtue signaling is sure to please fellow anti-energy activists like Gov .
Jared Polis , who coincidentally presented the company with a “ corporate citizenship ” award in September .

Colorado-based North Face snubs energy workers
The CEO of the oil and gas services firm Innovex slammed Colorado-based apparel firm VF Corp after being denied branded apparel from the firm’s subsidiary, North Face.
Innovex, which also operates in the DJ Basin here in Colorado, planned to purchase North Face apparel for its employees as a Christmas gift.
But North Face informed Innovex CEO Adam Anderson that oil and gas companies are no longer welcome.
“They said we don’t meet their brand criteria,” said Mr Anderson. The North Face didn’t want to be associated with certain industries and mentioned “alcohol, tobacco and porn.”
In response, Anderson published an open letter on Linkedin to Greenwood Village-based VF Corp slamming them for their discriminatory virtue signaling.
Ah yes, North Face, who is fully divested from oil and gas except for….. their supply chain, synthetic petroleum-based clothing materials, transportation, retail stores, and manufacturing. Virtue signaling is exhausting. Stop it.https://t.co/YERVrsU96d — Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) December 12, 2020
The letter, which also outlined the positive contributions of oil and gas to modern life, quickly went viral.
“The jackets are one thing and the solution to that problem isn’t really a big deal, but I think it really hit a nerve—the idea of the population in general and even within our industry of apologizing for what oil and gas does,” Anderson said. “What we do is good for humanity and good for the world. Like everything, there’s trade-offs. But I think somehow in the oil and gas world, we only talk about the small portion of challenges. We don’t talk about the 99% of oil and gas which is great for humanity.”
VF Corp’s foray into far-left virtue signaling is sure to please fellow anti-energy activists like Gov. Jared Polis, who coincidentally presented the company with a “corporate citizenship” award in September.


coloradopeakpolitics--2020-12-14--Is he COVID-free? Polis makes media appearance to welcome, help unpack vaccine

Is he COVID-free ?
Polis makes media appearance to welcome , help unpack vaccine Gov .
Polis showed up to get his picture taken today during the off-loading of a box containing COVID-19 vaccines that arrived in Colorado Monday .
For those counting , the first arrival of 46,800 doses is enough to vaccinate 23,400 health workers statewide this week .
It ’ s a good start , and a solid testament to the awesome effectiveness of President Trump ’ s Operation Warp Speed to ease government red tape so drug companies could proceed more quickly to the approval process @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first appearance since he and First Gentleman Marlon Reis tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks ago .
It ’ s only been six days since Reis was released from the hospital after suffering severe symptoms .
We ’ ll all just have to assume the governor is following CDC guidelines on quarantine periods , since the media refuses to report on how , why , when — any transparency at all when it comes to Polis contracting the virus he ’ s warned will kill us all if we don ’ t wear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on holidays .
But the last thing we need now is Polis infecting those who are delivering the vaccines .
We ’ re not seeing Polis practice a lot of social distancing in the video .
And it totally grossed us out that Polis insisted on doing the electronic signature with his finger for the Fed Ex guy .

Is he COVID-free? Polis makes media appearance to welcome, help unpack vaccine
Gov. Polis showed up to get his picture taken today during the off-loading of a box containing COVID-19 vaccines that arrived in Colorado Monday.
For those counting, the first arrival of 46,800 doses is enough to vaccinate 23,400 health workers statewide this week.
It’s a good start, and a solid testament to the awesome effectiveness of President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed to ease government red tape so drug companies could proceed more quickly to the approval process.
This was the governor’s first appearance since he and First Gentleman Marlon Reis tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks ago.
It’s only been six days since Reis was released from the hospital after suffering severe symptoms.
Gov. Jared Polis has received Colorado’s first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine. “I’ve been waiting to do this signature for 9 months.” pic.twitter.com/LgLco4Bg93 — Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) December 14, 2020
We’ll all just have to assume the governor is following CDC guidelines on quarantine periods, since the media refuses to report on how, why, when — any transparency at all when it comes to Polis contracting the virus he’s warned will kill us all if we don’t wear a mask and stay away from family on holidays.
But the last thing we need now is Polis infecting those who are delivering the vaccines. We’re not seeing Polis practice a lot of social distancing in the video.
And it totally grossed us out that Polis insisted on doing the electronic signature with his finger for the Fed Ex guy.