by Peter Boyles | Jul 22, 2022 | Blasting with Boyles
When I was a young boy, I didn’t know either one of my grandfathers, but I always envisioned Dwight Eisenhower as the grandfather I never knew, keeping the commies off me growing up in Pittsburgh.
I believe that if you were in the time frame of the Cold War regardless of where you grew up, your parents, or friends, or teachers would tell you your city was targeted for thermonuclear war. I later met guys from Detroit, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., and New York City who believed they were the first place to be struck when Khrushchev or Stalin launched. My Uncle Gene was sure it was Pittsburgh because of the coal mines and steel mills. Giving this some thought later, I don’t know how much steel would have made a difference.
But it affected the movies we saw from Hollywood, it was the foreign policy of the United States bringing us McCarthyism, The Thing From Another World, and the Vietnam War.
Now seemingly we are at war with Russia. But not against communism and certainly not against Stalin or Khrushchev. Back to Eisenhower, he warned us of the military industrial complex. Now as the last man turned off the lights in Afghanistan, and all the rending of garments and tearing of hair that we left hardware behind, I think the complex cheered that on because now we can sell them more. Joe Biden, remembering what his former boss said about there being nothing Biden can’t “f” up, has sent over $64 billion of military hardware and assistance to Ukraine.
We have all up and down the Front Range now what we should be calling Bidenviles. And yet Putin is the devil and somehow these people believe the Russians are subverting American democracy. The industrial lobby makes it clear sanctions just aren’t good enough. Advocates on both the GOP and Democrat sides and the media summon up the cry for blood.
Joe Biden and Uncle Sam, what a team.
Do you understand how this is going to be the inevitable outcome? George W. Bush screwed up American foreign policy in the Middle East and to an unforeseeable future; now Biden has done the same in central Europe. We now have the biggest war in Europe since the end of the Second World War. We were able to stay out of it all through my childhood, my young adulthood, and now as an old man, what am I watching?
Remember Eisenhower stayed out of it when the Hungarians were crushed, the Poles were crushed, and Stalin and Khrushchev stayed out when we crushed the government in Guatemala and Iran. How do these fools think they can end this? As people far smarter than me have said, it’s easy to get into a war, the hard part is getting out.
Orwell knew this. So, people have said whether it’s lockstep or goosestep, what is it the industrial complex now wants of you and your children when we face such domestic catastrophes that we now must stake the future of our country with a NATO alliance against Vladimir Putin.
Remember Eisenhower’s warning and the warnings of Thomas Jefferson. After the endless wars in Afghanistan, Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, and Central America, imperialism isn’t just a term thrown around by the Marxists, it really was the policy of our country. Like so many different things happening in the country today, people just don’t want to believe it. The truth speaks for itself. This is a rathole. If the European Union wants Ukraine to be in the EU, so be it. if Ukraine wants to be in the EU, so be it. The question to ask is, why are we involved?
by Ashe in America | Jul 22, 2022 | Feature Story Bottom Left
In 2021, I gave many speeches that included some variation of, “How are we going to fight Democrats with Republicans stabbing us in the back?” I was told to rejoin the party and attend caucus.
That went well.
Back then I was attempting to convince Republicans that their party was evil. They no longer need convincing.
I was a flag waving, Bush-defending Republican from my 18th in ’97 to my disillusioned departure in ’11. My first Presidential was 2000’s Bush v Gore and, as a Floridian journalism student at CU Boulder, I voted absentee.
I spent the early days of the Colorado winter with my eyes fixed on Fox News’ coverage of hanging chads while my liberal — at CU to become hardcore leftist — roommate and friends mocked and belittled my backward Christian, conservative values. I was used to it by then, my junior year. Even in those early years of adulthood, I had a big mouth and an enthusiasm for debate.
Realizing the depths of my deception was a rough awakening. Based on public records and the original reporting of brave eyewitnesses to uniparty corruption, we now know that the 2000 election was like 2020. And 2018. And 2016.
It was theatre. It was rigged.
“But Republicans won!”
Yep. They sure did.
I’ll say it again. It’s a uniparty.
I came to comprehend the reality of the uniparty in 2011, after the left and right came together to destroy Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. From mockingbird hits to orchestrated walkouts of Bachmann’s campaign staff, many of whom were then rewarded by the party, I ragefully unregistered from the Grand Ol’ Party.
In early January, Bachmann withdrew from the contest and in six months I moved to Colorado, swearing off politics forever. It’s going well.
A couple of years earlier, the GOP’s destruction of the Tea Party in Colorado was rhyming with the national story. The Republicans put up embattled candidate Dan Maes, a non-starter for Coloradans due to plagiarism allegations and likeability problems. As an uninvolved observer — and history — would tell it, the American Constitution Party’s Tom Tancredo was the better choice for right-leaning Coloradans in 2010. Tancredo received over 36% of the vote to Maes 11%. Hickenlooper won handily with 51%. The GOP narrowly missed a demotion to Minor Party status (<10%).
If GOP leadership listened to the people rather than their instincts, they would have secured at least 47% of the vote. If a candidate cannot secure the conservatives in the party, they have no chance for the Americans in the middle who are finished with the two-party system, many former Republicans.
If we don’t vote for Republicans, who can we vote for?
While Heidi Ganahl seems like not the worst governor, based on historical data, I don’t think a Republican can win in Colorado. The label carries too much baggage because COGOP leadership comprise elitist, authoritarian, big government globalists. They’ve lost the trust of the electorate.
This year, the American Constitution Party has put up Danielle Neuschwanger, a candidate with common sense policy proposals and without the baggage of the “R.”
Similarly, the Libertarians are running a strong, unapologetically prolife U.S. Senate candidate Brian Peotter — against Republican Joe O’Dea who supports codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law.
This story is repeating in contests around the state as voters look for a choice outside the corruption of the uniparty.
If the vote splits in 2022, which way will it break?
Elections are rigged, but you want us to vote?
In case you think I’m contradicting myself, please know that I believe the elections are rigged. All of them.
“So do you vote?”
Of course. Voting is my duty.
“Huh?”
I have zero interest in candidates or campaigns. Elections aren’t about them. Elections are about us, the will of the People.
Every time they steal elections, we get more evidence of how they steal elections. For example, we now know that high turnout impacts their pre-planned efforts causing them to adapt in real-time and make mistakes.
The fact that high turnout in November’s election could also radically change the political landscape in Colorado by establishing a new (uncontrolled) major party is just gravy.
Rock the vote.
Ashe Epp is a writer and election integrity activist. Read her work at asheinamerica.com and follow her on Telegram and other socials @asheinamerica.
by Glendale Sports Center | Jul 22, 2022 | Glendale City News
by Marlana Krulish, State Director, Youth in Government, YMCA of Metro Denver
For nearly 75 years, the YMCA of Metro Denver Youth in Government program has offered local teens a transformative opportunity to learn more about our democracy and how government shapes the lives of everyone around us.
Over the course of three days, 60 kids from middle schools and high schools across the state of Colorado gather at the State Capitol to take part in a mock legislative program. Participants get to experience what it is like to be a legislator, lobbyist, judge, or journalist while gaining the skills, confidence, and connections to become the future leaders of our community.
The Youth in Government program kicks off with a pre-legislative session where attendees collaborate with their peers with similar assigned roles and meet their nominated presiding officers, including — Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, Attorney General, Chief Justice, and Editor-in-Chief. A local judge then makes it official as each member is sworn in at the start of the first official day of the General Assembly.
Over the course of the next three days, students debate the bills and vote on their respective committees before going in front of the full voting bodies of the mock legislature. Participants learn about the Colorado State Constitution first-hand as they apply it to every decision and aspect of the process while meeting the professional standards expected of real-life lawmakers and stakeholders.
Each year, one of the highlights of the program is the YMCA National Youth Assembly held in Washington, D.C. Hosted by the Student Governors elected in each state, the event provides a platform for connection as participants from across America meet other youth leaders, share knowledge, and adopt new ideas to take back to their respective home states.
The return of the in-person National Youth Assembly in June offered a unique opportunity to Colorado students Robert Erickson and Marcus Centeno from Gold Crown Clubhouse in Edgewater. Recognized for designing a tool for Colorado Children’s Hospital to better serve special needs patients with distance learning, Robert and Marcus became the first Denver YMCA beneficiaries to receive the Changemakers Grant from Amazon, which gave them the opportunity to attend this year’s event.
Although the practical knowledge that Youth in Government provides is invaluable, what makes the program so impactful is the community that it creates. Despite being too young to vote, teens that have a passion for making a difference in their community have a place where they can come together and connect with other future changemakers.
To learn more about the YMCA Youth in Government program and the upcoming session on November 20-23, 2022, at the Colorado State Capitol, visit www.denver ymca.org/yig.
