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Government waste–often disguised by agencies with well-meaning titles like “Office of Economic Development”–is frequently cited as having at least a marginally positive effect on those it is intended to help. More often than not, however, that wasted taxpayer funding goes absolutely nowhere and benefits precisely NO ONE:
The Office of Economic Development (OED) was created [...]

**Update 3–Media bias? Colorado Springs Gazette ignores the anti-ObamaCare rally completely
**Update 2–Americans for Prosperity has video and several more photos up from the Colorado Springs rally
**Update 1–Approximately 1000-1200 anti-ObamaCare rallyers showed up in Colorado Springs, easily eclipsing the incredible turnout in Denver yesterday (video); tons of photos from the rally; 9NEWS has more from Fort [...]

Hundreds (500-700) attended yesterday’s anti-ObamaCare rally in Denver during the lunch hour.
**Update 8–Hundreds more in Colorado Springs rallying against government-run health care, where only a “handful” of ObamaCare supporters showed up
**Update 7–Hundreds attend rally against government-run health care in Fort Collins, outnumber pro-Obama supporters 3-1; slideshow of the rally is up
**Update 6–speaker highlights:
**Update 5–Joshua Sharf [...]

Approximately 600 people completed the July Colorado Political Temperature survey.
Open online from Thursday, July 9, 8:00 AM MDT, to Friday, July 17, 5:00 PM MDT, the survey gauged opinion on prominent policy issues, philosophy, and political dynamics; as well as candidate preference and assessment questions for five 2010 Colorado Republican primary races.
There are plenty of [...]

**Update–ColoradoPols is impressed:
We have to admit we were also impressed with the speed Sen. Jim Imhofe’s office had this video packaged and distributed through a wide viral network–all the way down to our own community talking-point beacons. Clearly they’re getting better at this. The problem is that, as the Post’s Lynn Bartels correctly points out, [...]

When I was a kid, I never thought I would have to write my congressmen to fight for my humanity in the United States. I sent the following letter to Diana Degette. I don’t know if they read these or a staffer just hits delete, delete, delete.
Politics aside- this is my life. Please represent [...]

FYI:
The Independence Institute invites you to celebrate the legacy and ideas of Milton Friedman with us at lunch July 31, 2009, on what would have been his 97th birthday. We are proud to present Dr. Barry Poulson, Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado and Senior Fellow at Independence, as our guest speaker. To [...]

In Pueblo, Colorado 450 new “green” jobs cost $32 million, or around $71,000 per job:
Here is the poster used in the video above:

During today’s Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, Gov Bill Ritter refused to endorse the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade global warming bill recently passed through the House of Representatives:
From Sen. Inhofe:
“Based on the widespread [...]

From a press release this afternoon (no link yet):
“In a little over two months, we undertook efforts to weigh support for our positive and forward-looking vision. Since that time, we have gained momentum from people responding to our direction because they are looking for positive change. A New Way Forward is resonating with [...]

Do you think that Colorado’s Supreme Court is, on balance, too partisan?
Are TEA Parties an effective method of voicing opinions on the size of government and taxation?
Is Health Care reform, also known as “single payer” program, on balance a good idea?
Do you dislike party labels?
How about the primary race for Colorado Governor? Are you amazed [...]