http://elbertcounty.net/blog "Just the facts M'am, Just the facts." -- Sgt. Joe Friday Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:37:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bill Ritter Kills Online Business In Colorado March 8, 2010 - 7:00am - by Rocky Mountain Right Amazon.com sent out the following notice to small businesspeople using their online-affilliate program last night: Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate: We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted ... http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/03/09/taxes-have-consequences/ Middle school was a different time.  We didn't know it then, but we had the luxury to think about scholastic challenges with our boy.  Learning, performing, honing skills, in general a constructive set of challenges--the kind that leave everyone (student/teacher/parent/bystander) better off for trying, these were on the table.  It ... http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/03/06/high-tech-parenting/ The Future of Health Care in America: A Roundtable Discussion Sponsored by the Heartland Institute Denver Public Library - Central Branch 10 W. Fourteenth Ave. Pkwy. Denver, CO 80204 Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:00 pm Opening Remarks and The Rise Of Consumer-Driven Health Care Peter Fotos, Director of Government Relations, The Heartland Institute 2:30 pm Emerging Issues: ... http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/03/05/health-care-roundtable/ Rich Galen - Mullings In Texas on Tuesday a little known woman named Debra Medina ran as the Tea Party candidate and got nearly 19 percent of the vote in the GOP primary for Governor. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison got about 30 percent and Gov. Rick Perry got 51 percent meaning ... http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/03/04/rich-galen-mullings/ http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/02/27/trying-to-be-spring/ Breakfast Update!! GOP Governor Candidate and front runner Scott McInnis has confirmed his attendance for the Saturday, March 13, Elbert County Republican Breakfast. http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/02/27/breakfast-forum/ Constitutional Conservatism: A Statement for the 21st Century We recommit ourselves to the ideas of the American Founding.  Through the Constitution, the Founders created an enduring framework of limited government based on the rule of law. They sought to secure national independence, provide for economic opportunity, establish true religious liberty and ... http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/02/26/mount-vernon-statement/ Elbert County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner, Feb. 20, 2010 Videos: Congressman Mike Coffman Jon Caldara - Boulder Is An Odd Town Jon Caldara - The Republican Brand Jon Caldara - Compelled Health Care Jon Caldara - Losing Parker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: Elbert County Young Republicans will have an organizational meeting at their new office above the car ... http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/02/21/lincoln-day-dinner-2/ We went to our local Lincoln Day dinner last night and got a full dose of Republican politics.  It’s a lively time for the party with fresh candidates popping out of the woodwork everywhere you look.  A lot of tea party energy was in evidence, however I sensed a retrenchment ... http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/02/21/republicans-v-conservatives/ The system works.  It wouldn't be the system long enough to become the system if it didn't.  That said, the system exists in a state of corrupt flux.  As any human expression built with human fallibility and imperfect knowledge, only divine intervention could enable humans to create a more perfect ... http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/02/19/the-system/ Speakers (click to enlarge)    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YouTube videos: Scott Wills reporting on candidates for county offices in 2010 Hope Goetz on the state of the county  PJ Trostel breakfast sponsor and candidate Rick Stone on Republican strategy Jerry Bishop on getting back to the Constitution Mike Holler: The constitutional crisis caused by progressive Democrats and ... http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/02/13/2-13-10-repub-breakfast/ http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/02/13/mornin-2/ Beth Shelly reports today, PAGE 2A - WEST ELBERT COUNTY SUN - THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11.2010 "Early this morning on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," there was a discussion about our freedoms and who they are set aside for, particularly the 14th Amendment, which defines citizenship and keeps our civil and political rights from ... http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/02/11/rights-of-terrorists/ Winners of Elbert County Republican Women's Essay Contest meet Commissioners. http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/02/10/essayists-meet-commissioners/ (click to enlarge) http://elbertcounty.net/blog/2010/02/10/bonniwell-on-voorhis/