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By Mike Bauman – For decades, Fort Collins’ Anheuser-Busch Brewery has played a pivotal role for some truly international celebrities. Sadly, later this year, that will no longer be the case. The Clydesdale training program that has been housed in Fort Collins will be relocated to Merrimack, N.H. The Fort Collins Brewery will continue to [...]
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By Mike Bauman There is a Youtube sensation going around that some contend provides proof of the existence of the supernatural. The clip, which was taken from a broadcast of the Larry King Live television program, claims to show a ghostly image walking through a shot at Michael Jackson’s former home. The producers of the [...]
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By Mike Bauman According to an executive compensation research firm, chief executives’ pay in S&P 500 businesses increased 24 percent in 2010. These increases included salaries, bonuses, stock options, and other perks. These increases were due to increased corporate profits and cost cutting. In addition, stock market gains added to the compensation due to many [...]
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By Mike Bauman On Friday, April 6, 2011 Fannie Mae reported to the government that it has lost $8.7 billion in the first three months of the year. These losses were due to the large numbers of loan defaults on mortgages guaranteed by the company. Fannie requested the government give them $8.5 billion in additional [...]
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By Mike Bauman Emails released this week by congressional investigators have revealed that an unnamed firearms dealer involved in the ATF’s Project Gun Runner had repeatedly expressed concerns about participating in the program. Project Gun Runner was an ATF operation that allowed illegal straw purchases of firearms in the US that were then smuggled into [...]
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By Mike Bauman As crude oil prices continue to rise due to increased demand from emerging economies and decreased supply due to unrest in the Middle East, Americans are feeling the pinch at the pump. Rules put in place after last year’s infamous BP oil spill, have virtually stopped additional drilling in US waters in the Gulf [...]
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By Mike Bauman Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has sent a letter to BATFE Director, Kenneth Melton, decrying the contents of an email Grassley obtained in which the ATF told its employees that they are not under any obligation to answer questions from Congress and that any such questions should be directed to a specific office. [...]
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By Mike Bauman A scant three years after filing bankruptcy and receiving a huge government bailout, General Motors is likely to overtake Japan’s Toyota for the world’s biggest automaker in 2011. GM’s status was boosted by the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan and disrupted Toyota’s production. In addition, GM has gained a stronger market [...]
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Maryland grants in-state tuition to illegal aliensBy Mike Bauman This week the Georgia General Assembly passed a bill that would, among other things, empower police officers to check an individual’s immigration status if the person is unable to produce any form of identification or give basic details that could help officers verify his or her [...]
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By Mike Bauman Colorado lawmakers are considering offering legislation that would greatly reduce the amount of standardized testing conducted in public schools. Colorado State Representative, Judith Solano of Brighton, has stated she will introduce legislation that would end all non-mandatory standardized testing. Federal law requires students be tested in reading and math in grades three [...]
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By Mike Bauman The Division of Wildlife has announced its intention to request that catch limits at Bonny Reservoir be lifted due to state plans to drain the reservoir. As part of an agreement with Kansas and Nebraska on the use of waters from the Republican River, the state of Colorado is planning to completely [...]
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By Mike Bauman A redneck with a bucket full of live fish was approached recently by a game warden in Central Mississippi as he started to drive his boat away from a lake. The game warden yelled at the man, “May I see your fishing license please?” “Naw, sir,” replied the redneck. “I don’t need [...]
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By Mike Bauman Taken from a recent email: Doctors (A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000. (B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000. (C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. Statistics courtesy of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Now think about this: Guns (A) The number of gun [...]
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By Mike Bauman – There are some things my grandpa taught me that seem to be missing from some of our kids’ education these days. Here’s what he said about work: 1) Be on time. If you’re going to take the job, make sure you’re there when you’re supposed to be. 2) Don’t Gripe. If [...]
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Oil Markets Guest Column By Mike McCune Last Thursday President Obama stated the Justice Department will try to “root out” cases of fraud or manipulation in the oil markets. At a renewable energy plant site in Reno, NV, Obama stated, “We are going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of their situation.” [...]
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Staff Reports – Entrance fees at Rocky Mountain National Park will be waived until April 24. The fees are being waived in observance of National Park Week. All National Parks and Monuments will waive their entrance fees during this time. National Parks and Monuments will also be waiving fees June 1, September 24, and November [...]
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By staff reports – New applications for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week. Initial claims for state benefits rose to 412,000, up 27,000, for the week ending April 9th. In addition, claim numbers for the previous week were revised by the Labor Department up to 385,000 from 382,000. The average for the last four weeks rose [...]
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By Mike Bauman On April 11, 2011, the District 6 Board of Education approved the contract for West Ridge Academy Charter School. West Ridge will be required to set aside 40% of its first year enrollment for students from Dos Rios, Centennial, and Ann Heiman Elementary Schools. According to anonymous sources in the district, the [...]
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By Mike Bauman The arrest last month of a Greeley Police Officer for sexual assault during a traffic stop has shocked the community. However, many sources close to the department are still waiting for something… the proof. Officer Daniel Shepherd was arrested after command/supervisory staff at the police department investigated claims made by a 19-year-old [...]
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By Mike Bauman As predicted by Firearms Rights Activists, Colorado Senate State Affairs Committee voted 3-2 to kill HB1205. The bill would have made it legal for anyone who could obtain a concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun without one. Despite testimony that states with similar laws did not see any increase in [...]
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By Mike Bauman You have likely seen crews around town grinding lines in the pavement then filling them in with some black tar-like substance. These workers are conducting “crack sealing” on the streets in question. The greatest threat to an asphalt road is water. When a road is laid down, it flexes and moves slightly [...]
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By Mike Bauman Congressmen Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) have introduced legislation that would allow concealed handgun permit holders to carry while traveling outside their home states. H.R. 822 would require that lawfully issued carry permits be recognized by other states, while protecting the ability of the various states to determine the areas [...]
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By Mike Bauman It is a little known fact that Xcel Energy has a program that will, for a small fee, conduct an energy audit on your home to find areas of concern. This will allow you to fix these areas, thus, lowering your heating and cooling bills. According to Xcel: The Home Energy Audit [...]
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By Mike Bauman As gasoline prices approach $4 a gallon, many people are wondering what the effect will be on the economy. According to Mark Zandi, chief economist Moody’s Analytics, there is cause for concern. Zandi recently told the AP, “The surge in oil prices since the end of last year is already doing significant [...]
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By Mike Bauman On Tuesday Japan raised its estimation of the radiation leaked from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant. New measurements showed more radiation than had previously been thought had leaked during the early days following the earthquake and tsunami. The increase changed the international scale of the disaster from a level 5 to a [...]
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By Mike Bauman Recent claims by Mexican President Calderone, then parroted by members of the US Congress and President Obama, have widely claimed that the vast majority of firearms used by the murderous criminal cartel members in Mexico originated in the US. However, recent testimony by US military officials brings these claims into question. Gen. [...]
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By Mike Bauman According to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (www.Elk101.com), this year should be a good one for Colorado elk hunters. “The past two falls have been cursed with warm weather. In the northwest where many of the bigger bulls roam, elk migration didn’t even begin until after regular rifle seasons were over. Couple [...]
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By Mike Bauman In case you missed it, Yellowstone National Park is sitting on an enormous time bomb – albeit a very slowly ticking, naturally occurring time bomb. The amazing scenery that prompted Yellowstone’s designation as a national park is due in no small part to the eruptions of a super volcano. The volcano, which [...]
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By Mike Bauman There are certain life skills that many young people today don’t have. They are the things my grandpa taught me. They include values such as respect and work ethic. They also include skills like shooting a rifle and building a fire. In this article, we will discuss the skill of knife sharpening. [...]
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By Mike Bauman As early as 8:45 on Thursday April 14, parents were lining up to enroll children into West Ridge Academy. At that time, there were approximately a dozen cars with waiting parents sitting in them in the parking lot of Grace Church, which is adjacent to the future sight of West Ridge. Mountain [...]
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By Mike Bauman Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s recent visit to the United States has refreshed the debate about the alleged “river of guns” that is flowing into Mexico from the United States. Calderon has called for a renewal of the highly ineffective Clinton era assault weapons ban as a means of decreasing violence in his [...]
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By Mike Bauman While proposing radical cuts in popular programs such as sports, D6 continues to spend money on seemingly non-essential items. The following February expenditures were found on the District 6 check register as recorded at http://www.greeleyschools.org/site_res_view_template.aspx?id=a850f58f-a068-42a2-8133-bc7bb5661091. DOMINOS PIZZA $178.50 INTA JUICE GREELEY $460.00 GREELEY GUEST HOUSE $203.00 COLO ASSN OF SCHOOL BOARDS $1,585.15 [...]
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By Mike Bauman Limon Police Officer Jay Sheridan, 27, was shot and killed as he and other officers served a fugitive arrest warrant at approximately 6:10 pm on March 9th. As the officers entered the mobile home where the subject lived, the man opened fire on them fatally wounding Officer Sheridan. Two other officers on the scene remained [...]
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By Mike Bauman Remember Maggie from Northern Exposure? Turns out she is a founder and the co-chair of Constituting America. Maggie, or Janine Turner, as her mom knows her, will be at Aims Community College on Wednesday from 3:30 to 4:30 PM. According to Turner’s Website: “This (Constituting America) is a foundation I started in [...]
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By Mike Bauman With the flow and direction of the jet stream, some are asking if radiation leaked from Japanese nuclear reactors could contaminate the United States. Experts with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NCR) stated on Sunday that it is very unlikely that harmful levels of radiation from Japan will accumulate in the United [...]
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