Posts Tagged ‘today’

America Gets More Empty Reports

by Mike McCune –   American market indexes reached all-time highs on April’s unemployment and jobs report today. The markets ignore corresponding reports showing service sector jobs are in retreat and factory orders showed the sharpest decline in seven months.(1)   How can the facts be reconciled?   The short answer is they can’t.   [...]

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In ‘honor’ of Tax Day

Judge Napolitano “rules” against Tax Code and Social Securityby Craig Masters While false reports about sequestration forcing reductions in such high profile defense spending as the Blue Angels’ performances at air shows, real reductions in U.S. military readiness programs are happening. Yet the expansion of the IRS army seems to be unaffected by “cutbacks” happening [...]

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The Rant – America’s Workers Losing Faith in Retirement Funds

by Mike McCune –   The Employment Benefit Research Institute finished a survey of working Americans during the closing days of March. It reported the ‘startling’ fact a mere 13% of working Americans are “very confident” when it comes to having enough financial support to retire.   To those of us in fly-over America this [...]

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District 6 closure catches parents off guard

by Jack Minor –   Many parents who went to drop their children off at school today were surprised to learn that District 6 had cancelled classes on Tuesday.   At around 5 AM District officials made the decision to cancel classes because of the extreme cold, winds and blowing snow. District policy requires a [...]

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How to Simplify the Tax Season

by Michael McCune –   The normal person fears to tread the swampy ground of tax loopholes and deductions–that’s why the unofficial-official business of tax preparation and legal tax defense has been the biggest single growth sector since the 1950s.   Just to let you in on a little secret the government doesn’t want you to [...]

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Socially engineering a Dis-armed America.

by Craig Masters The open display of contempt for the Constitution and the people of Colorado was exemplified this week in the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee as several anti-public interest bills moved through the democrat-dominated committee. These bills are being rushed into law without any debate or explanation of how these elitists can possibly justify [...]

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Debt, Greed and Gun Control are dividing this house

State Representative Fields would appoint all-knowing bureaucrats to keep us safe by Craig Masters State Representative Rhonda Fields (D) was granted a lengthy guest column in the January 5, Denver Post. Her personal story not withstanding, her efforts to justify the socialists/central government position on gun control does make one valid point. She writes, “For [...]

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Al Gore makes millions in anti-American cable deal

Anti-Israel propaganda expected to weaken America’s mid-east presenceby Craig Masters The military web news updates were buzzing yesterday with the announcement that democrat leader and former vice-president Al Gore is projected to make some $100 million dollars in the reported $500 million sale of his floundering Current TV cable channel to the news outlet made [...]

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Obama’s Economy: Hostess to shut doors, lay off 18,500 workers

Union chose to ignore company’s warnings to return to workby Jack Minor –   An American icon announced it will be closing its doors and laying off 18,500 workers as Hostess, the makers of Twinkies and Wonder bread, announced they will be going out of business following a crippling strike by union members.   Hostess [...]

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Truth, Fruedian Projections, Eugenics and Planned Parenthood

by Craig Masters “Give dysgenic groups [people with 'bad genes'] in our population their choice of segregation or [compulsory] sterilization.” — Margaret Sanger, April 1932 Birth Control Review “ Kudos to Matt Flener, Denver TV channel 9, for doing a better than average job of presenting a “truth test” article about an Obama ad lying [...]

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Red books Blue books, Good books Poll books

Honest books Cooked booksby Craig Masters Amazon.com updates one of the season’s most interesting polls daily. But in this poll there are no pollsters. This poll tracks no demographic, no ‘likely voters,’ no registered party members or other selected group. This poll tracks shipping addresses of purchased books classified as either liberal or conservative in [...]

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President tells Coloradoans we are better off…

by Craig Masters The President’s case that you’re better off… Last week, the Fed reported a sharp contraction in the country’s industrial output. The report showed that production from factories, mines, and utilities fell by 1.2 percent last month. This is biggest drop since 2009. At the same time, the reduction in U.S. exports has [...]

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Dear city of Greeley and the neighboring towns

Dear people of Greeley and the neighboring towns, from the mountains to the prairies and north and south-bound, to any and all who can read this or hear,  to those who are hurting and cried many tears, to those not so troubled and living in cheer, to the wounded, discouraged, and living in fear, to [...]

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“Hobby Lobby got it right” group says

by Matt Lacy –   The head of an historical organization says Hobby Lobby was correct in its claims regarding America’s Christian heritage in a recent July 4th ad.   Hobby Lobby, a Christian based company which is closed on Sundays purchased a full page ad this year for Independence Day titled, “In God We [...]

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Brush church to host Blackwood Legacy group

What do you get when you combine a nationally recognized singer who is also one of the finest emcees in Gospel music, a home schooled piano playing genius, a talented tenor and the great-grandson to one of the founding father of Blackwood Brothers Quartet? The Blackwood Legacy. The Blackwood Legacy Quartet, comprised of Rick Price, [...]

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SCOTUS gives Him an inch… … …

by Craig Masters When you have a dollar in your hand and the government takes it at the point of a gun, does it really matter whether the Supreme Court names that action a “tax” or a “fine?” You no longer have your dollar. This morning, for the second time this week, the Supreme Court [...]

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Weld Commissioners declare disaster emergency over drought

Asks Governor to order wells turned on     by Jack Minor – The Weld County Commissioners today unanimously declared a disaster emergency for the county because of an historic drought and called on the governor to issue an order permitting area farmers to turn on wells that were ordered shut down by the courts [...]

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Why would our President brag on his unproductive high school years?

by Carol Clemans –   In a recent interview, President Obama described his high school years. He bragged that he took drugs enthusiastically.  From the way he described those years, he was a non-productive student.  As I heard his words, it made me feel shame for him.  What parent would brag about his drinking, drugging, [...]

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“Microburst” tears roof off of house

Staff Reports –   GREELEY – Just before 2:00 pm today (05/01/2012), firefighters from the Greeley Fire Department were called to 2405 49th Av Ct in Greeley on a report of on a possible explosion. Upon arrival they found a roof had been completely torn off of a home, apparently from a wind “microburst”. Upon [...]

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Gardner says proposed farm regs show Washington needs reality check

Teens could not operate pressure hoses under rulesby Matt Lacy – Congressman Cory Gardner has said that proposed regulations by the federal government that would bar young people from operating farm equipment shows that Washington needs a reality check “You get somebody who doesn’t understand agriculture and you get screwy regulations like this,” Rep. Cory [...]

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Obama happy to play the race card – again!

by Craig Masters By the time George Zimmerman was able to get to his weapon, Trayvon Martin had already delivered enough punches to have broken Zimmerman’z nose. Martin had smashed the head of the older Hispanic onto the ground repeatedly, and a witness was yelling for Martin to stop the beating according to Sanford, Florida [...]

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Greeley residents able to start watering today

Staff Reports –   Because it has been such a dry winter and warm in March, Greeley residents will be able to water their lawns early. Beginning on Friday, March 23, the Water and Sewer Director is authorizing a citywide variance from watering restrictions (day of the week and time of day) until April 15 [...]

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An open letter to Greeley Gazette readers

Dear Greeley Gazette reader, How often do you hear people complain about the liberal media? I don’t know about you, but I hear it all the time not just from friends, but from people I encounter while conducting business and just being out and about. This is one of the reasons for the demise of [...]

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The Rant – Experts Puzzled As Americans Shun Stock Markets

by Mike McCune – “I have sworn on the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”–Thomas Jefferson The markets may reach the moon in their gravity-defying surge but Main Street American consumers aren’t participating. In fact, Americans are pulling their money from the marketplace at record levels–$19 [...]

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Contraception promotes immorality

by Carol Clemans The recent testimony before a congress committee by a female student from Georgetown University was blasted over the news several times. She was complaining that contraceptives for female students cost about $3,000 during college years. She was requesting ‘others’ to pay for the contraceptives.  She shared how embarrassed one college student was [...]

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Propaganda film shown in local schools

Aljazeera finds ally in San Diego university professor’s storyby Craig Masters Aljazeera, a leading Arab news source, has now reported on the Invisible Children film allegedly about a notorious African war lord, Joseph Kony. The film has been shown in local schools as if it were a current events documentary. But nothing in the film [...]

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The Rant – Tax Cut Extension Creates Jobs, Solves Employment Problem

by Mike McCune – Numbers mean nothing to Washington politicians and bureaucrats. The difference between white and black carries much more weight in our national capitol and that is why everything seems to be a similar shade of gray when it comes from the heart of the country.   Today’s point is the way Congress almost unaimously [...]

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No Child Left Behind 2001: is it simply being traded in for a newer model?

Do Greeley schools have cause to celebrate? By Craig Masters February 9, President Obama signed an executive order granting waivers for 10 states from complying with the federal law entitled the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. New Mexico, on the forefront of the immigration crisis, was the only state of the 11 being considered [...]

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Millions in donations are from stolen credit cards. Where’s the charity?

  By Craig Masters Weld County news readers should be familiar with the name Stratfor Security. This is the Austin based international security ‘think tank’ that has been mentioned several times during the news coverage of the David Hartley shooting on Falcon Lake Reservoir on the Texas, Mexican border. On Christmas day the web site of [...]

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The Rant

I Am An Optimist–I’m Sure We Have To Changeby Mike McCune – Merry Christmas! Sometimes the best present anyone can receive is a good wakeup call. Earlier this month a “Rant” about the declining wealth of the average American caused a stir among readers. Some contended I had misread the information, others claimed I had [...]

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Fracking, Fluoridation, Birthers – Which to fear?

By Craig Masters On December 8, the EPA issued a report possibly linking the chemicals which might be used by oil companies in the process of hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The report was the result of three years of Federally funded studies. With virtually no scientific validation, no direct evidence linking any chemical specifically identified as [...]

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Michael Savage offers Newt $1 million to drop out

Glenn Beck says considering voting for Ron Paul over Gingrich by Jack Minor – In a strong sign of the growing discontent over Newt Gingrich, two well-known conservative talk show hosts have given strong condemnations of his candidacy. Talk show host Michael Savage is expected to announce on his show today that he will offer [...]

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Obama campaign raffles off Michelle

by Peter Grady – In what could be a first for presidential fundraisers, Michelle Obama has announced she is being raffled off for a $3 donation. The Obama campaign sent out an e-mail today, supposedly from Michelle Obama. The e-mail used the recipient’s name in the subject line then said “I want to meet with [...]

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Carol’s Corner

ARE WE TEACHING INTEGRITY BY EXAMPLE?Guest Column By Carol Clemans                In today’s breaking news there is an accusation against a man who is in politics who wants to be President of America.  He’s being accused of some type of sexual harassment in the 90’s.  I do not know if this is ‘dirty’ politics or [...]

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IN GOD I STILL TRUST!!

                                                          BY: Carol Clemans  –                  The uprisings in America and around the world give an unhealthy ‘aroma’ of unrest in the air. There seems to be a total loss of respect that begins in the home.  Disrespect is infectious. If it’s allowed in the home, it spreads to the neighborhood, schools, communities, [...]

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