Farmer, a former publisher of a daily newspaper, a print & electronic (radio/TV/web) journalist. Now works in news/PR, higher-ed, & advocating for healthcare.
🚨 Colorado, wake up.
Your AG Phil Weiser, now running for Governor, once said car thieves shouldn’t face real consequences until they’ve stolen 3 or 4 cars in about 3 months.
This soft-on-crime mindset helped make Colorado the car theft capital of America for years.
Recent example:
Matthew Dudymott has been arrested twice in the last year for car theft. No charges filed on the 2025 case. On May 28, 2026 he allegedly stole another car… and Magistrate Arnie Beckham released him on a $5,000 PR bond…$0 cash required.
Enough is enough.
‼️Vote ANYONE BUT Phil Weiser for Governor.‼️
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Hello @usairforce there is a reason why you exist, one is fly high drop bombs… the other is go low and rock and roll. Taking the A-10, or an actual real world replacement - not an expensive crop duster, and do the hard job of protecting troops. B-52, AC-130 need A-10 protection against ground fired missiles.
There are two types of people in the world: those who think the A-10 is an obsolete flying bathtub, and those who have heard the GAU-8's "BRRRT" in person. You can replace the mission with a drone, but you can’t replace the vibe... or can you? Can a drone have the same psychological impact as a hail of 30mm depleted uranium shells?
My dude,
Under progressive democrat control for most of the last 20 years, Colorado is:
✅4th most expensive state
✅dropped from 2nd to 24th freest state
✅fell to second most dangerous
Next, you'll piss on us and say it's raining.
#copolitics
When Kyle Clark
tried to mock @ScottBottomsCO
and demanded evidence
for $30 billion in waste and corruption
(two out of every three dollars
in the state budget),
Bottoms dropped the receipts:
Multiple whistleblowers,
a Supreme Court Justice admission,
the Christopher Gregory bribery scandal,
AG Weiser covering up billions,
and over 2,500 pages
of documented evidence.
This has been going on
for 5-6 years
and nobody in power
wants to investigate it.
Bottoms is the only one
willing to expose the rot
and fight for the people.
#WeThePeople #DoWhatYouCan
#ElectScottBottomsCOGov26
Together We Win!🙏🏻🇺🇸💯
The House Dems want to believe that adding a NEW FEE to home insurance premiums will eventually reduce costs...
The fee is going to go into a new grant program to give some people more resilient roofs...
They are literally adding a FEE to lower costs... it won't work!
#ColoradoFees Day 5/150
Hauling an oversized load in Colorado? You pay a base permit fee plus supplemental surcharges under SB09-108.
These extra fees were added in 2009 as part of the FASTER package to help pay for road and bridge damage caused by wide loads. Another fee most people never hear about until they need the permit.
The condition of Colorado's roads on the other hand? We are all aware of how bad they are. Where does that money go?
Too bad they didn’t ask candidates their position on SB26-135, the largest #tax increase in #Colorado history? Another $37.5B raid on our @colorado_tabor refunds after a nearly $30 billion (2011-26) increase under tax (fee!!) & spend Governors Hickenlooper & Polis’s ($46.8B FY27). Every budget & tax raise has been to support our children & roads… really! The budget when Hickenlooper started was $20B in 2011 & the 2026 Polis request was for $50Billion!!
I watched both @9NEWS governor debates so you don’t have to.
And wow.
The Republican debate felt like an episode of Law & Order.
The Democrat debate felt like a graduate-level public policy class sponsored by NPR and organic coffee.
Republicans got questions like:
“Let’s discuss every controversial thing you’ve ever said, done, liked, reposted, thought about, or may potentially do sometime before the year 2042.”
Democrats got:
“Can you elaborate further on your housing affordability framework?”
At one point I was waiting for @KyleClark to ask @SenatorBennet and @pweiser whether they preferred sparkling or still water before moving into a discussion on childcare subsidies.
Now, to be fair, both Democrats got challenged.
Bennet took heat over:
• Leaving the Senate
• His Trump cabinet votes
• Who he’d appoint to replace himself
• ICE funding
Weiser took heat over:
• His lawsuits
• His first Trump term record
• Campaign donations
• Whether he governs through litigation
Those are legitimate questions.
But here’s what stood out:
The Republican debate largely focused on the candidates.
The Democrat debate largely focused on governing.
Republicans spent much of the night explaining themselves.
Democrats spent much of the night explaining policy.
One debate was:
“Why should voters trust you?”
The other was:
“Walk us through your implementation strategy.”
One felt like a cross-examination.
The other felt like a dissertation defense.
And before someone says, “Well maybe the Democrats just had better answers…”
That’s not the point.
The point is the questions weren’t the same.
If you’re moderating a governor’s debate, every candidate should be getting grilled on affordability, housing, crime, water, transportation, energy, healthcare, and education.
Not one side getting a political root canal while the other gets a policy workshop.
The funniest part?
The Democrats actually had disagreements worth exploring.
TABOR.
Labor policy.
Healthcare.
Business regulations.
ICE.
Housing.
Yet somehow I learned more about Republican personalities from their debate and more about Democrat policies from theirs.
Almost like the candidates were being viewed through two entirely different lenses.
Weird.
Maybe it’s just one of those incredible coincidences.
Like government finishing a construction project on time.
Or X users reading an article before commenting on it.
Or your ex suddenly reaching out because they “just wanted to see how you’re doing.”
Totally possible.
Anyway, if Colorado voters are going to pick the next governor, maybe everyone should get the same debate format.
Crazy idea, I know.
#unfilteredpolitics #copolitics
Again sounds like a consumer fraud case. Where is our attorney general? Oh East Coast headline chaser lawyer, @pweiser running for governor and not doing his job in #Colorado ! @MichaelBennet@SenatorBennet@PhilForColorado Too bad we might elect this New Yorker as Governor!
For months now, I’ve gotten tips about a company pitching a “free e-bike” using a Colorado state tax credit. But many haven’t gotten their bike after paying the sales tax.
We’re still digging in - but we’re getting some odd answers.
Wow, how to scam multiple systems in #Colorado . The Eastern raised AG not prosecuting dozens of scammers in these crimes as he is running for #governor and not doing his job! @SenatorBennet@MichaelBennet@pweiser@PhilForColorado Colorado does not need an Eastern headline chaser as Governor!
To illustrate how poorly maintained the Colorado voter roll, let me introduce you to a 2 bedroom unit on Parker Rd where, between July 2022 and October 2023, ninety-nine (99) individuals all with Middle Eastern names were newly added to the Colorado voter roll: 88% were women mostly aged in their 30s or 40s. None likely ever lived there and towards the end of whatever was going on, 31 new registrations were rushed through and added to the voter roll in October 2023 alone, usually in daily groups of 4, 5 or 6 scattered throughout the month.
No one noticed. No alarm bells went off.
As of now, all have an inactive status on the voter roll (everything election-related mailed to them has been returned undeliverable) BUT if there had been any basic checks and balances in place at the front end (does anyone else think it might be unusual that six people with different last names were added to the voter roll at a single residence the day after five other people were added there?) NONE ought to have EVER been added in the first place.
Sadly, they will all stay on the CO voter roll until after the 2026 federal election (3 until after 2028) . This means that although they won’t be mailed ballots, they (or someone using their name) could potentially still vote in person at any Colorado election till then.
It is nonetheless unlikely that this was fraudulent voter scheme because 5 individuals “accidentally” provided as a contact mailing address that of a secondary practice address for a National Insurance Provider. This tends to suggest a medicare / medicaid scheme where perhaps a service provider is billing Colorado taxpayers for a plethora of non-existent services provided to a plethora of non-existent individuals.
But even though evidence of potential fraud against Colorado taxpayers is hiding in plain sight on the CO voter roll, it is unlikely that the CO Secretary of State even noticed. Or cares.
What a joke the Colorado voter roll is!
@SenatorHick@SenatorBennet@GovofCO@JenaGriswold@pweiser
Too bad @elonmusk is not reXing this cartoon to show the largest #tax increase in #Colorado 150 year history! $37.5+ billion stolen from taxpayer’s @colorado_tabor refunds. The smoke and mirrors of the Tax & Fee increases of the Colorado state budget of $46.8B up from 2018 $28.9B.
Welcome to a $10Billion increase in state of Colorado’s budget over 8+ years. The highest car registration compared to neighboring states & grand plans for the largest #tax increase in Colorado’s history this fall. All of this was for our children & to fix roads! Roads? @colorado_tabor
CURRENT STATE OF COLORADO;
My parents drove their RV from Florida to visit. This is Highway 94 after leaving Kansas and entering into Colorado. They said no other state they drove through have roads this bad!
A list of #flying truths that only those that have held a stick could truly understand & relate. Only a few pilots will understand all & will thank the laws, & angels, that have allowed them to reach old age. Reminder, there is never enough altitude, runway, or fuel in a crisis.
A compendium of Pilot Rules (Number 30 is Gospel in Fighters).
1. The only three things a wingman should ever say are:
“Two's up. “
“Lead, you're on fire.”
“I'll take the fat chick.”
2. In a multi-place aircraft, there are only three things the copilot should ever say:
“Nice landing, Sir.”
“I'll buy the first round.”
“I'll take the fat chick.”
3. As a new copilot on a bomber I was told to say these three things and to otherwise keep my mouth shut and not touch anything:
“Clear on the right.”
“Outer (marker) on the double (indicator).”
“I'll eat the chicken.” (Crew meals consisted of one steak and one chicken to avoid possible food poisoning of the cockpit crew).
4. As an aviator in flight you can do anything you want. As long as it's right. And we'll let you know if it's right after you land.
5. You can't fly forever without getting killed.
6. As a pilot only two bad things can happen to you and one of them will:
One day you will walk out to the aircraft knowing that it is your last flight in an airplane.
One day you will walk out to the airplane not knowing that it is your last flight in an airplane.
7. Any flight over water in a single engine airplane will absolutely guarantee abnormal engine noises and vibrations.
8. There are Rules and there are Laws. The rules are made by men who think that they know better how to fly your airplane than you; the Laws (of Physics) were made by God. You can, and sometimes should, suspend the Rules but you can never suspend the Laws.
9. More about Rules:
The rules are a good place to hide if you don't have a better idea and the talent to execute it.
If you deviate from a rule, it must be a flawless performance. (e.g., If you fly under a bridge, don't hit the bridge.)
10. The pilot is the highest form of life on earth.
11. The ideal pilot is the perfect blend of discipline and aggressiveness.
12. About check rides:
The only real objective of a check ride is to complete it and get the bastard out of your airplane.
It has never occurred to any flight examiner that the examinee couldn't care less what the examiner's opinion of his flying ability really is.
13. The medical profession is the natural enemy of the aviation profession.
14. The job of the Wing Commander is to worry incessantly that his career depends solely on the abilities of his aviators to fly their airplanes without mishap and that their only minuscule contribution to the effort is to bet their lives on it.
15. Ever notice that the only experts who decree that the “age of the manned flight” is over are people who have never flown anything? Also, in spite of the intensity of their feelings that the pilot's day is over I know of no such expert who has volunteered to be a passenger in a non-piloted aircraft.
16. It is absolutely imperative that the pilot be unpredictable. Rebelliousness is very predictable. In the end, conforming almost all the time is the best way to be unpredictable.
17. He who demands everything that his aircraft can give him is a pilot; he that demands one iota more is a fool.
18. If you're gonna fly low, do not fly slow! ASW pilots know this only too well. (Amen)
19. It is solely the pilot's responsibility to never let any other thing touch his aircraft.
20. If you can learn how to fly as a 2nd Lt and not forget how to fly by the time you're a Maj. you will have lived a happy life.
21. About night flying:
- Remember that the airplane doesn't know that it's dark.
- On a clear, moonless night, never fly between the tanker's lights.
- There are certain aircraft sounds that can only be heard at night.
- If you're going to night fly, it might as well be in the weather so you can double count your exposure to both hazards.
- Night formation is really an endless series of near misses in equilibrium with each other.
- You would have to pay a lot of money at a lot of amusement parks and perhaps add a few drugs, to get the same blend of psychedelic sensations as a single-engine night flight in weather.
22. One of the most important skills that a pilot must develop is the skill to ignore those things that were designed by non-pilots to get the pilot's attention.
23. At the end of the day, the controllers, ops supervisors, maintenance guys, weather guessers, and birds are all trying to kill you and your job is to not let them.
24. The concept of "controlling" airspace with radar is just a form of FAA sarcasm directed at pilots to see if they're gullible enough to swallow it. Or to put it another way, when's the last time the FAA ever shot anyone down?
25. Remember that the radio is only an electronic suggestion box for the pilot. Sometimes the only way to clear up a problem is to turn it off.
26. It is a tacit, yet profound admission of the preeminence of flying in the hierarchy of the human spirit, that those who seek to control aviators via threats always threaten to take one's wings and not one's life.
27. Remember when flying low and inverted that the rudder still works the same old way but hopefully your flight instructor never taught you "pull stick back, plane go up".
28. Mastering the prohibited maneuvers in the NATOPS Manual is one of the best forms of aviation life insurance you can get.
29. A tactic done twice is a procedure (refer to unpredictability discussion above).
30. The aircraft G-limits are only there in case there is another flight by that particular airplane. If subsequent flights do not appear likely, there are no G-limits.
31. One of the beautiful things about a single piloted aircraft is the quality of the social experience.
32. If a mother has the slightest suspicion that her infant might grow up to be a pilot, she had better teach him to put things back where he got them.
33. The ultimate responsibility of the pilot is to fulfill the dreams of the countless millions of earthbound ancestors who could only stare skyward ...and wish.
Maureen O'Hara on what she whispered into John Wayne's ear in the final scene of John Ford's "The Quiet Man" (1952):
"No matter what part of the world I’m in, the question I am always asked is: “What did you whisper into John Wayne’s ear at the end of 'The Quiet Man'?” It was John Ford’s idea; it was the ending he wanted. I was told by Mr. Ford exactly what I was to say. At first I refused. I said, “No. I can’t. I can’t say that to Duke.” But Mr. Ford wanted a very shocked reaction from Duke, and he said, “I’m telling you, you are to say it.”
I had no choice, and so I agreed, but with a catch: “I’ll say it on one condition—that it is never ever repeated or revealed to anyone.” So we made a deal. After the scene was over, we told Duke about our agreement and the three of us made a pact. There are those who claim that they were told and know what I said. They don’t and are lying.
John Ford took it to his grave—so did Duke—and the answer will die with me. Curiosity about the whisper has become a great part of the Quiet Man legend. I have no doubt that as long as the film endures, so will the speculation. 'The Quiet Man' meant so much to John Ford, John Wayne, and myself. I know it was their favorite picture too. It bonded us as artists and friends in a way that happens but once in a career. That little piece of 'The Quiet Man' belongs to just us, and so I hope you’ll understand as I answer:
I’ll never tell."
("Tis Herself A memoir", Maureen O'Hara & John Nicoletti, 2004)
P.S: Remembering John Wayne on his 119th birthday!
What do you think she whispered into the Duke's ear?
If you’re keeping track of the Great Horned Owlets, from the last few days, here they are tonight (5/24/26). Making sure they are watching me do chores. Using a telephoto lens to get their view of the day. @WXAlexOBrien