September 18, 2011

SandBox Comments: Aspen Times "Wounded warriors in a therapeutic setting"

"...After all her work, Volf said the numbers still leave her staggered. She said of the hundreds of thousands deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 5,000 have been killed and 45,000 have returned with permanent disabilities.

Volf hopes that these wounded warriors are honored for their sacrifice and is grateful that her program and Challenge Aspen is located where it is.

“I am very motivated to keep this program going within Challenge Aspen,” she said. “This is such an accommodating place. This community is so accepting.”
Challenge Aspen will host a fundraiser from 5-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Jimmy's An American Restaurant & Bar in Aspen. The event will include hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, music and a raffle..."

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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."

SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News/Letter to the Editor "A poor example"

Ken Neubecker, Director, The Western Rivers Institute, Carbondale:

"...Aspen says it wants to set an example to the world on how to be environmentally responsible. They are doing a pretty poor job so far. Doubly unfortunate is that costly litigation may be the only way to breach this wall of Aspen arrogance...."


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SandBox Comments: Denver Channel "Bail Bondsman Sues Over 'Dog The Bounty Hunter'"

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SandBox Comments: KREX News 5 "Drunk Horseman Cited During Beer Run"

"Deputy Mike Dillon has cited plenty of drunk drivers, but never a drunk rider.

"In my 16 years with the Mesa County Sheriff's Office, this is the first time I've ever dealt with anything like this," Dillon told NewsChannel 5, fighting a grin. Sheriff's deputies cited a Clifton man Saturday afternoon for riding to the liquor store on horseback while drunk, presumably to buy more alcohol..."

(John Dzenitis)

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SandBox Comments: Summit Daily News/Caddie Nath " Walking in a cop's shoes"

What a marvelous idea.  A "Citizen's Police Academy".

"...The press likes to think of itself as the fourth estate — the last check on government and law enforcement agencies. Often, when we write stories regarding the use of force, we do so with that mindset: The public always, has a right to know. I believe that has been the thought process, and the sense of responsibility, behind the many stories that have appeared in the press in Denver in recent years on excessive-force incidents and lawsuits involving the Denver Police Department.

The Denver media was not wrong to print and broadcast those stories. The public does have a right to know what is happening, particularly when what is happening involves agencies funded and lawsuits paid with tax dollars.

But we, as reporters, follow stories like those coming out of Denver over the last few years, as reporters. We do not always understand the perspective of the officers involved in those stories..."  (Click title)
(Caddie Nath)

"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."

SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "On the cruciform of ad-lib and ideology"

Long live the King.

Wonderful piece from Dave Danforth, the usual suspect.  Up on The Aspen Daily News.

"Ad-lib” is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “to improvise, especially lines or a speech.”

It is done all the time. But when a U.S. president does it, an ad-lib can start a word fight, particularly when ideology gets involved.

A lot of ink and hot air was spilled over a gaffe..."

(Dave Danforth)


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SandBox Comments: Glenwood Springs Post Independent/Your Letters "Talbott making up his facts"

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SandBox Comments: Glenwood Springs Post Independent/Kathleen Parker "Stupid is as stupid does"

"yahoo and hell yeah!"

"SandBox Nanny' gives her first 'nod' of the day to the pen of Ms. Kathleen Parker via The Glenwood Springs Post Independent.

"GOP pop quiz: With whom would you rather roll your dice — a Harvard lawyer who wants government to bankroll jobs through higher taxes? Or a Texas A&M grad/Air Force pilot who has successfully run one of the largest states in the country? ...

....It is far easier to say what is pleasing to the ear than what is true. Even so, anyone who thinks Republicans are stupid is missing the point. What those dummies Bush and Perry have in common, other than having been Texas governors, pilots and cheerleaders (what is it with Texas?), is that they're not stupid at all.

This doesn't mean they're right about everything or even most things. But they're smart enough to know that most people in this country didn't go to Ivy League colleges — or any college for that matter. Most haven't led privileged lives of any sort, but nonetheless have unspoiled hearts and are willing to help any who would help themselves.

This is the essence of the so-called ordinary American. Self-reliant, individualistic, entrepreneurial, neighborly and strong. These people come in both Republican and Democratic flavors, though we've somehow lost sight of that in these hyper-partisan, sound-bite times.

Until someone emerges to remind Americans of who they are in a way that neither insults their intelligence nor condescends to their less- fortunate circumstances, smart money goes to the “stupid” politicians, who are dumb as foxes and happy as clams when their opponents misunderestimate them...."

(Kathleen Parker)

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