SandBox Comments: Commentary Magazine "The Liberal Misappropriation of a Conservative President "

Excellent piece from Steven Hayward.

"Of all the unlikely developments in American politics over the last two decades, the most astonishing is this: liberals suddenly love Ronald Reagan. They have taken to celebrating certain virtues they claim Reagan possessed—virtues they believe are absent from the conservative body politic today—while looking back with nostalgia at the supposed civility of the political struggles of the 1980s.

“There’s something there I miss today,” mused the former Democratic staffer and longtime talk-show host Chris Matthews in January about the relationship between Reagan and House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, the most powerful Democrat in Washington during Reagan’s first term. Matthews dreamily evoked a time when Reagan and O’Neill had drinks together, swapped Irish stories, slapped backs, and, they say, cut deals with a minimum of personal rancor—as opposed to the ugly relations between the two parties today.

Even more notable is the fact that Reagan has become a model for presidential governance for . . . Barack Obama..."

SandBox Comments: Pueblo Chieftain "Thiebaut testifies at redistricting trial "

The beleagured DA of the 10th Judicial District, Bill Thiebaut (D), is rarely out of the news the past two  years.

Now in what is shaping up to be one of the hottest political races in the state, Thiebaut is trying to save his seat as the 10th's district attorney.

There is one pattern in his style that is not likely going to change.

Which just may end up being to his  detriment politically. 

"DENVER — Pueblo District Attorney Bill Thiebaut undressed the congressional redistricting process on Friday with blistering candor that witnesses who preceded him during the two-week trial dared not show...."
(Patrick Malone)

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SandBox Comments: Garco Sheriff/Press Release "October 21, 2011"

Again, we introduce you to FRED.

"Since the existence of the Sheriff’s computer forensics and Internet investigations, known as FRED (Forensic Recovery of Evidence Device), in the Annex near Rifle, investigators promptly began analyzing the material. They were able to secure an arrest warrant based upon solid material evidence versus purely circumstantial findings. In the past, this type of evidence processing turn-around with the Colorado Bureau of Investigations office in Grand Junction or the Rocky Mountain Regional Computer Forensics Lab in Denver would have taken three to six months due to the enormous amount of material they must routinely process.

The Garfield County Sheriff's Office possesses specialized high tech crimes and computer forensic analysis capabilities as part of the Investigations Division. Specialized computer hardware, software and law enforcement techniques were used in this investigation as well as in all other investigations involving the exploitation of children undertaken by the Garfield County Sheriff's Office. The Garfield County Sheriff's Office is also a member of the ICAC (Internet Crimes against Children) task force.

In the last 13 months, Sheriff’s investigators have completed 25 such evidence analyses in-house whereas, prior to construction of the computer forensics room at the Annex, they averaged 13.5 a year since late 2006. Concerning Salmonsen’s case, investigators have thoroughly analyzed and documented over 500 gigabytes of data for the court proceedings...."

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