In November 2012 Colorado legalized marijuana for adults over age 21 by passing Amendment 64 to the Colorado Constitution.
consequences schmonsequences
the “benefits” of wokeism.
The Kalifornication of Colorado continues...
It’d be interesting to see the 167 cities in a straight list... but replace the name with the associated political color
I’d imagine the vast majority of the top 50% would be blue
wy, My, My, where’s Joe Kenda???
They legalized weed.
Colorado Springs remains an island of conservative common sense in a rapidly bluing state.
In November 2012 Colorado legalized marijuana for adults over age 21 by passing Amendment 64 to the Colorado Constitution.
consequences schmonsequences
Leftists and dope always invite crime. Just the way it is. Always has been. You get too many leftists and the place goes to hell.
Such a beautiful state too.
I don’t know for sure but I would guess a constant battle goes on between legal weed and illegal weed operations. We know who undercuts the other.
I have a plan to destroy America by Richard D. Lamm
Listen to this speech given 10 years ago by Richard Lamm, former governor of Colorado. He outlines how America can be destroyed ‘easily’.
I have a plan to destroy America
by Richard D. Lamm
I have a secret plan to destroy America. If you believe, as many do, that America is too smug, too white bread, too self-satisfied, too rich, let’s destroy America. It is not that hard to do. History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and they all fall, and that “an autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.” Here is my plan:
1. We must first make America a bilingual-bicultural country. History shows, in my opinion, that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. One scholar, Seymour Martin Lipset, put it this way: “The histories of bilingual and bicultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension and tragedy. Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with its Basques, Bretons and Corsicans.”
2. I would then invent “multiculturalism” and encourage immigrants to maintain their own culture. I would make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal: that there are no cultural differences that are important. I would declare it an article of faith that the black and Hispanic dropout rate is only due to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out-of-bounds.
3. We can make the United States a “Hispanic Quebec” without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently, “The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved, not by tolerance, but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentrically, and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.” I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with a salad bowl metaphor. It is important to insure that we have various cultural sub-groups living in America reinforcing their differences, rather than Americans emphasizing their similarities.
4. Having done all this, I would make our fastest-growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50 percent dropout rate from school.
5. I would then get the big foundations and big business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of victimology. I would get all minorities to think their lack of success was all the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population.
6. I would establish dual citizenship and promote divided loyalties. I would “celebrate diversity.” “Diversity” is a wonderfully seductive word. It stresses differences rather than commonalities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other–that is, when they are not killing each other. A “diverse,” peaceful or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together, and we can take advantage of this myopia.
Look at the ancient Greeks. Dorf’s “World History” tells us: “The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshiped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic Games in honor of Zeus, and all Greeks venerated the shrine of Apollo at Delphi. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty. Yet, all of these bonds together were not strong enough to overcome two factors … (local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions …)” If we can put the emphasis on the “pluribus,” instead of the “unum,” we can balkanize America as surely as Kosovo.
7. Then I would place all these subjects off-limits–make it taboo to talk about. I would find a word similar to “heretic” in the 16th century that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like “racist”, “xenophobe” halt argument and conversation. Having made America a bilingual-bicultural country, having established multiculturalism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of “victimology,” I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra –”because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good.” I would make every individual immigrant sympatric and ignore the cumulative impact.
8. Lastly, I would censor Victor Davis Hanson’s book “Mexifornia” –this book is dangerous; it exposes my plan to destroy America. So please, please–if you feel that America deserves to be destroyed–please, please–don’t buy this book! This guy is on to my plan.
Pueblo, my home town. I left in 1988 and haven’t been back but a handful of times since then. My family moved to Rye to get away from the malcontents who took over the city. Wasn’t a bad place to grow up, but it sure did take a nose dive over the years.
I know a guy who has his own business and was looking to hire me a few years ago. Everyone works remotely for him, but he insisted everyone be in Colorado.
The wife and I did some digging, and decided Colorado wasn’t going in the right direction, so I passed. Seeing this article doesn’t make me regret my decision.
It seems all things have gone wrong under the first gay governor.
But but but the mainstream media said that legalizing marijuana would put an end to all these property crimes!
And the commies ruining Colorado will say the answer will be more gun control.
Just wait...
Yeah, ‘hard to comprehend’. How many are run by Democrats?
Colorado used to be deep red, but then Democrats took over and turned it into the hell hole it is today.
Legalizing dope contributes a lot to crime, too.
Colorado gives California a serious contention for worst governed state.
Collectivism and Marxism divides people into groups. Then the chosen and damned doctrine and the dialectic promotes group warfare.
Is Pueblo still where the headquarters for the government printing office is? Remember all of those adds on TV to send in for pamphlets.