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Boulder as its own utopia: Town where JonBenet Ramsey died is tan, tall and smug
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| Sunday, August 20, 2006
| Kimberly Dellaca-Badgett
Posted on 08/20/2006 4:14:17 PM PDT by Gondring
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I'm not so sure the parents were innocent, and I am not so sure that the parents should be considered "conservative"...but it's an interesting cultural commentary. I had to cut out a lot of good swipes to fit the excerpt limit.
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:14:19 PM PDT
by
Gondring
To: jan in Colorado
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:14:33 PM PDT
by
Gondring
(If "Conservatives" now want to "conserve" our Constitution away, then I must be a Preservative!)
To: Gondring
We call it "The Peoples Republic of Boulder."
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:17:41 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Either you're with us, or you're with the terrorists." --President Bush)
To: Gondring
people who claim to be against the "oil war" didn't bring their bike anyway. Same could be said about most liberals.
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:17:48 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: Gondring
sfgate
Amazing they didn't notice that Boulder is a mirror.
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:20:14 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(I LIKE you! When I am Ruler of Earth, yours will be a quick and painless death)
To: Gondring
The Ramseys were the wrong kind of people in Boulder. It's only OK to be rich here if you wear patchouli and pretend you live in a tent.
Well that was kinda funny.
To: Gondring
Boulder is one of the five richest counties in the United States, but it has the lowest rate of charitable giving in Colorado. [...][...] Boulder is one of only three counties in Colorado that did not vote for George Bush.
So,in other words,rich democRATS couldn't care less about "the most vulnerable among us".
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:23:51 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid."- Dwight Eisenhower)
To: Gondring
...tan, tall and smug That's about as close as you can come to being the consumate racist, without actually coming out and going on the record.
Translation: White, physically endowed and think they're better than everyone else...
The writer must think that all communities that are not predominantly white are shorter and think they're worse than everyone else.
Whatever the rest of the article says, this certainly said enough.
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:24:42 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Bring your press credentials to Qana, for the world's most convincing terrorist street theater.)
To: Gondring
I am not so sure that the parents should be considered "conservative"...Why is that?
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:25:03 PM PDT
by
apackof2
(They wait on you hand and foot so they can charge you an arm and a leg)
To: Gondring
A San Franciscan criticizing Boulder -- that's rich.
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:25:21 PM PDT
by
AZLiberty
(Creating the <a href="http://clinton.senate.gov">straddle</a> Google bomb one post at a time.)
To: Gondring
Great article.BTW,another interesting factoid.Per capita, Boulder consumes more hydroponic marijuana than any other city in the union.
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:27:55 PM PDT
by
Thombo2
To: Gondring
Ten years ago, the Boulder County district attorney's office seemed focused on the Ramseys as suspects, and an investigation once labeled as "thorough" did not include looking at all the sex offenders in the Boulder area. But that would be profiling, wouldn't it?
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:28:32 PM PDT
by
AZLiberty
(Creating the <a href="http://clinton.senate.gov">straddle</a> Google bomb one post at a time.)
To: Gondring
Liberals are COLD hearted, self absorbed and CHEAP when it comes to anyone else. Liberals are narcissistic and believe they need all their and if you don't have any - tough luck! Get your money from the government - knowing it will keep them down.
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:29:15 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
To: Gondring
My first comment was wrong -- this article is by someone who knows Boulder well. Here's the key:
Boulder was smug when JonBenet was murdered. If the Ramseys' life went to hell, it was proof that the conservative life was the wrong one. The Ramseys never stood a chance in this town.
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:31:36 PM PDT
by
AZLiberty
(Creating the <a href="http://clinton.senate.gov">straddle</a> Google bomb one post at a time.)
To: Gondring
I think we should deed Boulder to San Francisco with the caveat that they move all residents, buildings, etc., out of state by the end of the year, returning the site of the town to it's natural state.
To: DoughtyOne
I was born in Boulder...and grew up to college age there.
What I just read is NOT the Boulder I left...
The Boulder I left was football games, parades with a lot of horses downtown...rodeos..
Of course we are talking decades ago...but, I did notice in the years after I moved to Texas...and would go for a visit...the "atmosphere" did change..
LOL..I have to admit though...that I am jealous. My father built our home by himself on an acre of land...and when we moved they sold it for 15,000.
According to this article...I think I am gonna be sick.
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:34:51 PM PDT
by
Txsleuth
(((((((((ISRAEL))))))) Prayers up for Steve, Olaf, and the Israeli kidnapped soldiers.)
To: Gondring
Boulder was a "groovy and cool" place, in the 60s and 70s. It's an illegal, criminal immigrant-infested, polluted, PC-liberalism sewer, now. So sad.
To: Gondring
Boulder is like so many liberal college towns - Ann Arbor, Lawrence (KS) State College (PA), Austin (TX).
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:40:06 PM PDT
by
BW2221
To: BW2221
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:41:56 PM PDT
by
Gondring
(If "Conservatives" now want to "conserve" our Constitution away, then I must be a Preservative!)
To: DoughtyOne
Well, if you had read the rest of the article, you'd have seen the relevance...especially in this part:
It's said that Boulder has the tallest average people in America with the second-highest average IQs. Boulder is a magnet for the "beautiful people."
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posted on
08/20/2006 4:43:53 PM PDT
by
Gondring
(If "Conservatives" now want to "conserve" our Constitution away, then I must be a Preservative!)
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