[Gondring]

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.

[Gondring]

ping

[familyop]

We call it "The Peoples Republic of Boulder."

[South40]

people who claim to be against the "oil war" didn't bring their bike anyway.

Same could be said about most liberals.

[freedumb2003]

sfgate

Amazing they didn't notice that Boulder is a mirror.

[escapefromboston]

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.

[Gay State Conservative]

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".

[DoughtyOne]

...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.

[apackof2]

I am not so sure that the parents should be considered "conservative"...

Why is that?

[AZLiberty]

A San Franciscan criticizing Boulder -- that's rich.

[Thombo2]

Great article.BTW,another interesting factoid.Per capita, Boulder consumes more hydroponic marijuana than any other city in the union.

[AZLiberty]

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?

[nmh]

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.

[AZLiberty]

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.

[Columbine]

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.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

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.

[BW2221]

Boulder is like so many liberal college towns - Ann Arbor, Lawrence (KS) State College (PA), Austin (TX).

[quantim]

Did you know this?  He lost by about 500 votes.  But safe to say Charlevoix is Boulder with water.  Serious wealthy.  We'll never know if he is a conservative or not, politically speaking.

18-AUG-2006: John and Patsy Ramsey, parents of slain beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, are shown during the election for Michigan's 105th District at his campaign headquarters in Charlevoix, Mich., Aug. 3, 2004. A man suspected in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey nearly a decade ago was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006 in Thailand, District Attorney Mary Lacey said. She disclosed no details about the suspect before a news conference scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006. Ramsey was one of six candiates for the Republican nomination for Michigan's 105th District.

[ableLight]

I lived there a while. Honestly, it looks like Bosnia. I never understood why people thought Boulder was so 'rich' or utopian. The streets are all torn up, the buildings are old, there is a very high proportion of homeless to the general population there, etc.

South of Denver is Castle Pines. Now THAT is a nice place. It may have something to do with the liberal local politics in Boulder, but that place is no paradise IMO.

[livius]

Boulder is creepy. I have a family member who is a police officer in Denver, and I go out occasionally to visit her - and hear stories about the well-off Boulder moms and dads who refuse to come down to Denver to pick up their stoned 14 yr olds who have been arrested while brawling/shoplifting/soliciting on the streets of Denver at 2:00 a.m. I think Boulder is a very weird culture - liberalism carried to its ultimate extreme.

[oprahstheantichrist]

"I had to cut out a lot of good swipes...."

The author's style is almost Ann Coulter-like!