Posted on 10/17/2014 5:28:32 AM PDT by Kaslin
Free at last! I'm silent no more. Now, the story can be told.
Democrats here in my adopted state of Colorado did not want the new political documentary I hosted to see the light of day. They lost. This week, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency injunction declaring that our movie deserved the same free-speech rights as a "traditional" (translation: old-guard liberal) news organization.
"Rocky Mountain Heist," produced by David Bossie's Citizens United and directed by Jason Killian Meath, tells the story of how a wealthy quartet of liberal millionaires and billionaires in Colorado -- known as the "Gang of Four" -- took over the once-red state of Colorado in the course of a decade.
As a conservative journalist in both "old" and "new" media for more than two decades, I've used my First Amendment rights to follow the radical left's money and connect the dots for readers and viewers. The media marketplace has been too long dominated by liberal corporate statists allied with Big Government, cloaked in the pretense of institutional objectivity.
The 10th circuit panel of three judges unanimously rejected speech-stifling arguments that our expose was somehow an "electioneering communication" subject to onerous disclosure requirements -- from which the likes of the Denver Post or Colorado public radio are arbitrarily exempt. It's "government putting its thumb on the scale," Citizens United super-lawyer Ted Olson argued in court -- treacherously elastic and prone to abuse.
A six-year resident of Colorado, you can imagine my amusement, sitting in court last week in Denver, listening to government officials capriciously attack our film (which they hadn't seen) as a "drop-in attack ad" from nefarious, out-of-state interests.
Reality check: The nearly-hour-long film illustrates how the Gang of Four coordinated their campaign targets and spending behind closed doors. We report on how they drafted up elitist plans to "educate the idiots." With commentary from journalists, local and state Republican lawmakers, and even one political science professor (who ironically testified against Citizens United's right to equal media treatment!), "Rocky Mountain Heist" traces how the liberal scions and their "Colorado Democracy Alliance" captured the governor's mansion, the state legislature, and two Senate seats.
As I've reported previously, CODA spawned the national Democracy Alliance. "Over the past nine years," the organization brags to potential contributors, DA has "aligned leaders in the progressive movement and political infrastructure" to "achieve victories at the ballot box and in policy fights." Their agenda spans "social justice," "climate change," "voting rights," gun control, illegal alien amnesty, campaign finance and sustained "strategic investment" to turn red states blue.
Colorado activists in our movie inform voters how Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper pandered to his wealthy patrons and out-of-state special interests. Interviewees enlighten viewers on how Hickenlooper imposed radical laws and regulations restricting economic and personal freedoms on energy businesses, gun owners and entrepreneurs. The deep-pocketed progressive donors funneled gobs of undisclosed money to astroturf groups and a network of liberal non-profits -- all while screaming about the need for "transparency" and the "people's right to know." "Rocky Mountain Heist" shows how the "Colorado model" is migrating to Texas and Virginia, and highlights how liberty-loving Coloradans have been fighting back.
Our documentary, as Ted Olson argued, expresses core "political speech that is at the heart of the First Amendment's protected activity." Here's what's so rich: So-called "progressive" champions of transparency (with names like "Colorado Ethics Watch") intervened to try and stop Citizens United and me from educating my fellow Coloradans -- and the rest of the country -- just weeks before a critical midterm election.
What are the opponents of "Rocky Mountain Heist" so afraid of? An informed citizenry, an independent media, and conservatives willing to go to the mat for their constitutional rights.
As a National Review author stated, the Democratic Party is a vast criminal conspiracy masquerading as a political party.
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high, I've seen it raining fire in the sky.
The shadows of the ranchers as they watch their life slowly die.
Rocky Mountain Buy-ing Colorado. Rocky Mountain Buy.
He was born up in the mountains, and saw yuppie crowds below, taking everything as far as they could see.
And they say that he got crazy once when they tried to take his land, and force him into a conservancy.
Now he walks in quiet solitude, knowing he is not alone, bureaucrats watch every step he takes.
To fine him till he's off his land and just taking more and more, more profits for the crooks in real estate.
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain Buy, I've seen it raining fire in the sky.
Learn why God won't listen to your casual reply.
Rocky Mountain Buy-ing Colorado. Rocky Mountain Buy.
Now his life is full of wonder, in his heart still grows the fear, of a simple thing he can not comprehend.
Why they try to burn the mountains down to pull in a couple more, more people, who once cared for the land.
They're still talking preservation, while the forests slowly die, overstocked with trees that they they won't let him thin,
They're still building new apartments, and they'll just cram him in there too, with the help of politicians.
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain Buy, I've seen it raining fire in the sky.
Soon he'll be a poor man, an apartment he will buy,
Rocky Mountain Buy, the Colorado Rocky Mountain Buy, I've seen it raining fire in the sky.
Toke that marijuana, keep everybody's high
Rocky Mountain Buy-ing Colorado. Rocky Mountain Buy.
Rocky Mountain Buy-ing Colorado. Rocky Mountain Buy.
Correct, there are only evil Democrats and stupid ones. The evil ones rely on the stupid ones to stay in power.
Exactly right. The leaders are pure evil and they use the stupid ones, the Useful Idiots/sheep.
Nice job
Our only recourse and potential salvation is to get people back on the land. It is what the Sabbath year was to be all about.
I hope that is sufficiently cryptic. :-)
Fantastic.
BTW, you have my permission to send that to the producers or activists of your choice (with attribution of course). I've been on to this Sustained Develop-Mint real estate racket for fifteen years. More importantly, I know what to do about it legally, socially, and technically.
Anyway, you know where to find me.
It would be nice if there were a transcript of the video.
Yes, it certainly is.
Harry Truman was leftist garbage. Dewey ‘48!!
Want a democrat President that wasn’t horrible, you gotta go back to Cleveland, and before him, maybe Polk. They’ve been pushing up daisys for a loooooooooong while, as has Jefferson.
So who exactly is this “gang of four”?
Lice, rice, dice, mice, spice, Feist (a breed of dog), twice, nice etc. Now get to work on a lyric.
I don’t know your age but a “D” student of my generation finished high school with far more education than the average college graduate today. When they have a bachelor in history and cannot name the only president of the CSA they are not qualified to ENTER high school as it existed in my youth. By the way, I AM NOT exaggerating.
“They cannot win in a free forum of ideas.”
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The left will win in a free forum of ideas when a pissant eats an elephant for breakfast.
Zeitgeist ?
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Some very wealthy leftists: Tim Gill, Rutt Bridges, Jared Polis and Pat Stryker.
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