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How to beat Debt? Stop Borrowing Dummy! Pay it back

While collectivists gleefully project their wish for a Republicrat “Civil War” over the debt limit one has to stop and look through normal eyes what the hub-bub is about.

Nearly all collectivists oppose, in every and any way they can, any limitation on borrowing because they want no limitation on “benefits” they can “give” in exchange for votes to perpetuate their own power and the dependency of their constituencies.

The fear is of a “Government Default”.  Hey dummies, just don’t spend over the last borrowing cap.  And reduce spending more.  That’s the rub.  Demonrats and Republicrats truly believe that it is *government’s job to provide (things, monies, “services”) stuff*.  They are wrong and that is why they can so gleefully bankrupt our children and theirs.

It isn’t rocket science.  Spend less money, reduce the number of employees, reduce programs equally across the board if you can’t agree on cuts.  Finally,  the one no government collectivist politicrat understands, IT ISN’T Government’s job to do ANYTHING not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.

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Radical DU Professor update – Socialist Solidarity

Well, we have received an update on the radical professor from DU, Tom I. Romero II, the controversial so-called expert of Property and Water law. A reader has sent in a screenshot of Professor Tom’s previous FaceBook page. Tom leaves no doubt as to where he stands, with a depiction of his apparent solidarity with the Socialists and the Unions of Wisconsin. Thanks to our reader, we have one more step in assessing this professor Tom, who another reader says has never passed the bar in any state. Every step closer we get, the less credibility we find, with Professor Tom I. Romero, II of Denver University.

Ironically, this has coincided with the latest turn of events in Wisconsin, which has some leftists and media outlets salivating, trying to convince you that “the courts” have overturned Wisconsin’s recent law restricting collective bargaining for public service workers, signed by Governor Scott Walker. Few of them want to acknowledge that this is the work of one judge, who was already presumed to side with the unions, and that the decision is likely to be overturned by appellate courts on the merits of the circumstances, rather than union pressure or intimidation. Nor do they want you to know that the GOP will work to pass the law again, and that the public opinion has turned heavily against the Democrats for the raucous (and sometimes hostile) demonstrations that were put on by unions and their allied “community organizers” from around the nation.

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Memorial Day

Here’s something I dug up: From a 1962 USMA Phamphlet prepared for Memorial Day.
Thanks to Pete Stevens for posting this and to all our service members past and present for their selfless sacrifices

In Honor of Fallen Patriots
They Gave Their Fortunes and Lives for Our Liberty

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” –John 15:12-14

Memorial Day was first observed as Decoration Day to commemorate those who died in the War Between the States. It is a day set aside in deference to American Patriots who pledged and delivered their lives to Support and Defend the Rule of Law enshrined in our Constitution.

Since our nation’s founding, more than one million American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen have paid the ultimate price in defense of our nation, and it is their final sacrifice that we honor with solemn reverence.

Our Founders clearly understood that the burden of sustaining Liberty would be calculated in human sacrifice. As John Adams noted, “I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States.” So, on this last Monday in May, millions of American Patriots will honor the service and sacrifice of these uniformed Patriots by participating in respectful commemorations across the nation.

Who were these brave souls?
On 12 May 1962, Gen. Douglas MacArthur addressed the cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, offering this description: “Their story is known to all of you. It is the story of the American man at arms. My estimate of him was formed on the battlefields many, many years ago and has never changed. I regarded him then, as I regard him now, as one of the world’s noblest figures — not only as one of the finest military characters, but also as one of the most stainless. His name and fame are the birthright of every American citizen. In his youth and strength, his love and loyalty, he gave all that mortality can give. He needs no eulogy from me, or from any other man. He has written his own history and written it in red on his enemy’s breast.”

Gen. MacArthur continued: “In twenty campaigns, on a hundred battlefields, around a thousand campfires, I have witnessed that enduring fortitude, that patriotic self-abnegation and that invincible determination which have carved his statue in the hearts of his people. From one end of the world to the other, he has drained deep the chalice of courage. As I listened to those songs in memory’s eye, I could see those staggering columns of the First World War, bending under soggy packs on many a weary march, from dripping dusk to drizzling dawn, slogging ankle deep through mire of shell-pocked roads; to form grimly for the attack, blue-lipped, covered with sludge and mud, chilled by the wind and rain, driving home to their objective, and for many, to the judgment seat of God. I do not know the dignity of their birth, but I do know the glory of their death. They died unquestioning, uncomplaining, with faith in their hearts, and on their lips the hope that we would go on to victory. Always for them: Duty, Honor, Country. Always their blood, and sweat, and tears, as they saw the way and the light.”

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Grand Junction Teaparty counter observance on Memorial Day

The GJResult Teaparty of Grand Junction is planning a Memorial Day observance to counter disgraced former CU Professor Ward Churchill and we encourage all of you in the area by showing up with thoughtful and attentive contributions to the dialogue.

We know that Ward and his group are out there to stir up hatred and racial strife. So, we appeal to all of you with a love for liberty and a love for your neighbor: Defeat fools with common sense.

These people want nothing more than to gain credibility by letting some Tea Party person to look irrational. Don’t give them anything to work with – let them prove their hostility and foolishness without your help.

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Is DU concerned for their credibility?

As we picked up the story line on Denver University’s Sturm College of Law’s Associate Professor Tom I. Romero, we had doubts of the claim that Dr. Romero was in fact “another Ward Churchill”. (I mean come on, two radical Marxist professors in Colorado Universities?) It seemed like a stretch.

The funny part is that Ward Churchill was seen at that Tucson “Student Protest” a few weeks back and has been creeping around scheduling talks at various places lately, including a church in Colorado.

The fascinating connection is that the Student Protesters are known to be supported by Unidos, a radical organizer group affiliated with La Raza and the Aztlan movement. The Tucson students are known to support the principles of the Aztlan declaration, which is essentially encouraging the violent overthrow of the United States of America.

Now, after looking into it, there seems to be (possibly) a connection to La Raza, Aztlan and Ethnic Studies (that declare everything is about racism), with this professor at Sturm College of DU. Although the definitively radical statements that were commonly heard uttered by Churchill are not immediately observable with Dr. Romero, it does seem, in fact that Dr. Romero is at least a soft supporter of these radical concepts, from some of his more recent presentations. This should concern everyone, especially Dr. Romero, if that is in fact not his motivation.

As he has written extensively in support of the idea that water planners in Colorado are racists and has spoken openly of his support for ethnic studies and has openly declared land ownership to be a tool of oppression, we feel compelled to ask: is Dr. Romero advocating a Marxist agenda, in support of Aztlan’s Reconquista movement?

Considering the fact that he also has an Aztlan flag posted on his FaceBook page, and that during such tense times with students openly advocating the over throw of the United States of America, there seems to be a very poor level of judgement on the part of Dr. Romero.

Is it possible that there is something more to his motive? Is that why he has placed this Aztlan flag on his FaceBook page? While investigating, we found that one observer noted that this flag is a new addition, since April.

So, the question stands: Is DU concerned for their repuation? Are they looking into the full body of Dr. Romero’s work?

We note that not all of his publications are available online to the general public. We respectfully request that DU publish all of Dr. Romero’s work to the general public, on the internet.

We also want to know if Dr. Romero will come out and publicly condemn the Declaration of Aztlan and will he condemn the recent uprising in Tucson? Will Dr. Romero publicly condemn the racist and inflammatory Ethnic Studies curriculum in question down in Tucson?

This network remains very interested in any insights and knowledge that can be shared by students, alumni, parents or faculty who can tell us if these concerns have any validity or not.

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Short Update on Radical DU Prof

We think we have found a little tidbit of information on the performance of Dr Tom Romero, of Sturm College at DU. RateMyProfessors.com has a series of comments that look to confirm suspicions of his radical agenda.

Dr. Tom seems to be obsessed with race relations and it appears that he may not have passed the bar (at the time of the posting in July 2009).

He does have a few positive comments out of 15 total. Apparently one student felt he was good, because “He tells you exactly what’s on the final exam.” Yep, that’s what we need, law students who pass exams, but can’t pass the bar.

The comments go all the way back to 2005, and they seem to be fairly consistent.

I wonder how many parents, sending their kids to Sturm College at DU, know that they have an Associate Professor who helps them beat the exam, but not the bar.

For that matter, is DU concerned about the rate of grads passing the bar?

Wonder how many students of Dr. Romero’s at Sturm are concerned about actually passing the bar this year?

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Smoke on the Water in Colorado!

Los Social Unidos Salut

Well, it seems that the issues for this season surround Radical Marxist Professors and Ethnic Studies promoted by La Raza.

Just when you thought it was isolated to Tucson, another radical professor comes on the RADAR. And he’s in Colorado! Again! When did Colorado become a hotbed for breeding Marxist Professors?  (Where is David Horowitz when you need him?)

After a little hunting, we found that Denver University’s Associate Professor of Law is indeed proudly sporting the colors for a Radical Aztlan Flag! Yep, that’s a screen shot of the Facebook page for Dr. Tom I. Romero II, PhD of Sturm College at DU! Ahem. Do you think they were aware of this when they hired Dr. Romero at Sturm College?

Here’s a thought: Did the board and the Dean at DU contemplate the train wreck that Ward Churchill turned out to be, before they offered this guy the spot? Did they do a background check? Did they think “hey, what’s gonna happen when we bring this guy on staff”?

Ahhh, Yes. We need the opinions of enlightened Marxists on staff at the college. No?

What bothers me is that the flag seems deliberately designed to invoke anger. I mean if you just rearrange that black eagle, you have a Nazi Swastika flag. If your point is about worker’s rights, or improving integration, why would you get in the face of people with a flag that is so similar to something that invokes such feeling of hostility?

I’ve seen these flags, at the recent Wisconsin protests, where some agitators were also carrying black flags with AK-47s on them and where the chants sounded ominously like threats of violence and anarchy. I’ve seen this flag at those “million Mexican marches”, until someone pointed out that all the hate and hostility on the flags and posters was seriously turning popular opinion against the marchers.

Alright DU students, I can’t wait to hear what this guy is teaching! I’m just guessing that he doesn’t get around to much work on the actual mechanics of law, as much as he spends time inflaming racial hatred. Am I wrong? Any of you Sturm College students care to tell us what his classes are really like?

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Radical Professor a Smoke Screen about Colorado Water?

The folks at Colorado Monitor Forum are tracking a water policy issue in the Denver area, where policy is being influenced by a Law Professor from Denver University, by the name of Professor Tom I. Romero II PhD. Apparently they think this guy has some leanings toward La Raza and Aztlan, and he’s writing papers that claim the folks involved in creating Colorado water projects are racists. (Huh?)

We’re hunting for some of his papers to read. Anyone been to this guys classes and want to tell us your thoughts?

We did find this Denver University Faculty Profile proudly boasting of Professor Romero as an Associate Professor of Law, specializing in Property Law and Water Law at Sturm College at DU. The profile does say “Dr. Romero is completing two projects related to the relationship between water law and social inequality in the United States and Latin America.” It seems nice of Dr. Romero to throw Latin America under the bus along with the USA in his upcoming books.

More than that, I can’t wait to read his book on American property law [that he collaborated with Hernando De Soto]: The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else“. Yeah Baby! (Just guessing, it’s about how bad America is, right?)

So far, I’m not seeing the specific connection to Ward Churchill, but the faculty profile and publications seem bent toward rehashing racial issues. (Can’t we all get along?) Last time I checked, Land Lords, mortgage companies and water utilities are not allowed to discriminate, so I  wonder which part of Left Field this discussion comes from.

I always wonder when Professors hold talks on “Popular Constitutionalism AND Civil Rights“, as we see Dr. Romero was doing in April 2011, which are almost always guaranteed to be about how the Constitution of the US is an instrument of oppression and how Constitutionally protected Liberty is really really bad for people. (Okay, we weren’t there, so we don’t want to judge).

We’ll watch out for this cat and see what’s up.

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Another Radical Colorado Professor Teaching Racism?

Just when Ward Churchill had left Colorado behind for Tucson’s TUSD student revolt at the School Board meeting on Ethnic Studies curricula, it sounds like Colorado has another radical professor popping up on the RADAR.

Over at the Colorado Monitor Forum, it seems there’s an issue with water policy that’s become a platform for race bating, by a Professor Tom I. Romero II teaching at the Denver University.

According to Professor Tom I. Romero II, “in Denver, access to water has contributed to racial and social inequality, making the metropolis the epicenter of some of the most
intense and insidious resistance to racial justice and integration.”

Is Denver really holding water for ransom, keeping minorities from getting dibs at the spigot?

We’ll have to check on this one. Really? Denver “…an epicenter for insidious resistance to racial justice and integration”? Maybe Professor Tom I. Romero is just hacked off that Chipotle restaurants were founded in Boulder, instead of Denver. Come to think of it, last time I was in Denver, I couldn’t find any good Mex for lunch. Maybe he’s got a point there.

Ground Control to Professor Tom! Are you joking? Is the Mile High City depriving you of oxygen too?

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Worth Strong Consideration

Worst criticism I’ve heard is that he is “in bed with the Fed”, having worked for the KC Fed.

This guy is spetacular and a great candidate to consider to break the “politics as usual” cycle

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