By Todd Hartley on July 9, 2010
I had an interesting Fourth of July this year and learned a valuable lesson in what it means to be American. Not that I was looking to be taught a lesson, mind you. Things just sort of turned out that way, as you will see.
I spent the weekend with my wife and son in the tiny hamlet of Lake City, Colo., a place so small and remote that most Coloradans are unaware of its existence. Somehow, though, thousands of Texans know about the place and flock there each summer, driving Lake City’s population, which is normally 375 or so, up to what seemed like about 5,000. Continue reading »
Posted in I'm With Stupid Tagged america, colorado, conservatives, july 4th, lake city, liberals
By Todd Hartley on October 23, 2009
Just when you thought the whole “Balloon Boy” saga out of Fort Collins couldn’t get any more bizarre, along comes Robert Thomas, an associate of Richard Heene, with the revelation that Heene, the boy’s father, staged the elaborate hoax in an effort to land himself a TV show in order to make enough money to save his family from the coming apocalypse.
According to Thomas’ attorney, Linda Lee, Heene thinks the world is going to end in 2012 and figured that being a TV star would net him enough cash to build an underground bunker “where he can be safe from the sun exploding.” Continue reading »
Posted in I'm With Stupid, New Blue Review Tagged balloon boy, colorado, fort collins, good morning america, richard heene, today
By Todd Hartley on October 15, 2009
There was an interesting little tidbit of information out of Aspen last week, with the Aspen Daily News reporting Wednesday on the opening of a fourth medical marijuana dispensary in the tony ski town known for its laissez-faire attitude toward drugs. The very next day the same newspaper ran a story detailing Colorado Attorney General John Suthers’ concerns about the proliferation of such dispensaries around the state.
Suthers is right to be concerned. The opening of Alternative Medical Solutions in an office building in downtown Aspen added to what is now an estimated 100 or so dispensaries throughout Colorado, Continue reading »
Posted in New Blue Review Tagged aspen, colorado, dispensaries, medical marijuana, new blue review, pot, weed
By Todd Hartley on October 5, 2009
Hello, and welcome to the first installment of the New Blue Review, a name that for children of the Seventies such as myself recalls a weird old TV show (check out this clip) but is also intended to be a reference to the new, more liberal west. It’s the discussion of this region and this sentiment – and the future direction of both – that will be the focus of this blog. Well, that and trying to make this an entertaining read each week.
I suppose every endeavor should begin with a mission statement, but before we get to that let me tell you about myself so that you will have a better idea of where my thoughts are coming from. Continue reading »
Posted in New Blue Review Tagged colorado, conservatives, liberals, new blue review, politics, western liberalism
By Todd Hartley on August 21, 2009
Todd talks about how much he dislikes Christmas carols at Steve’s Guitars in Carbondale, Colorado.
Click to watch: Christmas Songs
If the above link is broken, check out the video on YouTube: Christmas Songs
Posted in Comedy, Video Tagged carbondale, carols, christmas, colorado, pudding, songs, steve's guitars
By Todd Hartley on August 21, 2009
Todd discusses the inanity of some songs’ lyrics at Steve’s Guitars in Carbondale, Colorado.
Click to watch: Dumb Song Lyrics
If the above link is broken, check out the video on YouTube: Dumb Song Lyrics
Posted in Comedy, Video Tagged carbondale, colorado, Comedy, jailbreak, mississippi queen, mountain, standup, steve's guitars, thin lizzy, Video
By Todd Hartley on July 24, 2009
You want to talk about stupid? At this very moment I’m sitting in bed at a friend’s house in Columbia, Mo., less than halfway through a 2,000-mile drive that will eventually take me from Basalt to Washington, D.C., to New Jersey and finally Connecticut.
Am I saying it’s stupid to drive across the country? Well, yes, but that’s not what’s making my particular trek so imbecilic. Continue reading »
Posted in I'm With Stupid Tagged colorado, cross-country, dogs, drive, kansas, road trip
