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 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 28, 2009
I was feeling a little lazy this week, so instead of digging around for a column idea about stupid people or things, I thought it would be fun to go to the Fox News website and see what its readers had to say about the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy. More than 800 comments were posted there, and while not all of them were negative, the vast majority of them were similar to the ones below.
Keep in mind as you read the following that these posts came from people who tend to portray themselves as Christians and defenders of so-called “family values,” which apparently doesn’t include empathy, sympathy or class. Continue reading »
Posted in I'm With Stupid Tagged cnn, conservatives, democrat, fox, kennedy, liberals, republican