2 weeks Ago
The irony of President Donald Trump You have to love the old guy after all. He does represent a significant part of our “American Character” after all. And who among us hasn’t been seduced by the lies that we told ourselves and that others believed? Our system of politics has always been about what is believed.
Who can blame this old man for not knowing that he can still seem wonderful to himself in a system that promotes lying and greed? He is, after all, a version of who we are as a people. We believe ..
. in a lot of magical thinking. Including that a serial grifter knows everything needed to finally solve EVERYTHING in the economy and the entire world .
.. of course he does.
But it’s not his fault, and I don’t hate the guy. He is just another victim of egotism which is part of the American Dream: “I did it myself!” “They told me I was wrong but I prevailed” (which is much easier to accept if you were born into wealth and hired lawyers for your proof). But some average Americans believe themselves to be exceptional and in an image of someone like the Trump vestige.
But poor old pathetic fellow. And now he will have to die among the ashes of the poor corrupt like McCarthy and Nixon who imagined that they mattered more than the the American people did. This nation has compassion for the man and won’t punish him unduly as his pathetic dream fails.
He has after all, made us stronger for yet enduring another version of people craving power. It would well end for the old man, Trump, if he somehow died before he realized the damage he has done to our Democracy. I don’t wish any man ill, in his final reckoning .
.. some are more difficult to forgive than others, but I do as best I can Michael Dille, Boulder Are you willing to pay to support your beliefs? On Sunday, April 6, 2025, the Colorado House of Representatives passed out of the legislature (Senate Bill) SB25-183, “Coverage for Pregnancy-Related Services,” which mandates, at a minimum, $1.
5 million per year be allocated out of the Colorado general revenue fund for state-funded Medicaid-covered elective abortions. Prior to passing Amendment 79 last year, the electorate was informed by the legislative blue book that the Amendment would not cost the state money. Now we know that was not true.
Low estimates put the cost to us at least $1.5 million, we won’t know until women on Medicaid have elective abortions and the state has to pay. Let’s think about another way to fund this.
Over 1.9 million Coloradoans voted for the Amendment to the state constitution. I will make some assumptions: people have moved since the election and students have graduated.
Rough estimate: 1.7 million are still in the state. Estimate cost to be over $2 million.
Add in administration, facilities, consultant costs (see Camera article, regarding the sales tax for promised arts funding, April 7) and we come to the estimated cost of $4 million. I suggest those 1.7 million voters donate $3 per year to an abortion fund such as COBALT to raise $5 million, plenty to cover the costs.
I contribute to pro-life groups at a higher rate than this as I believe life begins at conception. So those of you who believe in abortion, are you willing to pay to support your beliefs? Susan Gills, Boulder Boulder should deal with the basics of being a city I recently returned to Boulder for a few days and could not believe the condition of Canyon Boulevard west of Broadway. I have been on jeep roads in better condition.
The property taxes in Boulder are very high, far more than a similar property would be taxed where I live (Durango), and must generate huge revenue for the city, but the city still cannot do the minimum and keep the roads in order? Yet Boulder funds an “Office of Equity and Belonging” and racial equity plans? Get a grip. The City should deal with the basics of being a city first, then worry about throwing money at social engineering and social justice programs. Thomas WIlliamson, Durango.
