Head Over Heels

 

https://youtu.be/CsHiG-43Fzg?si=Kj8x3zrcPeFFSjIs

(Head Over Heels, Tears for Fears)

80s music was some of the best ever, no?

Well, hello, and welcome back!

In an interesting turn of events, the state of Arizona, originally announcing that it would take WEEKS to count the final tally of votes for POTUS has now come back with a clear winner (Trump).  I'm assuming Arizona immediately realized the landslide win in both electoral and popular vote; thus, they were no longer "the deciding" or "hold out" vote (and didn't have to fraudulently harvest ballots, which takes a few weeks to engineer.)  However, Arizona's senate seat race is still ongoing with a recount.  Why is it that when we were kids, we would find out the election results in every single state for the Presidential race before we went to bed, and now it's taking Maricopa County weeks to count its ballots?  Something is off, and we can't argue that.

You know another thing Arizona doesn't do so well, besides counting votes?  Public Executions.  Here's a name I bet you didn't learn in public school...Eva Dugan.

Eva Dugan, a housekeeper, was married five times, and every single one of her five husbands mysteriously died or went missing.  It wasn't under her boss, a rich rancher (chicken farmer) who had disappeared seemingly off the face of the earth, was suddenly found buried 11 months later.  She finally admitted she killed him after he complained about her cooking.  She clearly didn't like her cooking chastised.  Guys, are you listening?

Eva Dugan, quite possibly a serial killer (if she, indeed, killed all her husbands) was finally charged with capital murder and sentenced to hanging, which was the preferred death penalty sentence in Arizona at the time.  Standing stoically at the gallows in Florence, Arizona on February 21, 1930, she told the guards to not "hold my arms so tight the people will think I am afraid."  Soon after the trap door to the gallows sprung, Dugan fell so hard to the end of the line that it decapitated her head.  The severed head of Eva rolled within a few feet of the spectators causing immense screaming - three men and two women fainted.  And I'm sure someone on the production team that didn't "carry the one" in that math error probably murmured, "Well, fuck, that wasn't supposed to happen." But that's just a guess.  Maybe, the scales were broken, and like most women, she lied about her weight.  Meanwhile her blood kept pumping out like a volcano eruption for a couple of minutes where her head used to be.  

What was supposed to be a nice family outing to view a public hanging turned into the fuel of nightmares.  Public hangings ceased immediately in Arizona that day after the botched execution of Eva Dugan.   It's like that one really fun toy (like the lawn darts, for example) that got banned because of one stupid dead kid.  Sorry for the irreverence but I'm really trying to drive home an important analogy of the absolute buzz kill of discontinuing the highlight of Arizonan's lives in the 1930's - before Sonic slushies, crystal meth, and cruising the strip.  

Arizona, you have a gorgeous state, but you need to get your shit together!  Maybe you should quit while you're a head.  Okay, okay, I'll stop now.

Signed, 

Colorado Kimmie 

Bye, Felicia!

 I swear, if it weren't for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all.  I just watched Kamala's concession speech at a racially exclusive college.  She used the word "FIGHT" more times that I could count on my two hands.  When Trump used this word, it was considered "violent rhetoric" that "incited an insurrection."  But, when Kamala used it, it brought liberal tears.  There was more salt pouring out than at a Pringle's factory.

A throwback to how I had to travel with no vaccination papers.

So, a quick recap: In the matter of two short weeks, Kamala went from being the most unpopular VP in history to their cat's meow and bees' knees, their “shining new super star” - before any interviews, press conferences, debate, or position on any issues.  Perhaps this is why we refer to them as sheep - to show how easily the media can shepherd opinion.

Did anyone pick up on the glaringly obvious pattern of this election?  Kamala had victories in every single state that does not require voter ID.  Do you know what else didn't require voter ID?  MAIL-IN BALLOTS!  Turns out, ushering in a China virus garnered the Democrats 20 million more votes in the last election (all while their candidate hid in a basement the entire campaign season - probably to hide the fact that he was senile THEN).  I mean Joe Biden was their tie to the Obama years, which produced quite possibly the most divisive rhetoric of any President in my lifetime.  However, Obama single-handedly lost the black vote, apparent by the Georgia win, by shaming black males to join him in systematic racism and identity politics.  As Dinesh D'Souza would call it, "keeping voters on the plantation."

Another interesting fact, on the other hand, Trump won Miami LEGALLY (as they required voter ID - props to Florida).  That's incredible.  There are other cities in America that had never voted Republican ever or as far back as 1896 that voted for Donald Trump.  This was a referendum.  People are sick of the perversion, the sideshows, the projections, the gaslighting, and even Bernie Sanders realized the Democrats completely abandoned the working class. 

Her followers argue Kamala only had 2 months to campaign, acting as if she was not the incumbent to this woefully failed and incompetent administration.  I give her credit.  She had a HORRIBLE record and somehow convinced 60 million people that Donald Trump was the incumbent.  Kamala has been SECOND in command for four years, admitting to being heavily involved in every decision and always the "last in the room."  Daytime and late-night shows repeatedly spoon fed a platform to explain how she would "turn the page" and "run on change," yet Kamala admitted "there's not a thing that comes to mind."  There was no campaigning necessary.  The People spoke.  Her one job, besides the tiebreaker of the Senate, was the border czar.  And she failed.

And it was also eye-opening how much more powerful a three-hour spot on the Joe Rogan Experiment podcast was compared to a 90 second "cold open" on a fifty-year-old experiment on failing comedy, as more and more Americans cancel cable and mainstream media outlets.  And to show you how serious this election was, even the Amish, a group set apart from politics and modern culture, came out in record droves to stop the continued destruction of America.

This piece is a congratulations to every American who freed themselves from age-old identity politics and voted with common sense.  This is a thank you to every "a la carte" voter who finally realized the establishment only gives a shit about your specific issue when it comes time to pander for votes.  And, finally, this is a hell yeah for every single voter who made this election TOO BIG TO RIG!  Let's make America great again as the GARBAGE we are.  (Genuine Americans, Resisting Bureaucracy and Global Elitism).

And never forget:  They tried to impeach him.  They tried to bankrupt him.  They raided his house.  They weaponized the DOJ against him.  They tried to throw him in jail.  They tried to remove him from the ballot.  They even tried to kill him.  All because he left their cult.  Well, guess what?  Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States of America!  And, Kamala, YOU'RE FIRED!  Your campaign was such a disaster I hear FEMA will be mailing you a $750 check.

Unburdening Myself from What Has Been (wink),

Colorado Kimmie

The Cobra Effect

 Happy Election Eve!

I just got back from an overdue Autumn camping trip filled with hiking, reading, and meeting some really cool people at this overlook I found to catch a stunning sunset.  I'm just in time to grab some popcorn for the unleashing of hell when Trump is elected...again.  Not sure if Denver has already started boarding up small business, but DC has already begun this process preparing for those "peaceful protests."

              An overdue dispersed primitive camping trip this past weekend...which is the best protein                                      for a campfire chili - rabbit, rattlesnake, or squirrel?  

The coastal elite liberals of Colorado (as we all know Colorado is the new California without the ocean, illustrated well by Governor Polis and his cronies) screaming and crying that Trump is "an existential threat to democracy" after they JUST attempted to remove this candidate from the ballot earlier in the year (after sham trials weaponizing the justice system, two impeachments pending on a third, trying to destroy his business, harassing his family) - followed by having their candidate, the most unpopular VP in history INSTALLED by the establishment without one single vote and then let's not forget the two failed assassinations.  I know I went to public school in Tennessee but I'm pretty sure this isn't democracy. You got laugh at this stuff, because the material writes itself.  And, trust me, the irony is not lost on me.  Here's some more liberal logic (irony) free of charge:

• The "abortion Annie's" screaming about bodily autonomy when they JUST forced vaccinations in order for Americans to keep their jobs WHILST allowing millions of undocumented illegal and unvetted aliens to cross our border with no jobs and no vaccinations.  The irony is that the Democrats have been in power for the last decade and could have codified Roe v. Wade, but they didn't because it's their pathway to the a la carte voters who still think the federal government has any say whatsoever in abortion.  Let's be honest, this administration has run on two things:  Trump Derangement Syndrome and their "battle cry of their communist republic," abortion rights.  Abortion has nothing to do with the federal government since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, so it's kind of weird this remains their battle cry at the wake of this election.

• Being told that you've voting for a felon when you JUST saw liberals bow to their knees, painted murals and erected statues, shook down corporations for phony organizations like BLM to incite riots and looting - ALL for a CAREER criminal and felon named George Floyd, who, among a litany of a crime-ridden resume, invaded a pregnant woman's home and pistol whipped her stomach.  Literally, you guys worshipped this guy!  It's embarrassing and very ironic given the current shame tactics.

• Liberals continue to gaslight Americans completely evading the truth about January 6th.  Wow, that was sure was some coup and overtaking of government without ONE firearm, not ONE single weapon.  In fact, the only fatality that occurred that day was when a male guard fatally shot a female protestor in the face while she was exercising her First Amendment right to free speech and assembly.  But here's the irony - liberals now allege that Trump will abuse power to lock away political opponents when that is the CRUX of EXACTLY what happened on January 6th as Americans were stripped of due process in a staged coup to hide the fact that they certified a fraudulent election.  Classic Bolshevik Commie playbook.

• Having Jennifer Lopez take the stage to cry and carry on that the nation should be warned about Donald Trump when she didn't warn a single person about Diddy.  She's not Jenny from the block.  And we now watch as the ex-girlfriend of Diddy urges Americans to trust her judgment.  It's not just J Lo, it's hyper wealthy people who scream OPEN BORDERS and NO GUNS, all while have having a paid posse of armed bodyguards and walls around their mansions.  Additionally, paid actors and entertainers know very well that if they don't endorse the establishment, their paycheck ends, and they get blacklisted and cancelled.  

• The same people who wanted you to show your ID and vaccination papers to simply eat a meal at a restaurant now believe you don't need any ID to vote!

• The non-vetting and invasion of Venezuelan gangs, drug lords, and insane people into the country, all while trying to disarm Americans?  How about the overwhelming irony that the state of Illinois with the most rampant gun crime has the strictest gun laws in American.

• To call MAGA a cult.  With all due respect, I didn't put blind trust into the corporate greed of Pfizer or worship Dr. Fauci, pumping experimental poisons into my body in the name of identity politics or half-assed fear tactics to boost a stock price by a few dollars!  Further I didn't throw all critical thinking out the door and blindly follow nonsensical shutdowns and COVID rules that future generations will use as punchlines.  I didn't use divisive language, mocking bird rhetoric, or ostracize family and friends, wishing them a death, uninviting them to family events (even funerals of a loved one and weddings).  THAT is cult-like behavior.

• Calling MAGA Hitler and his followers Nazis - if you want any kind of indication of how another 4 years will be with Kamala, just simply look at the shutdowns and the vast overreach of government.  They went full-throttle, or as like I like to call it, full-retard on the dictatorship of Fauci. 

• The same people telling you to turn your thermostat down and wear a sweater, buy an EV, ride a bicycle, drink out of a paper straw, beware of rising ocean, conserve, conserve, conserve - ARE THE SAME PEOPLE jet setting around the world, buying ocean front property, and preaching that we should get our energy from halfway around the world creating a massive carbon footprint  instead of drilling domestically brining wealth to our country.

• The conditioning of overeducated liberals to believe that repeating rhetoric from the establishment somehow make you aa superior intellectual WHILST calling critial, free thinkers idiots and conspiracy theorists.

• What about that time legacy media convinced liberals how important it is to protect Ukraine’s border buuuut not our own.  

Okay, I could go on for the rest of the night as nothing entertains me more than "liberal logic," but it's beating a dead horse at this point.  Don’t even get me started on feminists championing the invasion of men in women’s sports.  The American people who exercise common sense realize that...well "that shit just don't add up."

Now to the subject of this piece - the Cobra Effect, also referred to as the "Perverse Incentive." If you're short on time, as I got a little long-winded earlier, I'll make it short for you - "When the government gets involved, shit get fucked up."  

Okay, now for the full dish.  The Cobra Effect is something you might hear dropped by an Econ or Poli sci professor, but really few Americans are familiar with this phrase.  That's because it garners its origin from India.  During British rule, India had an infestation of cobras, yes, the snakes.  As you know, cobras are venomous (much like the rattlesnakes of Colorado) and extremely dangerous.  To curtail the population of these sneaky fucking little asshole snakes (I mean I'm not a herpetologist, but I hate snakes if you can't tell), the British-occupied government of Delhi decided to offer a bounty (money, not the paper towel) for each and every dead cobra brought to them. 

Well, what happened?  People became so incentivized by the easy government money from the government that they started BREEDING more cobras for the income.  Very creative, right?  An "E" for effort.  When the government became aware, they immediately scratched this "reward system;" however, it was too late.  An ass-load of cobras were already born, because they were reproducing like Democrats.  Since suddenly these snakes were of no value anymore, and, thus, the populace released them into the wild, leading to...(you guessed it)... an increase of the original cobra population.

Thus, the Cobra Effect highlights the age-old paradox we so often times see with our federal government: Politicians with power and "well-intended solutions" (with Gender Studies degrees from coastal elite universities) create our policy that terribly backfires, resulting in dire consequences which exacerbates an even worse problem than before.  

Colorado Kimmie Homework Assignment for critical thinkers:  

Can you think of a Cobra Effect created by our federal government?  I'd love to hear from you in the comments below.  

Happy Election Eve!  Don't forget to turn your clocks back to 2.5% interest rates and $1.87 gas on Tuesday!

Make America Great Again,

Colorado Kimmie

Mustang Sally

 

I finally made my way to a small North Alabama town called Muscle Shoals.  It's SO crazy how much legendary music and history came out of this small town.  For my visit, and due to this nice fall weather, I threw on my black felt hat and fringe leather jacket.  I present my alter ego, "Mustang Sally."

Most importantly, some tunes to get us started: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u6w0cjjrU

Waiting for my band to arrive in Studio B control room.  Wink.

The "Swampers" were one of the MOST prominent American studio house bands from the 1960's to the 1980's.  The band originally consisted of high school-aged white kids who would get out of school when the bell rang and head on over to FAME Recording Studios, located near Florence, Alabama in an area known as "the Shoals," to have fun and play some music with their funky, soulful, southern "swamp" sound.  These young kids certainly didn't know at the time they were making history nor how their unique sound would influence generations to come.  

Originally, The Swampers were called the "Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section,"...that is, up until Lynyrd Skynyrd famously coined their esteemed name in the famous southern rock anthem, "Sweet Home Alabama."  

Let's pause here to give it a listen:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-35W_FWCT9Q

“Now Muscle Shoals has got The Swampers,
And they’ve been known to pick a song or two, (yes they do)
Lord they get me off so much,
They pick me up when I’m feeling blue, now how bout you?” 

The Swampers had such a unique musical swagger and the ability to create a "southern take" on R&B music.  They recorded, engineered, and produced hits by Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart, Bob Seger, The Staple Singers, and Lynyrd Slynyrd, just to name a few.  By the time their career was all over, The Swampers had over 500 recordings of which 75 went platinum or gold.  

NOTE: It is important to understand that while The Swampers got their start at FAME, not all of their hits and history came out of FAME.  Keep reading...

Naturally, my day began at FAME Studios.  FAME is short for Florence Alabama Music Enterprises. I snagged a VIP Back-stage Pass to get the full experience.  There is an amazing 2013 award-winning documentary called "Muscle Shoals," in which lauded, world-renowned music producer and song writer Rick Hall is featured and relives the amazing history of his recording studios, FAME.  This documentary is what piqued my interest in FAME. If you have not watched it, it's on Amazon Prime.  

The VIP tour takes you up some creaky wooden stairs with amazing memorabilia and pictures from the 60's, 70's, and 80's.  The first room is the publishing office where many memorable and remarkable poetic lyrics were published at FAME.  Next is Rick's office (which is like a time capsule) with a random barber's chair next to his desk.  Rick had seen a barber's chair in another office and found it "intimidating," and therefore he set his mind to having a barber chair in his office.  It's crazy that right outside his window is a Pizza Hut, as the town has grown up around the studios.

There is a speakeasy lounge (notably added during a time when Muscle Shoals was a dry county) connected to Rick's office where a lot of partying took place.  Studios A and B, and one of the control rooms are part of the tour.  I love how they kept the authentic vibe going with little to no updates so you could get the feel of how it looked back in the day.  While in Studio B, I got to rub on one of the sound absorbers that had been in the studio since the 60's.  I stood on sacred musical grounds where Duane and Greg Allman had crashed and slept on the floor.  I learned how Rick originally got his music out by networking with the radio stations with his record with an entire bottle of vodka.  Rock n' Roll and potato liquor does it every time.  

FAME is still an active recording studio.  In fact, Studio A was recently booked for an entire month by the Midwest band, the Turnpike Troubadours.  They walked into FAME on day one with just one song.  However, over the course of 30 days, this band both wrote and produced an entire album. That's the magic of FAME, according to many musicians who graced these recording studios. To get a rough idea of how much a 30 day's session would run the average musician...upwards of twenty grand.  If you haven't listened to the Turnpike Troubadours, I highly recommend it.  They sound a lot like Blackberry Smoke.

Here is a list of the most notable hits to come out of FAME Recording Studios:

Mustang Sally, Wilson Picket

Hey Jude, Wilson Pickett

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You, Aretha Franklin

Tell Mama, Etta James

Slip Away, Clarence Carter

Do Right Woman, Do Right Man, Aretha Franklin

I'm Your Puppet, James and Bobby Purify

I'd Rather Go Blind, Etta James

Lane of 1000 Dances, Wilson Pickett

Sweet Soul Music, Arthur Conley

The music legends who have walked through this door is enough to send chills.  I loved the quote above the hallway...also, I LOVE my fringe leather jacket.  I wanted to dress like "Mustang Sally" which is one of the most famous songs to come out of FAME.

Studio B had the hippie vibes with the multicolored lighting and signs....

...

Studio A

These Scottish bikers legit photo bombed a good majority of my photos.  As you can see I had some admirers...

This is Rick Hall's legendary office where many music deals went down.  Rick purchased the barber chair to the left of his desk after seeing it in a window in Nashville, TN.  He always wanted one after seeing a barber ch

Right off the office, to the left of the barber chair, is the old speak easy.  Muscle Shoals used to be a dry county, but Rick Hall had an exception in his office.  The bar was where the piano now sits.

Proof of the sound absorber from the 60s with the Allman Brothers sessions…

Legend has it, if you rub the exposed wood on this guy, you get some of the legends' mojo.  Of course I rubbed it.  Yes, I did.

FAME wasn't the only studio The Swampers performed in.  Jerry Wexler stole the Swampers out of FAME to work with Aretha Franklin in a New York studio after Aretha's husband had a spicy altercation with Rick Hall.  Punches were thrown.  Despite the Swampers working with other studio producers, Rick wanted the Swampers all to himself.  He presented them with a contract to become the exclusive rhythm section at FAME.  Unfortunately, on the same day, and due to some similar "fallings out" with band members, the Swampers informed Rick they were starting their own studio right across town (literally a seven-minute drive away).

That's where my next stop was:  The Muscle Shoals Recording Studio.  Unlike FAME, Muscle Shoals Recording Studio had some significant updates to its original studio from the 70s.  Dr. Dre, after hearing about The Swampers, donated a considerable amount of money into renovations of this studio.  Great hits like “Free Bird,” “Wild Horses,” and “Old-Time Rock n' Roll” were written and produced at the grand piano which is showcased as you first walk in.

The Muscle Shoals Recording Studio was closed by the time I got there.  However, one of the employees saw me outside snapping photos.  Eventually, I made my way to the window to peer in.  He came out to the lobby to unlock the door for me and gave me an after-hours tour.  I even saw the infamous toilet where "Free Bird" was written, and I saw the tab given to the Rolling Stones to record "Wild Horses.”  Later, as I was leaving, he said, "I let you in because you looked cool."  Mustang Sally for the win.

Some of the most notable songs to come out of Muscle Shoals Recording Studio:

Brown Sugar, The Rolling Stones

I'll Take You There, The Staple Singers

Wild Horses, The Rolling Stones

Respect Yourself, The Staple Singers

Old Time Rock and Roll, Bob Seger

Loves Me Like Rock, Paul Simon

Paul Simon booked out Muscle Shoals Recording Studio for four days and unexpectedly wrote his entire “Kodachrome” album on the piano shown below!

A much smaller and humbler studio after touring FAME....

The Rolling Stone’s tab for “Wild Horses”

Songs written and recorded at this legendary piano include Free Bird by Lynard Skynyrd, Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones, Old Time Rock n' Roll by Bob Seger.  Paul Simon also wrote and recorded Kodachrome on this very piano.

Perhaps bad timing after dropping a blog about a visit to Alabama, but HOW ABOUT MY TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS!????

Please don't forget to vote!

Until we meet again,

CK

Devil's Backbone

 Happy Fall, Y'all!

First of all, ROCKY TOP - GO BIG ORANGE!  I would like to congratulate my Tennessee Vols, my Alma Mater!  Earlier this year we won the College World Series in baseball, and we now have a fighting chance at the National Championship in football with a current ranking of #4!  

Please see my rendition of Rocky Top on my very underused YouTube channel with my band "The Half Cats."  I'm thinking about vlogging soon and getting a little more traffic on there.  And I've recently purchased a new guitar (a shiny black one), so there may be some more strumming folkish covers in my future.

I've been enjoying a lot of mountain biking this year (after a hip injury), particularly early morning rides or sunset rides when I can beat the heat.  Recently we took a trip to Loveland, Colorado to enjoy a very unique ride called Devil's Backbone Open Space (Devil's Backbone, not to be confused with that spooky stretch of highway in Texas).  As you can see, I wore my patriotic gear in support of Donald Trump!  As Tim Walz clearly stated, "We cannot afford four more years of this."  Right ON, Tampon Timmy!  That's the most logical thing you've said this campaign season!

Anyways, back to Devil's Backbone.  This is a 4.5 mile out and back mountain biking trail with remarkably unusual landscapes.  The area is extremely popular for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding.  This open space was named Devil's Backbone, because the geographical oddity looks as if the devil himself is emerging from the earth's crust with a rigid and someone sinister vertebrae.  There is even a HUGE keyhole in the range that makes for an excellent photo opp and overlooks a gorgous residential community (lucky them!).  Just a heads up!  This ride will get into blacks (similar to ski ratings and black is for professionals), so we had to stop and turn around at one point, because I didn't have body pads on that day and didn't want another injury while healing.  No pain, no gain, they say!

After your ride, be sure to stop into Berthoud Brewing Company.  They have some seriously great pie, as seen in the picture below with Colorado green chiles.  Their suds and merch are also super yummy, and they have a spacious patio to relax after a grueling ride!  I grabbed a tank for future rides!

A shout out to my photog on this ride for the memorable shots, great pizza and beer, and even better company!

Kimmie

Record Homelessness

 Hello! 

I hope you're hanging in there this election year.  What a roller coast ride it's been.  The Democrats ousted Crazy Joe, who supposedly got more votes than Obama (wink, wink).  Then they "promoted" "Side Chick" Kamala Harris, a devout rich Marxist.  Unfortunately for Kamala, the economy seems to be a hot ticket item for voters with the current sky rocketed inflation.  The economy is drastically affected by the border and record illegal immigration.  And Kamala had ONE and job she failed miserably- Border Czar.  Oh, and they also sent her over to negotiate a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, and as a result the war started two days later.  She's a "DEI hire" in every sense of the term, batting 0-2.  And now Kamala is pushing the same old communism since the beginning of time, only now it's referred to as "Equity" or an "Opportunity Economy."  Communism destroys incentive in the workforce, yet it's bundled up each election year with a new shiny red bow and a new campaign slogan.  Remember when they tried to sell it as "Hope and Change?" You can't sell Communism at face value - Orwell referred to this concept as "doublespeak."

This Red Rocks pic is a reminder to focus on the three areas of growth: Mental, physical, and spiritual.

There are states like Colorado with already record high homelessness EVEN BEFORE they started bussing in migrants into the sanctuary city in the middle of the night.  It's like one day we all woke up to see Venezuelans begging for handouts at every street corner in Denver Metro. Colorado, in an attempt to offer free transport and pitiful condemned housing, defunded millions from law enforcement to pay for these freeloaders.  Colorado didn't even need the votes, by the way!  The state of Colorado is already as blue as Kamala's face after sucking on a skin flute, without coming up for air.

Here's a little recap why illegal immigration will never boost the economy.  So, let's say in Kansas they hire US citizens at $15 an hour to operate and slaughter animals in a meat factory.  Suddenly busloads of Haitian illegals are bussed in and will work for $9/hour.  You've now taken native born residents out of the economy who were paying taxes into the system BUT now need assistance.  The new illegal workforce is sending money back home (Outside of the USA) and not paying taxes into the system since they're not on the books.  And, since they have no social security number and are not on the books, they are also standing in line for assistance.  It's not a sustainable model.  It only works in Ivy League Econ classes, but never in real life.

But let's even go back before 2020 before the border was flooded with illegal aliens.  Why is it that some areas of the US get record homelessness while some areas have no problem with it?  Homeless is a huge public policy problem.

The word homelessness is so misleading, for starters.  It has zero to do with a lack of homes.  It's a HUMAN problem, with the two main drivers being: Drug addiction and mental illness.  Despite these issues, the homeless population actually make rational decisions on where to live.  They move in droves to areas that are permissive in public policy, meaning the cities decriminalized tent cities, property crime, and drug consumption.  The homeless will always go where the public policy is MOST permissive.  It's a survival of the fittest migration pattern. 

Why in the world would homeless populations with no stable income migrate to some of the most expensive cost of living areas of the country?  Easy.  Because homeless people operate under an entirely different incentive system than the average citizen.  Homeless incentives include freebies and homeless services, legalized marijuana, and/or decriminalized public/street camping. 

If the goal is to make life as the chronically homeless super attractive, then the trend will only continue to grow, and we will persist in dodging human-feces covered sidewalks like I saw in Seattle earlier this year.  So GROSS!  

Thanks for stopping in!

Colorado Kimmie

The Crossing

Hey Pals!

I’ve done it again.  I’m bringing you news ain’t nobody else touching due to heavy nature of the topic.

But I’m not scared…

This is the site of The Crossing.  It was a wee bit hard to find as it’s out in the middle of nowhere and only one John Deere tractor 🚜 passed me as I was parked on the side of the road near the tracks.  Lone sunflowers can be found lining this country dirt road.  You’re surrounded by cornfields and pastures and the smell of cow manure.

 In 1961, Colorado experienced its worst traffic accident ever at this exact spot.  It was a frigid morning with a cold drizzle of rain.  The accident occurred when a high-speed Union Pacific passenger train from Chicago collided with a school bus right outside of Greeley, Colorado in Weld County.  By the way, I’m partial to Weld County because it was one of the few areas of Colorado that didn’t act like complete idiots during Covid.  They didn’t force masks on people. 

The collision immediately split the school bus in two pieces, killing the 20 children seated in the area where the train slashed through this rural crossing.  Over 16 children survived but were badly injured.

The school bus driver, Duane Harms was never the same.  He stood trial for involuntary manslaughter, even though the Union Pacific train was speeding at over 80 miles per hour.  There were no crossings to notify the driver the train was barreling down the tracks.  

I found the exact place it happened and the memorial resurrected for the 20 children who lost their lives that day.

Thanks for stopping in!

Kimmie