Monument, Colorado

[treedonkey]

Thanks for the amusing rant(s), Charles, truly.

I can't say that I disagree with you on many of those points (although, as for restaurants, Shani's in old-town is a great little gem for breakfast and lunch faire, but hardly 'fine dining'). But I also can't say that I understand your MAIN point. Are you just blowing off steam or are you trying to influence folks to support change?

Monument is what it is (for me, it's a convenient place to keep the nearest Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Fitness Center, and a few other necessities) ...If you really want Monument to be a cooler place, why don't you open some kind of shop or other business that would make it so? Of course the other half would probably prefer Monument left as it is, or reverted by 10-20 years back in time.

[treedonkey]

LOL! I just went to that planning commission page, and, indeed saw NOTHING, except the words, 'Coming Soon'. Yeah, that's pretty weak sauce.

[tfox]

Originally Posted by Bullitt007

Oh, so that's the reason...as if democratic controlled counties are all that much better. Oh well, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Political monocultures from either party end up in a sorry mess of extremism, corruption, and mismanagement. Politicos need to be constantly afraid that the voters will throw them out of office and hand the reigns of power to the opposite party. That's the only thing that keeps them in line.

[treedonkey]

Originally Posted by tfox

Political monocultures from either party end up in a sorry mess of extremism, corruption, and mismanagement. Politicos need to be constantly afraid that the voters will throw them out of office and hand the reigns of power to the opposite party. That's the only thing that keeps them in line.

Huh?
Your extraordinarily literate vocabulary is obscuring your discourse.

[Bob from down south]

Originally Posted by treedonkey

Huh?
Your extraordinarily literate vocabulary is obscuring your discourse.

Here, let me try. Extremist political fanatics on both sides tend to screw things up royally. Politicians on both fringes need to keep a bag packed and an escape route mapped out in case the people show up with pitchforks and torches looking for a pound of flesh as payback for what they did in the name of governance.

[treedonkey]

LOL... I get it. Thanks. Anyone attempting to dominate others with their own dogma causes much anguish to those trying to make their own way successful.

To wit, Ecc. 8:9 "Man has dominated man to his injury" (NWT)

Yes, I'm fully aware of the irony of my quoting scripture there - since it's usually those who profess scriptural beliefs that are the grossest examples of that very principle. But that's precisely my point. Hypocrites.

But now I'm probably treading on thin ice, as far as this thread is concerned. Off topic, at least, I know...