'TIS A PRIVILEGE TO LIVE IN COLORADO / MASTHEAD / DENVER POST

It’s true! It’s true! The crown has made it clear.

                             The climate must be perfect all the year.

                              In  Camelot

I woke up this morning and immediately started coughing.  My nose was running and my sinuses were dry and swollen.  My eyes felt like they had been sanded down and wrapped in a gunny sack.

I am pretty insulated from the world, living here inside “The Black Hole OF Calcutta” especially after I threw my TV away in a fit of sanity.  That woman, Flo, who sells insurance in incessant commercials, was the catalyst.  Although I was aware that the entire state of Colorado was on fire, I thought ‘WTF’?

So I got on my computer to see what the air quality was.  I checked the government site and lo and behold, the air is good. 

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Detailed Air Quality Summary for 06/29/12 (Today)

Area

Site

Air Quality

Max AQI

Pollutant

Conc.

Period

Time * (MST)

Denver [+]

BOU

Good

49

Particulate < 2.5 micrometers

15 µg/m3

24-hour

7:00 AM

 

How good is bad and how bad is good?  My government says it’s good so it must be good. So why do my already ravaged eyes hurt so badly?  I know that numbers can mean anything.  I know that the Colorado economy depends on the tourist and convention business and relies heavily on their reputation of clear mountain air not to mention Pure Rocky Mountain Spring Water.  I know there are many interests who like to see it remain that way.  I know fire and smoke, while inevitable, is counter productive.

Me, I haven’t trusted my government since November 22, 1963.  Smoke gets blown around.  Some smoke gets in my eyes.  Some of it is being blown in my ear.  Some of it is being blown up my ass.

THE SHADOW SAYS YOU CAN’T CON A CON

TODAY IS MARV HEEMEYER DAY

The Dozertank

Marv Heemeyer

Consider if you will, Marv Heemeyer, a resident of a small town in Northwestern Colorado, a seemingly nice guy, congenial, someone you might like to sit down and have a beer with, but somewhat prickly when riled, who on this day in history, June 4, 2004, suddenly propelled Granby, Colorado into the                                                      SHADOWY ZONE.                

Marv became angry because he felt a series of ordinances enacted by the town government of the town of Granby had ruined his business.  After he had failed at several attempts to overcome these obstacles, Marv set out to prove you can indeed fight city hall.

Marv possessed a Komatsu D355A bulldozer, formidable in its own right, and even more so after he had basically converted it into a tank by welding steel plates to the machine.

On June 4 he proceeded to wreak havoc on the town, laying waste to a goodly portion of Granby.  Impervious to small arms fire, the law enforcement apparently did not think that the way to stop a dozertank was to go after the treads.

Eventually the dozertank stopped of its own attrition.  Marv was reported by the swat team to have died of a “self inflicted gunshot wound”.  That seems to happen a lot when the law is in a standoff situation.  Keeps the record clean.

Disclaimer:  I cannot in any way condone Marv Heemeyer’s actions.  What he did was wrong.

  

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson

The Shadow Says…revenge is best served cold.