Colorado Circles The Drain In A Sea Of Legislative Largesse And Lunacy
Part 1 touched upon the burgeoning problem of ill-advised immigration policy using examples in history where a nation or empire’s ill-thought through immigration policies or the aftermath of conflict undermined or even supplanted culture in ways that eroded societal norms to varying degrees. The most egregious historical examples resulted in the demise of the empire.
This happened over time through a combination of events that in hindsight represented failures to manage immigration processes at the nation state level that resulted in a near tidal wave of new “citizens” in name only that had no compunction, mandate or incentive to assimilate.
History is replete with exemplars: this is not a new problem, and it is going on today. Europe is in the midst of struggling through the ramifications of ill-considered immigration policy (one small example of a local market in England.) This is just one example. The point being that if we aren’t mindful it is coming to a theater near you.
That is not to say it is a bad thing or that we don’t want “them forners round t’chere” but it is to say that some level of policy and organization should be in place so that one does not suddenly become the “foreigner” in your own environment.
The US is a very large country in comparison to many of our European friends, for instance Germany is about the size of Oregon. When I made the trip from just south of Bremerhaven to Munich in southern Germany, it was about a 6- or 7-hour drive (at German Autobahn speed, 150Kms or 90MPH) but that is nearly the breadth of the country. If you start in West Texas heading to Arkansas that distance would take you about 2/3ds of the way.
There are hundreds of examples across the US where somewhat “cultural zones” have proliferated, as evidenced by the somewhat ubiquitous China Towns, Korean zone, etc. This is not about pointing out the goodness, badness or value of these cultural enclaves.
These examples are different from the standpoint that in most cases these were legal immigrants who played by the rules, did not represent disruptive influences in terms of social services and were not generally dependent upon American taxpayers.
I know there are some crap-house lawyers out there (Army term) who are somewhat or mostly ignorant (as in lacking knowledge) of the immigration vernacular who seize upon such examples as evidence that the US has “always done this:” which is nonsense, ignorant, convenient claptrap that is the basis for my premise that such views are basically-apparently-the root of the problem.
The US has tried and true immigration policy that has served us well for a long time. The process is standard and requires documentation that is common across the world. For example:
Requirements for Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visas
There are two categories of U.S. visas: immigrant and nonimmigrant. Immigrant visas are issued to foreign nationals who intend to live permanently in the United States. Nonimmigrant visas are for foreign nationals wishing to enter the United States on a temporary basis – for tourism, medical treatment, business, temporary work, study, or other similar reasons.
Immigrant Visa
An immigrant visa is issued to a foreign national who intends to live and work permanently in the United States. In most cases, a relative or employer sponsors the individual by filing an application with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Certain applicants such as workers with extraordinary ability, investors, and certain special immigrants can petition on their own behalf. The application is later forwarded to the appropriate U.S. Consulate or Embassy overseas for continued processing and issuance of the immigrant visa to the intending immigrant, if eligible. An intending immigrant must present the immigrant visa at a U.S. port-of-entry prior to the expiration of the immigrant visa. An intending immigrant becomes a lawful permanent resident once the immigrant visa and accompanying paperwork is reviewed and endorsed by a CBP Officer. For specific information regarding immigrant visa classifications and requirements, refer to the USCIS website or the Department of State website.
Many of our fellow citizens insist upon obfuscating terms that confuse the issue in a way that is not helpful in working through the issues. In the italics above are two very important aspects of our immigration policy that have been bedrocks for time immemorial. The main requirement is that an immigrant intending to become a citizen have demonstrable sponsorship so they will not become a burden to US taxpayers: that is a condition of admission. The other case is for extraordinary skilled workers.
There are also those temporary immigrants, here for a fixed-approved-duration who have to provide evidence of an egress or departure plan, such as a plane ticket or verifiable travel plans out of the US and territories.
Many will cite the buts (but, but, but, but) and-yes-there are exceptions-but we have laws and conventions and ways of handling those on a case-by-case basis because they are the vast-vast-vast minority of cases (else your immigration policy is not very comprehensive.)
And-yes-I know-this is somewhat US Civics and government 101. Explain-to your own satisfaction-what the hell the Biden administration and Mayorkas the dorkus were doing facilitating all these illegal aliens entering the US. Calling them various forms of migrants, migrant immigrants, migrant aliens, immigrant aliens.
The cost in dollars for this ignorant and illegal Biden policy can be measured-congress estimated $150B-while others estimate it as high as $400B. The cleanup on aisle 7 is underway to rid our country-unburden our taxpayers and our social services-at every level of government-Federal, state, county, city, neighborhood-in areas where people have had enough of our government prioritizing the care of these illegals-veritable sanctioned invaders-over our citizens.
In an earlier article I made the case that this money would be much better spent on a variety of things, not the least of which is education: some states are undertaking aggressive action in the wake of poor testing trends in our schools.
I also in part 1 touched upon the seemingly widespread lemming-like lunacy and attitude where many are fighting the move to remove these capital draining leeches from our society.
I personally find it unimaginable that We the People elected representatives who commit our tax dollars to supporting these invaders who are illegal aliens under US law, who have no sponsorship plan save relying on the state-which means our tax dollars-thereby disrupting and near bankrupting nearly every facet of government support we pay to provide. From Part 1:
Medical, education, housing, transportation, police, fire, court system, you name it, the “system” is stressed at every level and in every area by the burdensome impact of illegal alien numbers. Taxes must be raised across the board to fund these bills-unless a “friendly congress” underwrites these costs and transfers them to the American taxpayer writ large.
It is an unsustainable issue.
But I was heading for the ramifications from the standpoint of culture and the bottom line not necessarily up front nor down the bottom is that Colorado is the near poster child exemplar of how societal challenges and problems like this-unchecked illegal aliens, misguided (illegal) immigration policy, initiatives to help the homeless (but mindlessly implemented like homeless magnets,) lax drug policy, undermining law enforcement, etc., etc., undermines culture.
I mentioned in Part 1 about the changes in Colorado culture from 1975 to 2025. The rugged, outdoors, activity loving sportsman, individual with a hefty disdain for government, that culture is still heavily represented here. My belief is these folks do not necessarily represent a large proportion of voters since they are generally a keep to themselves bunch.
What has changed is the distance between the extremes. You can still see die-hard natives in shorts on the coldest days of winter, seemingly oblivious to the temperature. Most homes still lack air conditioning. But contrasted with that rugged (crazy) citizen we increasingly have multi-variant citizens with hair color not found in nature wearing COVID masks while driving-by themselves-in their cars: keeping themselves-in theory-safe from themselves.
Now I’m no social, cultural scientist. But having lived in a lot of different places and cultures-from Blue Law cities in Texas, to dry counties in Georgia, to strict homeowner’s association controlled cities in California and Virginia, to large Hispanic culture influenced Arizona, we’ve seen some stuff over the years.
But nowhere have these insane, America last sanctuary policies and politics changed the landscape-the culture-of a state more than Colorado in this century, an insane, near clown posse shell of the state where we served in the military during the 1970s.
Since our arrival in 2017 it has become unrecognizable and unrelatable in the most populous cities from Colorado Springs through Denver, ever so much moreso since the looney democrats took over via voting shenanigans in 2018, continuing to present.
That’s not all the cause of illegal immigration, but more the insane nexus of an affliction born of the “eastward winds of lunacy” floating over from California (only way I can explain it.) I’m going to run through some Colorado news to highlight my larger point.
Coloradans in 2020 voted in significant numbers that you have to be a citizen to vote. This issue removed any wiggle room or ambiguity on what “citizen” means in the Colorado Constitution. But we also recently voted to fund abortions.
In Colorado illegal aliens are called migrants or immigrants. The state allows them to get driver’s licenses. The DMV in Colorado, as well as many other state agencies automatically process a voter registration for all license applicants and holders (e.g., fishing license, park pass, etc.)
Colorado taxpayers wonder about the impact of a spate of these illegal alien, sanctuary-like Colorado policies, and well they should, as this extract from the below Dailey Signal article explains the ramifications:
According to an analysis from the Colorado House Republican staff, the state’s taxpayers will pay $544.6 million for illegal aliens during the current fiscal year, which ends on July 30. This sum includes $96.8 million on health care, $352.4 million on K-12 education, $90.2 million on higher education, $1.7 million on driver’s licenses, $2.8 million for an integration office, and $700,000 for legal services.
“After Colorado addressed a $1.2 billion budget shortfall, with potentially more cuts coming next budget cycle, SB 25-276 does not prioritize the needs of our hardworking lawful Coloradans,” Minority Leader Rose Pugliese, a Republican, told The Daily Signal Tuesday.
Many democrats in the state have pushed for expedited work permits for illegals (migrants.) One of the things you need as part of a work permit is a social security number to pay taxes. In the state the social security card is often used as an acceptable form of identification.
That may sound a bit hokey-as the typical social security card is a flimsy piece of paper with no photo ID. In the first “plains Trump War” that began in 2017, I went in March 2017 to a Colorado Springs DMV by Peterson Field AFB to get a Colorado drivers license while I was here to buy and move-in to our house.
Astoundingly-the clerk would not take my Virginia driver’s license, retired military ID card, active federal civil service ID card or my senior executive identification card: she would only take a social security card-which I do not have, a passport-which I left in Va since I was not moving out for several months, or my birth certificate! WT$#@%!
I was incensed. We returned home, my wife found my birth certificate and we returned the next day to the DMV. It was a copy of the notarized certificate and those @#$%^@ would not accept it. I spoke to every level of “management” and got the same story: none shall pass. The security guard was eventually hanging off my elbow to my left.
It was the dumbest experience in a DMV (until later that year, a story for another time.) When I returned in April during an Easter visit, I had my passport-and the same DMV employee initially balked at taking it because it was not a standard blue passport (being a government issue.) I told her-then the security guard-I was not moving out of line. A manager came out and “grudgingly” accepted my passport: can you imagine?
This is what is meant by “malicious compliance” and it shouldn’t be lost on the tax paying public that it is one of the ways to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to problems in our society with workers paid by our taxes. It was not lost on me that most of the patrons in that specific DMV were (1) military (2) Spanish speakers, neither of which seemed to have any problem getting through the check-in (and-yes-you notice these things if you sit there long enough.)
Speaking of the military, as a former enlisted soldier my favorite example of malicious compliance is the “rumored” payback to an officer who for whatever reason is very slow on the uptake of delegating to their non-commissioned officers the task of running daily operations. Like directing the platoon-rather than turning it back over to the Platoon Sergeant- to “go to the motor pool,” with the implied underlying mission to “conduct motor stables/preventative maintenance checks and services.” Sometimes a little malicious compliance goes a long way in righting the ship.
Colorado politicians implemented a policy where state registration activities-such as DMV, fishing licenses, game tags and park permits, etc. automatically generate a voter registration request.
The Colorado Secretary of State insists there are processes in place to prevent illegal aliens from voting, but she has fought to maintain overinflated voter rolls in Colorado that results in mail-in ballots to some ~102% of registered voters or ~4.2M voters when the state’s own demographic data indicate only ~3.6M Coloradans are eligible to vote.
There have been problems with voting in Colorado for several recent election cycles (password compromise, Mesa County-Tina Peters issue, ballots sent to illegals) but nothing has come from any of it, somewhat proving the impossibility of solving a problem that everyone ignores. The Dominion Voting System (whose HQs has been in Denver since ~2010) is in ~62 Colorado counties.
Colorado politicians have opted in nearly every case to open the state to illegal aliens and to fund the burden on the backs of taxpayers. This Daily Signal article covers the latest hysterical and insane legislation being considered in Denver to spend more taxpayer money to fund policies that no sane Coloradan supports: but that doesn’t seem to matter under Governor “Mr. Potato Head Polis” and the radical politicians-democrats-who have taken over the legislation process since 2018.
Recent hyperbolic legislation by unhinged democrats have attacked and restricted gun owners rights, mandated a 3 day wait after an approved gun purchase, effectively killing off gun shows, gone after parents, added a tax or tariff on out of state cigar purchases, while burdening taxpayers with the out-of-control costs on illegals. From the above piece:
“We have to stand up and fight against the Trump administration disappearing people,” she said. “We have been down this road before, committee. We have seen what happens when an authoritarian government decides to ignore the Constitution, and that resulted in the Holocaust. And to even pretend that there is anything different, then I encourage you to pick up a history book.”
The above hyperbole invoking the Nazis has been a classic socialist democrat tactic in the Colorado legislature these past 10 years or so, where people ignorant of history tout it as a rational basis for irrational policy. I mean, who knew the Germans-Hitler in particular-and his socialist party-ignored a constitution-that didn’t exist-and it resulted in the Holocaust: gollee!
During the supposed legislative debate over the so-called “misgendering and dead naming” transgender and abortion bills, democrats limited and eventually shut down debate under rule 16, citing the ridiculous notion that “you don’t let the KKK comment on anti-racist legislation”: equating their colleagues-representing Colorado constituents who elected them-and any in opposition to the burdensome and ill-thought through provisions- as KKK. From the piece:
The proposed legislation also says courts shall consider a parent deadnaming or misgendering their child as coercive control during child custody hearings. The bill said courts shall consider reports of coercive control when determining parenting time.
Kelly Loving was a transgender woman who was shot and killed when a gunman opened fire inside Club Q, an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, in Nov. 2022. Tiffany Loving, Kelly’s sister, said from an early age, she knew Kelly was different.
The above was a terrible, but preventable tragedy. Full disclosure reveals this is a total crap show of a not even relevant tangential reference to the Q Club tragedy to play on people’s emotions. This was much less a case of LGBTQAMOUSE hatred and much more an example of the feckless failure of our government at all levels to stop sexually dysphoric lunatics from committing violent acts with guns.
The shooter convicted of this crime was a card-carrying member of “that” community who was not prosecuted a year prior to this shooting when police were called to respond to a bomb threat and hostage situation at his/her/theys home after he went off the deep end on some apparent slight from his family.
He/she/they somehow ended up with a weapon and reined terror on the Q Club. Had he/she/they been processed and treated properly he likely would not have had the weapon he used to perpetrate this horrific act.
This legislation would do nothing about the problem with sexually dysphoric individuals with psychological issues obtaining weapons and only encourages looney parents to war with each other when it comes to crazy and silly gender dysphoria in families that should be addressed by psychiatrists, marriage counselors, and not the court system.
Where my topic circles back to the voting process and elected officials wasting money and doing political “dumb” stuff includes the fact that Colorado Sec of State is the one who undertook the somewhat unilateral action to remove President Trump from the 2024 federal election ballot.
The legislature has been working on a spate of gun control measures to undermine the second Amendment rights of Colorado citizens, including burdensome restrictions on semi-automatic firearms. The final bill was somewhat of a compromise but represents a very ambiguous way to fix somewhat of a made-up problem that continues the erosion of our 2d Amendment rights.
There have been a number of these type stories recently where officials seem to be making up their own rules to deal with issues like illegal aliens, including here, here, here, here, here, despite communities facing continuing difficulties with illegals, particularly gangs.
Colorado had to make significant budget cuts to account for the dry up of COVID funds and the not mentioned illegal alien strain willingly undertaken by Denver in particular, but education funding still reflects significant funding for English as a second language programs.
Contrast all the blather, argle, bargle and argh in the LSMBTGA these days with some of the items that polled as most important to voters in the 2024 election.
What I refer to as cultural lunacy is compare and contrast the top issues in the LSMBTGA these days and the above list.
2 May 2025
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