Our Platform for Outlining Colorado’s Future

Supporting Evidence Logical Arguments: Long-term implications: Voting based solely on immediate emotional satisfaction can neglect long-term policy implications that affect daily life. Substance over style: Voting should prioritize the candidate's policy positions and qualifications over charisma or image. Supporting Evidence (Data, Studies): Studies have shown that voters often prioritize short-term feelings over long-term policy outcomes. This includes the 'halo effect', where voters disproportionately favor charismatic candidates (Kinder, 1986). Supporting Books: "Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government" by Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels Supporting Videos: TED Talks like "The Irrationality of Politics" by Michael Huemer discuss the importance of rational decision-making in democracy. Supporting Organizations and their Websites: The Voter Participation Center Supporting Podcasts: "The Weeds" by Vox disc...

Reasons to disagree: Kids can have more unsupervised play in back yards than a city park.  Reasons to disagree: The fact that kids have fun in their back yards does not negate the criticisms of suburban sprawl. The question is if back yards have features that can not be obtained in a city park. Sure kids can have more unsupervised time in a back yard, but they get to meet more people at a suburban park. Everything has trade offs, and you can raise good kids in most environment.  Images that agree : Videos that agree :

One Hundred Dollars $100 - Most counterfeited money denomination in the world. Keeps the world moving. Ten Thousand Dollars $10,000 - Enough for a great vacation or to buy a used car. Approximately one year of work for the average human on earth. One Million Dollars $1,000,000 - Not as big of a pile as you thought, huh? Still this is 92 years of work for the average human on earth. One Hundred Million Dollars $100,000,000 - Plenty to go around for everyone. Fits nicely on an ISO / Military standard sized pallet. The couch is worth $46.7 million. Made out of crispy $100 bills. One Billion Dollars $1,000,000,000 - You will need some help when robbing the bank. Interesting fact: $1 million dollars weights 10kg exactly. You are looking at 10 tons of money on those pallets. One Trillion Dollars Comparison of $1,000,000,000,000 dollars to a standard sized American Football field. Say hello to the Boeing 747-400 transcontinental airliner that's hiding in the back. This was until recently ...

Reasons to agree Marriage helps people make commitments to each other.  When people make commitments to each other, it helps them be monogamous. Monogamy is good for society. It is good for parents to stick with each other.  Reasons to disagree   Scriptures that agree Scriptures that disagree Score : # of reasons to agree: 3 # of reasons to disagree: -0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to disagree: -0 Total Idea Score: 3 Images That agree Images That disagree Interest of those who agree Interest of those who disagree Common Interest Opposing Interest Videos That agree Videos That disagree Website that agree Websites that disagree Related arguments: Don't like the score? It is easy to change the score. Just post a reason to agree or disagree with the overall idea, or any of the reasons and the score will change

Our culture and wealth are related  From here . A 2002 United Nations report written by Arab intellectuals acknowledges the problems the Republican candidate pointed out. By RICHARD LANDES Mitt Romney caused a firestorm last week in Jerusalem by commenting on the cultural dimensions of Israeli economic growth. Palestinian spokesman Saeb Erekat, correctly seeing an implied criticism of Palestinian culture, called Mr. Romney a "racist" and complained that Palestinian economic woes are really caused by the Israeli occupation. Analysts said Mr. Erekat's reaction was a sign that Mr. Romney has disqualified himself as a broker for peace. The episode reveals as much about the dynamics of the Middle East conflict as about presidential politics. In making his brief case, Mr. Romney cited two books: "Guns, Germs and Steel," by geographer Jared Diamond, and "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations," by economist David Landes (my father). As in other fields of social ...

Images that agree : Sub-argument: Megan is a good cook Italian Breaded Pork Chops with Couscous and Applesauce (the sauce was necessary because the chops were dry) Image Background : Megan made this cake for my 35th Birthday. 35 Years of Laub (German for Foliage). Reason to agree that this image supports the above conclusion : 1. It takes thought, planning, creativity, caring, and love to be a good cook. The above cake shows that Megan poses those attributes. 2. Some frosting is gross. Megan makes good frosting. Image Background : My birthday, 2012. Asparagus with red peppers, chicken wrapped in bacon, and some artisan  potatoes Reason to agree  that this image supports the above conclusion :  1. The above photo shows a healthy meal, which is required to be a trully good cook A cake Megan made for Ali on her 2nd B-Day Megan: "As many of you know, Mike had a birthday at the end of January. To make his day extra special, we tri...

See this news article from the Associated Press: Would you consider that to be an accurate "reporting" of what Obama said. Instead of miss-characterize what he said, why don't "news" organization (and Steve Peoples) just report the facts? AP implies that Obama used the word "help". However Obama gives 100% of the credit to the community, not the individual. Obama said; "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." Comments like that are a slap in the face to the American Dream and reveal the President's naïve view that government, and not the hard work, talent, and initiative of people, is the center of society and the economy. Clearly, this President doesn't understand how our economy works. Given the information you provided, it seems like the belief in question is that the media, and Steve Peoples in particular, are biased in their reporting of President Obama's comments abou...

My Images that agree : 2012 wind storm at my parents house while we were visiting (Oldest son first on the site, came running in when it fell).

Images that agree : On a hike in mountains of Idaho (above McCall, off Lick Crick Road) my son found a flower that had 1 stem but 2 different types of flowers stuck together. Reasons to agree : Laub is German for leaves or foliage . I'm not exactly sure how that ended up being our last name, but plants have to be pretty dang interesting to name yourselves after them. Websites that agree:: Laub Life: Parsley

Images that agree : Ali watching fire works with Cousins in McCall, Idaho. 2012.  It seems that we watch fire works at the Bolingbrook end of summer fire work show each year. But the best fire works are on the beach of the Payette Lake in Idaho. They bring a barge to the middle of the lake, and freak out the local wildlife. You can hear the explosions from the fireworks bounce off the mountains. They usually have a great show. Fire works are hard to capture on Camera, so sorry it is sort of a lame post...