First, to whomever I offended because they were a CU grad and have friends in Boulder, I guess you need to learn to live with being offended. I am not PC and have never claimed to be. That is a Boulder trait. So, if my viewpoint offends you, that is your problem.
If you like PROB so much why don't you live there? Oh, I forgot. You are a CU grad. That means you have gotten past the days of living in a dumpy house, that was subdivided into 10 apartments that are overpriced. And since it appears that you have to work, you probably couldn't find a job in Boulder that paid enough to live in Boulder. Is it a coincidence that the people who actually work in Boulder don't live in Boulder?
Ohhh..lots of bike trails. That is a big bonus. Especially when the streets arent plowed during a snow storm but the bike paths are. Bicycles are one of the reasons to avoid PROB.
I too have friends that live in Boulder. Quite a few actually. That doesn't mean that they aren't hypocritical liberals. Funny to see them go on about how the poor need more money given to them after driving their beemers to the Pearl street mall, walking past all the 'needy', and going into Rhumba and spending $8 a drink for cocktails.
Actually the most fun I have had in a longtime was in PROB. I went into Old Chicago's with a buddy during the Dem National Convention. Kerry was up there speaking and people were cheering him on. I was booing him. I got a lot of people wound up.
D, as far as CSM not being a university, well, I know of no definition that says that a university must have liberal arts. If you link this page
http://www.mines.edu/all_about/ you will see that that CSM claims to be a university. I guess you can argue about semantics, however, you can't argue the fact that CU is not up to standards of CSM. Keep in mind, I work at a high tech company in PROB. There arent many CU grads that we hire. In fact, I think we have almost as many MIT grads as CU grads.
As far as the Churchill situation. Yes, people have free speech in this country. However, I would challenge you to use you job to say something slanderous about your employer publicly and see how long you have your job. Churchill is an Employee of the State of Colorado. He has called for the elimination of the US government and State governments. Therefore, he has used his job, a state employee, to slander his employer (the citizens of Colorado). He claims not to work for the citizens of Colorado, but instead for HIS students. I say good. The best way to solve the problem is since he doesnt work for the State of Colorado, is that the state shouldnt provide him with an office, a classroom, or a paycheck since he himself claims not to work for the State of Colorado. Then, he can say what ever he likes.
Keep in mind Churchill interrupts other peoples right of free speech. He is a protester that has blocked the annual Columbus day parade because he doesnt like what they have to say. Again, I get back to liberal hypocrites. Thats what Boulder is all about. Drive your beemer (or in Churchills case collect a $114K salary) and complain about all the injustices in the world while sipping your Starbucks.
Ok. I should quit ranting.
-Dana
PS. I have no problem with beemers. Now Subarus.......