A moth ag I posted a couple of articles about the situation in Denver as its “woke” policies supporting human trafficking and other “woke” ideologies to deny help to the needy. This is the reality of “open borders” and how criminal migrants receive “welfare” whilst poor, sick and elderly Americans are shoved aside and made to suffer (substack.com)
Cannot help these major cities inverting their priorities to serve these illegal immigrants, some of who have emptied out countries like Venezuela and Ecuador. No idea how this will play out, suspect it will get ugly unless some State AGs start banding together to develop a better plan. City mayors seem unable to cope.
Breaks my heart. I loved the city like no other, only one I ever called "home." For 25 years. I watched it grow into a beautiful, vibrant one, having its less appealing quirks as all cities do. But it served me, my life for as long as it did, happily.
I became a part of it and it of me. I was an active citizen, with a profile and access to leaders. I learned much about how the real world operates inside the wheels and gears of its governance and industry.
Until everything I learned and all who I thought I knew scrapped everything they used to know and did for good governance, flushed away beginning in March, 2020. Yes, it endured mayors and leaders who promised to end homelessness, only to pay for more if it since the early 2000's. But it hummed along, anyways. It endured mayors and leaders associated with a "Denver Players Club" high-end escort scene for prominent power brokers. It went "woke" before most. The level of grift and corruption exceeded that of comparable size cities. But it was home because the offensive side largely kept to itself and was out of view.
Until 2020. When all of the worst forces in it took center stage. Preying on the goodwill it had built up in the community, the trust earned over decades, to destroy what it had created. Leaders who I thought knew better and would surely not want to see all of their hard work destroyed, their investments devalued, their stated goals just months prior forgotten, even objected to and condemned, 180-degree flips.
I visit now and the shell of my "home" city is still there. But its heart and soul are gone. It's empty. It's dark. It's performative. Nothing is real there now. Nothing is as it seems. Denver is a zombie city today. I wish I knew how to save an undead city. How long can an undead body move about as chunks of rotting flesh fall off it and lay nearby for maggots to scavenge? Breaks my heart.
Breaks my heart too. I lived in Denver from 1987 - 2005. Visited often before then from 1975 when I was living in Buena Vista, Co. Met my wife (a Denver native) at the new Muddy's in 1992. Graduated from Metro. It was wonderful. Biking down Cherry Creek to the Tattered Cover. Sunday brunch reading the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain news and as much as I hate to admit it, the Sunday New York times, at the Wyncoop brewery and other places, going to R.E.I. My Brothers bar, Muddy's, the DCPA for performances (we used to go every year for Christmas Carol. We saw Giselle and River Dance. The last performance tour of Marcelle Marceau at the theatre on 16th Street. Art exhibitions at the Denver Art Museum. The Cherry Creek mall. Running at Washington Park and concerts there. The Denver public library, my wife always had to pay overdue book fines and there was a framed newspaper from 1920 something, the headline could have been taken from today. We went back by train in 2015 for Christmas Carol. Everything was ugly and base. Christmas Carol had turned woke. Never again will we return.
You describe most of my old stomping grounds and haunts, too. I was there 1985-1987, and again 1996-2020. It's committed Seppuku.
Upon reflection, its selection as the western hub for the Federal government back in the 1950's should've been the tell. All of the federal agencies there, even the Denver Mint going back over a century, the Federal Center, USGS, NORAD, every single federal agency and branch has major auxiliary operations in Denver or nearby. That pollutes everything it touches, as it has polluted Washington, DC.
Even this Denver-based lobbying law firm is tops in DC influence:
Systems were designed to give help to those that needed it - when family and friends could not provide that help.
Now, the default is that "the State!" is the family - a agent - all care and no responsibility - bad policy can be paid for with taxes ad borrowing, rather than using affordable means.
It is the rad t ruin. and has always happened and will always happen in the US as it has happened in every place in the world it has been tried.
Mr. Halligan, thank you so much for posting your article on this horrendous situation in Denver. Of course it's not just in Denver, but the fact that Denver is bragging about helping criminal illegals and taking money away from the already poverty-stricken American citizens makes it even more egregious. This is happening all over America, yet there are still people (liberals) who support the illegal invasion of America. America used to be called "The Land of Opportunity." My dad was born in 1920 into dire poverty. He was the son of a single mother and had 3 siblings. There were very few jobs for women in those days. so at 6 yrs old he went into the work world to support his family. He worked very hard to establish a thriving and very successful public relations business. His passion was to take on clients who had been lied about or sidelined and to get the truth out. He NEVER lied or covered up anything, unlike today's P.R. companies. He was in WW2 and stayed in military reserves afterwards to become an admiral. He also became a top advisor and speech writer to a past U.S. president - only to be threatened with ruin because he wouldn't give in to the corrupt deep state. He had a stirling reputation and was extremely honest. I remember the day he told "I never could have accomplished what I did in any other country but America." Those days are long gone and I've never come across anyone else who accomplished anything close to what my dad did - because America is not America any more, nor is it hte land of opportunity for decent, honest American citizens any more. It's the land of opportunity for criminals, thieves, murderers and child sex traffickers. Everything that was ever noble and beautiful about America has been destroyed, all in my lifetime.
Back in 1969, I traveled to England. It was the summer that America sent Buzz Aldrin and 2 other astronauts to the moon, the first time that had ever happened. After watching the moon landing on T.V., I remember our hosts, who had been through the horror of WW2 in England said to me "you Americans, you can do ANYTHING." I was so proud to be American.
At 70 y.o., I don't recognize my own country anymore. I'm a stranger in a strange land.
Impressive back story! Hats ff t you and your family. It is clear that the words "All men are created equal" has been bastardized to "ALL outcomes must be equal" - as per communism, completely missing the point that people ARE ENTIYLED to seek opportunities - according to their wits, quality and effort .equal OPPTUNITIES not outcomes.
You nailed it, sir, exactly right. America never promised to be the and of milk and honey for everyone, nor to be the teat that the rest of the world could suck from. What it USED to promise was OPPORTUNITY - to rise above poverty if you were poor, and an opportunity to work to become whatever you wanted to become. I weep for the country that was.
I also weep for the country England was. Back in 1969 I stayed with my friend's relatives, who had gone through the war. They showed me where ruins were in London that had been bombed out in WW2 but still hadn't been fixed as financially England was still recovering, 24 yrs after WW2. The Brits were some of the bravest people I ever met, staying strong in the war, never giving up and then trying to put together their lovely country, much of which had been bombed to pieces. There's a very fond place in my heart for England, I always thought of America & England as being so very much alike, both of us strongly believing in freedom and being willing to fight for it. Prayers for both England and America.
Cannot help these major cities inverting their priorities to serve these illegal immigrants, some of who have emptied out countries like Venezuela and Ecuador. No idea how this will play out, suspect it will get ugly unless some State AGs start banding together to develop a better plan. City mayors seem unable to cope.
Hi Peter, on another topic, you may want to watch this view of Japanese demonstrations against the WHO today: https://www.aussie17.com/p/developing-massive-rallies-break
Breaks my heart. I loved the city like no other, only one I ever called "home." For 25 years. I watched it grow into a beautiful, vibrant one, having its less appealing quirks as all cities do. But it served me, my life for as long as it did, happily.
I became a part of it and it of me. I was an active citizen, with a profile and access to leaders. I learned much about how the real world operates inside the wheels and gears of its governance and industry.
Until everything I learned and all who I thought I knew scrapped everything they used to know and did for good governance, flushed away beginning in March, 2020. Yes, it endured mayors and leaders who promised to end homelessness, only to pay for more if it since the early 2000's. But it hummed along, anyways. It endured mayors and leaders associated with a "Denver Players Club" high-end escort scene for prominent power brokers. It went "woke" before most. The level of grift and corruption exceeded that of comparable size cities. But it was home because the offensive side largely kept to itself and was out of view.
Until 2020. When all of the worst forces in it took center stage. Preying on the goodwill it had built up in the community, the trust earned over decades, to destroy what it had created. Leaders who I thought knew better and would surely not want to see all of their hard work destroyed, their investments devalued, their stated goals just months prior forgotten, even objected to and condemned, 180-degree flips.
I visit now and the shell of my "home" city is still there. But its heart and soul are gone. It's empty. It's dark. It's performative. Nothing is real there now. Nothing is as it seems. Denver is a zombie city today. I wish I knew how to save an undead city. How long can an undead body move about as chunks of rotting flesh fall off it and lay nearby for maggots to scavenge? Breaks my heart.
Breaks my heart too. I lived in Denver from 1987 - 2005. Visited often before then from 1975 when I was living in Buena Vista, Co. Met my wife (a Denver native) at the new Muddy's in 1992. Graduated from Metro. It was wonderful. Biking down Cherry Creek to the Tattered Cover. Sunday brunch reading the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain news and as much as I hate to admit it, the Sunday New York times, at the Wyncoop brewery and other places, going to R.E.I. My Brothers bar, Muddy's, the DCPA for performances (we used to go every year for Christmas Carol. We saw Giselle and River Dance. The last performance tour of Marcelle Marceau at the theatre on 16th Street. Art exhibitions at the Denver Art Museum. The Cherry Creek mall. Running at Washington Park and concerts there. The Denver public library, my wife always had to pay overdue book fines and there was a framed newspaper from 1920 something, the headline could have been taken from today. We went back by train in 2015 for Christmas Carol. Everything was ugly and base. Christmas Carol had turned woke. Never again will we return.
You describe most of my old stomping grounds and haunts, too. I was there 1985-1987, and again 1996-2020. It's committed Seppuku.
Upon reflection, its selection as the western hub for the Federal government back in the 1950's should've been the tell. All of the federal agencies there, even the Denver Mint going back over a century, the Federal Center, USGS, NORAD, every single federal agency and branch has major auxiliary operations in Denver or nearby. That pollutes everything it touches, as it has polluted Washington, DC.
Even this Denver-based lobbying law firm is tops in DC influence:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220420232953/https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/brownstein-stays-top-dc-lobbyists-report-strong-quarter-2022-04-20/
This is not a coincidence.
Systems were designed to give help to those that needed it - when family and friends could not provide that help.
Now, the default is that "the State!" is the family - a agent - all care and no responsibility - bad policy can be paid for with taxes ad borrowing, rather than using affordable means.
It is the rad t ruin. and has always happened and will always happen in the US as it has happened in every place in the world it has been tried.
Mr. Halligan, thank you so much for posting your article on this horrendous situation in Denver. Of course it's not just in Denver, but the fact that Denver is bragging about helping criminal illegals and taking money away from the already poverty-stricken American citizens makes it even more egregious. This is happening all over America, yet there are still people (liberals) who support the illegal invasion of America. America used to be called "The Land of Opportunity." My dad was born in 1920 into dire poverty. He was the son of a single mother and had 3 siblings. There were very few jobs for women in those days. so at 6 yrs old he went into the work world to support his family. He worked very hard to establish a thriving and very successful public relations business. His passion was to take on clients who had been lied about or sidelined and to get the truth out. He NEVER lied or covered up anything, unlike today's P.R. companies. He was in WW2 and stayed in military reserves afterwards to become an admiral. He also became a top advisor and speech writer to a past U.S. president - only to be threatened with ruin because he wouldn't give in to the corrupt deep state. He had a stirling reputation and was extremely honest. I remember the day he told "I never could have accomplished what I did in any other country but America." Those days are long gone and I've never come across anyone else who accomplished anything close to what my dad did - because America is not America any more, nor is it hte land of opportunity for decent, honest American citizens any more. It's the land of opportunity for criminals, thieves, murderers and child sex traffickers. Everything that was ever noble and beautiful about America has been destroyed, all in my lifetime.
Back in 1969, I traveled to England. It was the summer that America sent Buzz Aldrin and 2 other astronauts to the moon, the first time that had ever happened. After watching the moon landing on T.V., I remember our hosts, who had been through the horror of WW2 in England said to me "you Americans, you can do ANYTHING." I was so proud to be American.
At 70 y.o., I don't recognize my own country anymore. I'm a stranger in a strange land.
"I don't recognize my own country anymore. I'm a stranger in a strange land."
I am exactly the same.
My heart goes out to you.
and mine to you. I could have written a similar story about my own Father and Mother.
Thank you! ❤️❤️
Impressive back story! Hats ff t you and your family. It is clear that the words "All men are created equal" has been bastardized to "ALL outcomes must be equal" - as per communism, completely missing the point that people ARE ENTIYLED to seek opportunities - according to their wits, quality and effort .equal OPPTUNITIES not outcomes.
You nailed it, sir, exactly right. America never promised to be the and of milk and honey for everyone, nor to be the teat that the rest of the world could suck from. What it USED to promise was OPPORTUNITY - to rise above poverty if you were poor, and an opportunity to work to become whatever you wanted to become. I weep for the country that was.
I also weep for the country England was. Back in 1969 I stayed with my friend's relatives, who had gone through the war. They showed me where ruins were in London that had been bombed out in WW2 but still hadn't been fixed as financially England was still recovering, 24 yrs after WW2. The Brits were some of the bravest people I ever met, staying strong in the war, never giving up and then trying to put together their lovely country, much of which had been bombed to pieces. There's a very fond place in my heart for England, I always thought of America & England as being so very much alike, both of us strongly believing in freedom and being willing to fight for it. Prayers for both England and America.
Thank God we left denver and commierado in 2005. Get out of communist globo homo hellscapes if you can.
Wow, crazy and corrupt! Sharing this!