Taxation without Representation

Taxation without Representation Still Exists in Colorado Springs & El Paso County

One of the driving issues that started The Maverick Observer was taxation without representation through the formation of Special Districts. This issue is rampant in all the special districts that exist in this city and El Paso County.
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President Biden Wants to Unify – WHAT?

Biden wants US to unify – WHAT? Not so fast, action speaks louder than words. President Biden signed twenty-five executive orders in his first twelve days of office, more that Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump combined.
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Drinking Gin in Spain and the Philippines

Factoid, Spain and the Philippines drink the most gin. Who knew? My friend Bryan doesn’t like gin much, well really not at all. I kid him about it all the time so I thought I would find a book to maybe entice him to try gin.
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“If” by Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling shares an incredible poem that truly epitomizes how to win at the game of life and have a positive journey.
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Marriage is a four-letter word – WORK

Reflection on 31 years of marriage - A truly love of work.

Reflections During COVID-19 and How Music Brought Me Joy

As I ponder what the new year will bring, I look forward to a better year because of the retrospective thought that 2020 and COVID caused me to undertake. 2020 was tough in some ways as freedom of movement was curtailed immensely.
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COVID-19 Propaganda: Truth or Fiction?

I am amazed by the propaganda surrounding COVID-19 or Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus these days. We hear it daily from news outlets, politicians, and ridiculed doctors and scientists. I have been able to talk to a wide variety of doctors in multiple disciplines “off the record” and my personal take is that “something is rotten in the state of Denmark!” The U.S. and the State of Colorado health folks have their heads where the sun does not shine.
President Biden Signing Executive Orders

How Many Executive Orders Are Too Many?

It is a simple question really, how many executive orders are too many? Do we have a President Biden or a King Biden?
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Why I Always Wear a Sportscoat

In 1981 I was traveling to the east coast from California for no business purpose. I didn’t need a sportscoat or suit for any meetings, so I did not take any. On the way home I received a call about the wife, Anne Lee, of a dear friend, Joe, who had just died. The funeral was the next day in Pampa, Texas.
Choose Your Words

Dagnabbit! Words Matter

The impact of words, especially collectively, matter. Currently, 28 of the top 50 hit songs on Spotify contain the Explicit lyrics label.

These songs routinely call women the b-word, use the f-bomb and n-word ubiquitously and call for and glorify violence. A Google search of the word racism in their news category generates 153,000,000 hits.

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