"What we have is that he made vague suicidal threats"....so we shot him. Cop "logic".

Further, and totally unnecessary, evidence of just how morally corrupt the Nation has become. I don't know if Sandusky is guilty of what he has been accused of. I don't believe that there has been a trial yet, nor has he confessed. So, in what used to be the American Legal tradition, he is innocent. (Not that I don't believe he molested every one of those who have come forward making accusations.) And I have no clue if Sandusky is a Registered Republican, or a registered member of ANY political party. But FACTS like those never get in the way of a Lefty's chance to take a truly cheap shot at Republicans, does it?

To bad for the bolts, the game pays for 60 minutes. Tebow does it again. Like him or not, the winning record is hard to argue with.

►"Oh well, sometimes the only way people learn is to run into the wall by themselves."◄ Agreed. Unfortunately, many of those people demand that the wall be built so as to cause the maximum damage to others first, AND then insist that they be empowered to drag/compel/force as many other people along for the ride as possible. Even people who already understand the "lesson of the wall", as it were, are forced to accompany the idiots as they learn the facts of a reality that does NOT bend to fit their Utopian dreams. To many people today actually believe that old Dire Straits lyric about "Get your money for nothing, and your checks for free." The idea of working hard and steady to "earn" that money and the accompanying life style seems to be just to much like "work" to be accepted by a growing number of educated Useful idiots in this country.

Interesting.....Does the fact that the FDIC got a restraining order for an operation that had been running for at least 4 years mean that there was no liability insurance, or the like, previously? Have there been any incidents in previous years where liability issues have been a problem?
One would have to assume that there was no insurance in place in previous years, no?
Or did the FDIC demand increased amounts/kinds of Liability Insurance that Boulder County hadn't seen as necessary in previous years? Also, was this Haunted House run as a for profit kind of operation? If so, then yet another small business put out of business by some part of the Federal Government....isn't that just great? If the Haunted House costs were absorbed by the operators and others, without a profit motive, then an even greater example of our Federal Government making yet another 'tradition' a thing of the past. And little by little, small steps at a time, the various parts of the Government involves itself in more and more parts of life in America. This time, a kind of minuscule thing, compared to many other HUGE financial issues, but over time, the hundreds (thousands?) of little intrusions across the thousands of communities in the country....pretty soon you have to deal with the Government on just about everything. Even just a Halloween Haunted House.

How many horror stories have we all heard with regards to tenure, or seniority based systems? Hell, even the military, which also has a seniority based system, isn't so wrapped up in it that the chaff isn't regularly purged. Merit based promotion and retention systems simply make the most sense....unless your interest is based on anything other then whatever it is that you claim is your primary reason for the job in the first place! In the case of teachers unions, it appears quite obviously that maintaining their jobs, and forced dues, is not only the number one priority, but likely the ONLY priority. There are probably more dedicated and serious about their job performance teachers then there are Union Officials. But like politicians and attorneys, they have created a system that insures that whatever the Union declares is important is the ONLY thing that is important. And don't even start a discussion on how the concept of "good faith bargaining" has been bastardized into something that is unrecognizable!!

In the old vernacular.......Right on, Right on, Right on!! But you never EVER hear anyone from the supposedly "smart" left comment on this "in your face" fact. Either the number of nuclear "accidents" aboard Nuke powered Navy vessels is exceedingly low, or cover ups of "X-Files" magnitude. Personally, having done 24 Active Duty years in the Navy, I'd go with the exceedingly low option. NOT "Loose lips" and all that for the tens of thousands, if not more, of people who would have been aware of nuke power plant issues makes the kind of "secrets" even X-Files tried to sound real seem childish. What with all the revelations like Wikileaks and the like over the years, how can ANYONE believe that the "Government" has kept all word of nuke accidents quiet? And that would have HAD to be the case for nothing to be out there, as it were. Thus, your point is excellent, and well made. The excess time/cost of civilian nuke plants is almost ALL associated with defeating the continuous efforts of idiots who look to block something smart, at great expense to ►everyone◄ else. Jim-Erie, CO

Jeeze.....why do so many people not want to just allow that it was a "flash" something or other, and would have been very cool to have been present to see? Of course it was practiced, organized, and approved by the mall operators! But, a bunch of folks dancing to a Christmas song, asking nothing of anyone but to enjoy the 3-4 minutes of their lives NOT being angry, bored or otherwise 'normal', and a bunch of other folks want to dissect the whole thing!
Sheesh....it was cool and probably a lot of fun for all involved.
Isn't that enough?

So nice to know that the TSA has so solved EVERY potential attack on our Airports, Seaports and major land transportation hubs, that they can spare 'officers'(?) to protect football fans! So very nice indeed.
As noted by others, the lack of response by those you would expect to complain about increased police powers by the Federal Govt is deafening!
BTW, if you have a negative encounter with a TSA officer on patrol, is it a Federal Offense vs a lesser offense if just CUPD?

While I wouldn't vote for Hick if someone held a gun to my head, I am more then a little dismayed at the other choices. Maes and Tancredo BOTH are putting their personal interests above what is good for Colorado. And that is what is wrong with nearly ALL politicians anymore. They, and their 'friends/supporters', convince themselves that they are not being selfish, when the fact is they are. Had Tancredo entered the Republican primary, I believe he would have won it. Because he didn't, and chose late in the season to run for Governor, he becomes, possibly, the reason Hick might 'win'. Should that happen, Maes and Tancredo both should be all but banned from even being allowed to live in this State!
BTW, in the picture above, isn't hick looking old and tired?