I'm with Chip. It would be interesting for the green dots to go red when the store was closed. Wal-Mart deliberately overlaps the reach of their stores until they've pushed out the competition. Then they close one of the stores. We've got an empty hulk of a store up here in Fort Collins just a few miles down the road from a brand new Wal-Mart that they're putting up by the highway.

• 6 weeks ago

congrats! it's great to see colorado startups doing well.

• 8 weeks ago

"However, from what I've seen and read, she's no more qualified to be one step from the Presidency than the average small town mayor or mid-level corporate manager."

lol! It would be like getting Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica) for president. nice.

• 11 weeks ago

If a short conversation I had on Facebook today is any indication, Palin doesn't HAVE to have anything specific to say. As long as she munges on about God and the Spirit and being a Christian, she's swaying people. Here's the convo.

Facebook User:
is wondering how ANY Christian can justify voting for Obama now that Palin is in the race...seriously...someone message me and let me know! 10:16am

My response:
How do you think Palin changes things?

His take:
Well....Palin brings a visible Christian ethic to the race. Obama claims to be a Christian yet has nothing to back that claim up, in fact he has a lot to discredit that claim. Biden....I wont waste either of our time....McCain...well he claims to be a Christian, doesnt have a lot to back that up with, but doesnt have a lot to discredit it either....much like Bush..... Palin....claims to be Christian, and has a TON in her short history to back that claim up!....not to mention a record of holding others to a strong Christian ethic and politic!.....With Palin as the VP candidate....gives women a real serious hope that a woman will likely be president in 2012 or 2016....either Palin or Hilary.....

• 11 weeks ago

Sarah's signal (as best I can figure):

I see that this was posted on YouTube yesterday. I'll assume that means this was filmed recently. The fact that she doesn't mention anything on a national scale (other than the fact that Track is in the military) puzzles me. As governor, I expect the Alaska rhetoric. As a possible VP, she should be reaching out a little further. It seems like she's either timid or confused about the VP idea.

Her "points" as best I can figure them out are:
1) Alaska has great resources and we're going to use them and (as a state) benefit from them.
2) Track is in the army which shows how patriotic their whole family is. But the tattoos go beyond that to show that they're not just patriots, but patriots with a Christian banner.
3) And the "I have a word" part was really just a way to rally Christian support without really saying much of anything coherent.

That's my take at least.

• 11 weeks ago