http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest blog posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5It comes as no shock to me that our president, with the help of Speaker Pelosi, is trumpeting the need for immigration reform. After all, if they can grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, what will that do to the number of people who are registered as Democrats? Rocket scientists and b...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~593452.aspx3/19/2009 7:14:43 AMJeffrey Schwartz So... what's going to happen on Tuesday? Some are predicting a "blowout" for the messiah. Others are predicting a close race, and even McCain is predicting a come-from-behind win. Looking back on recent presidential elections, pollsters have a knack of being wrong. TIME magazine, back on ...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~543046.aspx11/2/2008 7:01:21 AMJeffrey Schwartz John McCain just stole all the wind from Barack Obama's sails. You heard me right. While this election is far from over, Obama's biggest problem is still Obama, and McCain's selection of Sarah Palin just proved it to the world. Palin has a lot going for her. She is a maverick - she h...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~515288.aspx8/31/2008 9:24:10 AMJeffrey Schwartz When a candidate for office offers nothing substantial and starts grasping at straws, it usually indicates that the campaign is over. Such is the case with Barack Obama , and he's barely out of the starting gate. What's Obama's beef this week? He is making a big deal of the fact that, when q...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~511981.aspx8/22/2008 4:13:46 PMJeffrey Schwartz With the recent Heller decision, the Supreme Court has finally answered the question, What does the Second Amendment really mean? The Court stated that the Second Amendment was an individual right, not a collective right. To those of us that can think past our emotions, this decision w...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~492472.aspx7/5/2008 8:58:03 AMJeffrey Schwartz I know that this isn't the first time that I've written about my flying experiences. I keep writing about them because I keep hoping, perhaps in vain, that someone who works for an airline will read what I write. I am a frequent flier. I am not loyal to any single airline, but I do have a coupl...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Travel/Blog~432648.aspx2/23/2008 8:06:16 AMJeffrey Schwartz It was very sad to read about the eight Castle View students that ingested prescription drugs and had to be hospitalized on February 8th. Why kids are desperately trying to find ways to kill themselves in the name of having "fun" is beyond my scope of understanding. I'm not really a stranger t...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~427034.aspx2/10/2008 7:54:37 AMJeffrey Schwartz I certainly don't mean to discourage people from getting involved. Even if I don't support who you support, I believe it is wonderful that people are willing to engage in a grassroots campaign to support what they believe in. At the same time, one must be realistic. One has to understand that ...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~425127.aspx2/6/2008 7:19:57 AMJeffrey Schwartz As I predicted last week, Fred Thompson dropped out of the race. Not that this required any sense of genius or tremendous insight, rather it was merely observation and assumption of facts. So, who am I left to vote for on February 5th? No one of any value, but definitely people of tremendo...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~420418.aspx1/27/2008 8:52:07 AMJeffrey Schwartz I'm a political junkie. I love politics. I have never missed even a city-wide election since I first registered to vote 21 years ago. I normally know who I'm voting for before the primaries have even started and I'm usually spot-on in my predictions of who will be on the ballot for the general e...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~417540.aspx1/21/2008 7:45:41 AMJeffrey Schwartz I expect our government to be a slow, lumbering beast. That's how it was designed, and that's a good thing. With the exception of a threat to national security, government of the people, by the people and for the people should crawl. When we have time to mull things over, consider multiple sides...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~403203.aspx12/12/2007 8:21:16 AMJeffrey Schwartz I'm not sure what is wrong with companies these days... the consumer does everything right, and yet, when there's a problem, companies are quick to make a consumer's life miserable. If you've been driving around County Line and Broadway as of late, no doubt you've seen signs advertising Afte...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~397042.aspx11/27/2007 1:44:40 PMJeffrey Schwartz Due to career reasons, I have become a frequent flier. I have only started my career in the past three weeks, but I've already taken two business trips, and I have scheduled two more in the very near future. I've reactivated some of my frequent flier accounts and recently enrolled in others. I...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~380578.aspx10/21/2007 9:02:33 AMJeffrey Schwartz Color me confused. If I were to hold a rally, and I were to shout White Power! repeatedly, I'd be branded a racist. If I beat someone into a state of unconsciousness, and did so merely because of his race, I'd be charged with a hate crime. I doubt very seriously if two people would care to h...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~366230.aspx9/22/2007 8:51:00 AMJeffrey Schwartz I don't really enjoy going to LoDo. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy myself once I'm there, but I just don't like getting there. There is metered parking available, but it is extremely difficult to find a spot. You can park in one of the public parking garages, and you'll spend a fortune in the p...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~351351.aspx8/22/2007 12:22:51 PMJeffrey Schwartz I used to be a big fan of eBay. I bought and sold items on eBay fairly often. I made some decent money on eBay. I even run a very successful on-line community at eBay. One of the great things about eBay was the ability to obtain hard-to-find items, mostly replacement parts and accessories, for...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~341438.aspx7/31/2007 10:23:39 AMJeffrey Schwartz It shouldn't come as much of a shock to anyone that Ward Churchill was fired last night from the University of Colorado. Even Churchill himself wasn't surprised, suggesting that this was long-ago decided. And, for what it is worth, Churchill is probably right. What was surprising was the 8...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~338964.aspx7/25/2007 7:52:32 AMJeffrey Schwartz The illegal immigration issue is at the forefront of political debate. Right now, we have a President who is interested in having a guest worker program. Right now, we have a Senate that wants to grant amnesty and a path to citizenship for those who have come here illegally. Congress isn't too f...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~317490.aspx6/5/2007 9:47:31 AMJeffrey Schwartz I'm a bit strange. I'll admit it. No, you don't have to agree with me so quickly. I don't like lettuce. I don't like tomatoes. I hate mayonnaise. I don't like peppers, be they banana, bell or chili. I do like onions but only on my terms. I don't like cucumbers. Essentially, if it is a sal...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~315231.aspx5/30/2007 11:19:41 AMJeffrey Schwartz I know it just happened. I knew it was going to happen. However, I can't believe it just happened. The United States Senate just announced bipartisan agreement on its immigration reform bill. The House hasn't passed it at the time of this writing, but our esteemed Commander in Chief has h...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~310062.aspx5/17/2007 3:29:50 PMJeffrey Schwartz Our Founding Fathers designed the Bill of Rights as a means to protect We The People from a tyrannical government. However, we hear, time and time again, that the Founding Fathers could not possibly imagine today's society and what ills we have brought. And, as designed, the cry goes out from th...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~298960.aspx4/24/2007 8:35:27 AMJeffrey Schwartz In the April 22, 2007 edition of The Denver Post , on page 6E, there is a column entitled No need for assault weapons by Annie Dawid . Ms. Dawid explains several times that she is a former educator, and therefore, We The People are lead to believe that she knows how to research and inv...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~298026.aspx4/22/2007 8:57:14 AMJeffrey Schwartz I'm prepared to take some flak for what I'm about to say. That's okay, I've never been afraid to tackle the tough topics. Yes, it has only been 24 hours since the Virginia Tech massacre took place. But, some facts are in and it is time to discuss them. I want to make myself clear here. My hear...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~295499.aspx4/17/2007 8:42:14 AMJeffrey Schwartz Is the problem that we're just not interested in real news anymore? For the last several months, we've been subjected to the worthless story surrounding a D-list celebrity whose only claim to fame was posing naked in a gentlemen's magazine and managed to marry some elderly, rich codger. H...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~292314.aspx4/11/2007 8:08:56 AMJeffrey Schwartz Too many people complain that their vote doesn't count. While elections can be frustrating, particularly when results don't turn out the way you would like, the simple truth is that everybody's vote counts, and counts dearly. In a national election, you simply deal with more numbers than with mo...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~181927.aspx2/12/2007 9:24:49 AMJeffrey Schwartz What's so great about sin taxes? If you don't know what a sin tax is, that's when the government attaches a punitive and expensive tax on something under the guise of trying to convince the general public that they should no longer engage in that activity. Examples of sin taxes are cigarette tax...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~181489.aspx2/10/2007 8:23:14 AMJeffrey Schwartz Gun control doesn't work. It is flawed because it is based upon the theory that people who are willing to ignore laws against rape, kidnapping, torture, theft and murder will obey a law prohibiting them from owning a firearm. If you can read that and still believe that gun control stops crime, t...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~178360.aspx2/2/2007 4:12:24 PMJeffrey Schwartz Gun control doesn't work. It is flawed because it is based upon the theory that people who are willing to ignore laws against rape, kidnapping, torture, theft and murder will obey a law prohibiting them from owning a firearm. If you can read that and still believe that gun control stops crime, t...http://denver.yourhub.com/Roxborough/Blogs/Archive/Blog~178358.aspx2/2/2007 4:08:29 PMJeffrey Schwartz Recently, the FAA had given approval to a few foreign airlines allowing its passengers to use cellular phones while the plane is in flight. While these are foreign carriers, the rules apply to flights within the USA. The FAA has theorized that cellular telephones will not interfere with normal f...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~166453.aspx1/3/2007 5:10:45 PMJeffrey Schwartz Have you ever listened to a gun owner who honestly believes in the Second Amendment? Take the gun owner who will tell you, in a casual conversation that the government is out to ban guns and, in the event that it happens, they'd have to pry his guns from his cold, dead fingers. This is the gun ow...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~140591.aspx10/21/2006 8:52:41 AMJeffrey Schwartz