Cowboy State Politics
Conservative politics from Wyoming and the nation. The media doesn’t report the truth and they are always playing for the left. Politicians lie and it’s my job to prove it. The only way that we set our country back to Constitutional principles is by exposing those who are trying to destroy it.
Episodes
The governor appears to be changing his tune when it comes to climate change. But is he? For his entire administration he has made one outrageous statement after another. While in Appropriations last Monday, he appeared to be singing a different song. The moment almost went unnoticed--almost I said. Instead of an "All of the Above" approach to energy, it's now, "The Best of All of the Above." As if adding a few words changes ...
The Appropriations Committee meeting on Thursday was the perfect example of everything that's wrong with the Wyoming and frankly all state Government--appointed officials who believe in central planning. That is, ignoring the free market that has created this amazing country we live in.
Josh Dorrell from the Wyoming Business Council told the members of Appropriations that it's his job to create an economic system. He actually sai...
Replay of Cowboy State Politics Live from December 4
In the Season 6 premier, the Wyoming Business Council sent out an email asking people to attend a watch party to "mobilize." Why does a state agency need to build support for "collective action." Last time I checked, state agencies don't campaign for public support. There's a ton a problems with their email, including, perhaps Wyoming Statutes.
Even the Wyoming Tribune Eagle has to admit that charitable organizations really don't need government. And, it's not the government's job anyway. IT'S OUR JOB. So-called government charity is only making big government even bigger.
The government shutdown is a perfect example. Private organizations shined, helping those in need across the whole state. Nationwide, Americans raise over half-a-trillion every year for benevolent ...
If it quacks like a duck, it's usually a duck. That's the argument an op-ed in the Sheridan Mess attempts to make. Many in the Wyoming media have been making the same one--that if you vote conservatively you must be a member of the Freedom Caucus and somehow that's bad. There's so many logical fallacies with that claim; not the least of which is why is that a bad thing.
The author's claims lead you to believe he must be a card c...
People never learn, in socialism, there's no turkey, there's no gravy and no stores to buy those things at anyway.
Most of us have no idea what really happened in the Plymouth Colony. We're told that Thanksgiving Day was the pilgrims giving thanks to the Indians for saving their lives. That's not even close to the truth.
According to the Wyoming Business Council, the free market is working against us. This is an amazing perspective coming from the state agency who's goal is to increase business.
Of course, my answer is that the free market is not the problem, it's government intervention and playing around in private business.
While Josh Dorrell, the head of the WBC, and I have very different perspectives on business, this interview is one of the ...
Never before heard audio from INSIDE a Wyoming County Commissioners meeting! It very clearly tells you which legislators are working for you and which ones are working for lobbying organizations.
The Revenue Committee met last week and discussed a bill that would eliminate property taxes and replace them with an increased sales tax. Of course, the usual suspects, the WCCA objected to it because it would decrease the amount of you...
Governor Gordon claims that the role of government is to provide those services that individuals can't provide for themselves. There's no end to this line of thinking. It ends up with government giving your money to so-called non-profits; and it ends with budgets that are twice as big as a few years ago.
His budget is littered with a whole bunch of things he claims are 'essential." Most of them are handouts and have nothing to d...
Secretary of State Chuck Gray joins the program to talk about Gordon removing public notice money for the 50% tax reduction ballot initiative. Is the legislature black-listing emails from constituents? Slithers and Dennis claim that legislators can go dig them out of the junk or quarantine file. But who does this??? That and lots more!
The governor and his pals are claiming that the proposed budget is conservative--it's anything but that. According to his own math, to do the same thing as last year, it will cost almost a billion dollars less. Gordon wants to add another $1.9 Billion to it. Just a reminder, there's only 586,000 people in Wyoming. That's $19,000 for every man woman and child in the state. If that weren't shocking enough, in four short years, W...
Margaret Byfield and Rep Hageman were the keynote speakers at WYGOP meeting held in Torrington over the weekend. The topic of conversation was private property rights--something that we too often told isn't a concern in our state. Harriet briefly discusses the Maude case in South Dakota and a couple in Wyoming.
Not that long ago, Josh Dorrell President of the Wyoming Business Council joined me in the studio. There are a ton of projects that they are involved in across Wyoming--all of which involve your tax dollars. There's lots of questions we should be asking: is that the proper roll of government; do these projects actually make money; do Wyoming Citizens even want to be involved in these projects? We got to some of those.
You see ...
Replay of Cowboy State Politics Live November 13
The Democrats started the so called government shutdown. Despite what they claimed, none of it was about subsidies for Obamacare. That's clear now that the Senate has passed a continuing resolution. Though, the continuing resolution only funds the government through January 30. We may very well have another shutdown in a couple of months.
Rep Harriet Hageman joins me to discuss the shutdown and to give her take on what actually...
Why is the Cowboy State Daily doing the exact same thing as progressive organizations in Wyoming? A recent opinion piece by Jackson Walker in the Cow Pie tries to determine who is in the Freedom Caucus and who isn't. That's exactly what a website created by progressive group 'Better Wyoming' attempts to do.
Better Wyoming is a left wing group run by Nate Martin, the husband of Democrat Rep Karlee Provenza. Pick a liberal cause a...
Over the last year, there's been a lot of controversy at the University of Wyoming. The legislature ordered UW to eliminate its DEI program. A dean filed a lawsuit over what he claims is was an improper demotion. And, UW President Dr Ed Seidel has resigned.
Dr Seidel sat down with me for a wide ranging discussion about school funding, successes and controversies during his administration. We talked about the gigantic amount of ...
A few weeks ago, Mark Meckler and Rick Green gave a presentation in Sheridan about the Convention of States. For two hours they gave their sales pitch. It sounded great, except there's a whole bunch they left out--criticism that might dissuade support. With a little reading, it's obvious an convention is the last thing we need to do as a country.
Two of the supporters of Convention of States Action--the organization Mark Meckler...
A majority of Americans get their news from social media. That's not such a bad thing if you understand what you are getting and you check the sources--if there are any sources. In the State of Wyoming there are a lot of pundits and columnists who post things that appear to be news but really aren't.
A perfect example of this showed up for the weekend. Nearly every piece of the post was provably false and yet it appeared to be g...
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