Over 150,000 signatures to #FixOurDamnRoads
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2018 Contact: Jon Caldara, President, Independence Institute, 303-279-6536 or Jon@i2i.org Over 150,000 signatures to #FixOurDamnRoads without a tax increase delivered to Secretary of State The Independence Institute is thrilled to announce this morning we have delivered over 150,000 signatures of fed-up Coloradans demanding the state Fix Our Damn Roads without […]
RSVP to the ATF Party!
ATF Party & Fundraiser Event Registration closes in less than two short weeks. Will you support freedom and be part of the fun!? Help us thumb our noses at the nanny state and protect our adult rights! Socialize with others who love liberty! REGISTER HERE TODAY Deadline Friday, Aug. 10, 2018 Space is limited and […]
Help me NOT raise $20,000 for Children’s Hospital
I have never asked your help to reach a goal that I hoped not to make… until now that is. I don’t want to raise a dollar over $19,999. And trust me, assuming you have eyesight, neither do you. A little background might be instructive. This is that email I send out once a year […]
Come Drink, Smoke, and Shoot! (not in that order)
There’s nothing the nanny state hates more than conservatives having fun. What they call dangerous activities, we call Saturday morning. PETA-friendly clay pigeons, cigars, and cocktails: Come Celebrate the perks of adulthood at the Independence Institute’s Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms Party and Fundraiser! We love enjoying the perks of adulthood as much as we love […]
Mayor Suthers signs Fix Our Damn Roads petition
I’m thrilled that the mayor of Colorado Springs just signed our petition to put Fix Our Damn Roads (FODR) on this fall’s ballot. Like most Coloradans, John Suthers is frustrated with how little the state has put into our crumbling roadways, and he knows it doesn’t take another tax increase to properly fund them. FODR […]
Join us for breakfast on July 10th!
The Independence Institute, in partnership with the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), is honored to host CEI President Kent Lassman to share his expert analysis of the Trump administration’s historic deregulatory agenda that is restoring free enterprise across the nation. Fulfilling a bold campaign promise, President Trump demanded that for every one regulation added by Congress, […]
The big winner tonight is… TABOR!
As I’m watching the numbers roll in tonight from Colorado’s primary elections, I just had to tell you what the news might not pick up on, even if they noticed it. The big winner in tonight’s Republican Primary is our Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. You might recall last year several weak-kneed Republicans in the state […]
The Most Politically Incorrect Event of the Year!
EMBRACE YOUR PERSONAL FREEDOMS at the most politically incorrect event of the year! The Independence Institute’s Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Party and fundraiser flies in the face of left-leaning nannyists and instead revels in the perks of adulthood, including drinking, smoking, and shooting: The same kind of fundamental rights the left works to take away […]
Who’s steering our primaries now?
Hey kids, want to know how not to be the coolest kid in high school? Do what I did! Go down to your county court house right on your eighteenth birthday to proudly register to vote as a Republican. Yep. That’ll get you voted most likely to make it with the prom queen. I’ve been […]
Get to the Punchline
Sometimes you can skip right to the punchline and the joke still works: …and then the horse said, “Holy Crap! It’s a talking dog!” …if that’s my thermometer, where’s my pen? …if I could walk that way I wouldn’t need the talcum powder. …$20, same as downtown. …I don’t have to outrun the bear, just […]
The dangers of public art
Okay. I’ll reluctantly admit it. I think Blucifer rocks. I love that creepy, devilish blue “Mustang” statue you drive by on the way to DIA. It is powerful and eerie. And, in full-on Steven King-like glory, this spawn of evil literally killed its own creator. Seriously. While building the monster, Luis Jiménez had the artery […]
Hitting the road to celebrate consent
Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby are finally coming to terms for their crimes. I believe this is an important moment for justice as well as the #MeToo movement, a movement that could be summed up in one word – consent. Consent is at the heart of all our work here at Independence. We know when […]
