Outspoken conservative, rich guy, philanthropist Foster Friess will appear on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 during the 8pm EST hour (with a rerun at 10pm EST), as part of the feature story on SuperPACs. In addition, Wolf Blitzer’s Situation Room will feature a short profile of Foster sometime between 4pm – 6pm EST.

The Jackson Hole High School Orchestra performed a winter concert at the High School on Thursday night. The orchestra looked good and sounded o.k.. The cello choir was pretty rockin’. What’s with all the good cello players in this orchestra? Don’t they know that cello is lame. Morose, oversized compared to a violin, puny compared to a double bass. I guess cello is the new violin.
I’m writing these comments based on only a brief sample of the concert. I was there, but I wasn’t …

Last Saturday, The Metropolitan Opera – in New York City – blasted its production of Don Giovanni on to a HD screen 2100 miles away in Teton Village on a blustery fall day. About 200 opera fans packed the center seats at Walk Festival Hall with their warm coffee, lunches and even of few Snuggies (why didn’t I think of that?). The three-hour-plus live silmulcast performance was one of the most compelling Don Giovanni productions this opera fan had ever seen and may have convinced me that seeing opera in …

More maps and charts at the Comprehensive Plan workshop at the Senior Center last night. Lot’s of resistance to development/redevelopment among those in attendance. Earnest facilitators. Good munchies. Baffling planner speak. Maddening minutia. Crusty suburban sensibilities.

The airport has preferred parking for low emission vehicles. The snooty arrogance of the “greener than thou” movement is really tedious. With so many spaces reserved for the handicapped and the green elite the close in spots are getting hard to find. I’m worried that someday I’ll get to the airport and all the parking spots will have signs that say “Anybody but Judd”.

The Jackson Hole Community School Video club meets once per week to produce a weekly video shown to the JHJC students on Tuesday afternoons. They claim that humor and awkward moments are their focus.
“We make videos that generally make fun of polices,” Will Grassel stated, while he was shooting an unsuspecting subject.
When we asked him why? he said that the that they do this because the weekly video “get their minds off of school.” Grassel said the general audience looks forward to humorous videos and because it’s shown towards the …

You’re all clear, kid, now let’s blow this thing and go home! – Han Solo

On the morning of September 11, 2001 I was asleep in a cozy little cabin in the beautiful high country region of Yosemite National Park.  Giant redwoods loomed nearby.  My world was serene and revolved around climbing massive granite blocks when not working as the “maintenance guy” at an environmental education center.  Frantic knocks on the door raised me from bed followed by the entry of a close friend and cups of hot coffee.
“I’ve got good …

Jackson Hole News and Lies by Abstract55

The 1% pay 38% of the taxes: http://ntu.org/tax-basics/who-pays-income-taxes.html
That means the 99% pay 62% of taxes. Maybe the 99% should start paying their fair share?

View of the Red Rock Fire on Thursday night.  Red Rock Ranch is functioning normally.  It’s quite entertaining to watch the fire flare up and die down from the valley floor.  Kind of like being next to a volcano.
We could use a volcano in Jackson Hole to attract more tourists.  It works great for Cost Rica.  I think a zip line from the top of the Grand Teton to the Top of Sleeping Indian would be a big hit as well.