Up there with a girlfriend on a Saturday afternoon, we were sitting on a small, recently constructed dock when an open space ranger approached us announcing that this was a 'sensitive environment' and the dock was only for fishing.

Although I have been a mountain/BMX biker far longer than I've been riding dirt bikes (30 years vs. nine months), I find it infuriating how mountain bikers have thrown dirt bikers to the wolves over access. Fortunately, our helpful Congressional representative, Jared Polis, is working to fix that.

This time he wants the U.S. to attack a sovereign nation (Libya) without providing a shred of evidence that this nation has attacked, or is even a threat to, the USA. Nor does Danish provide any justification whatsoever for the U.S. to involve itself in the internal affairs of another nation.

If I have this straight, in the conservative eye, public employees who have worked for years at modest pay and have built up modest and hopefully comfortable retirement plans provided by their employers are the villains in the economic downturn..

I am not a biker (well, I am a Harley biker) but (again) a man of few words, and I would like to see more effort put into cleaning up the politics and getting this country out of debt so our children and grandchildren can look forward to a good life, not one screwed up by bad politicians.

Reality: Obama's support of the protests has been weak. Eleven days into the protest Obama has made only one brief statement of mild support during an interview with a Wisconsin television affiliate. He has failed to visit Wisconsin or other states facing similar challenges, nor made any direct statements from the White House.

(Re: 'Keep your laws off patients' brownies,' Uncensored, Feb. 17.) When this legislator says that there aren't any studies about dosing with cannabis, she is dead wrong. She just hasn't done any research. In 1988, DEA Judge Francis Lawn had the gall to hold hearings on cannabis, and he released his findings after nearly three months of testimony.

The article about 'Frankenfoods' by Jefferson Dodge was well-written and included quotes from some credible sources. However, it missed an important point. The salient issue concerning GM crops is that they are genetically manipulated specifically to withstand the herbicide Roundup.

My girlfriend and I are both runners, her being much more serious and running five to 20 miles most days. She enjoys running the hilly trails around Boulder and often encounters dogs. Leashed dogs rarely cause a problem, but dogs off leash will sometimes run at her and trip her up.

States may gain additional congressional representation because of their population of illegal immigrants.