Whose watching who

By now you know that I am not really Pat Stryker, nor Al Yates, or any member of Democracy Alliance.

However, it seems this little ole blog has attracted the attention of the authors I pretend to be.

whois 216.17.154.131
Front Range Internet Inc. NET-FRII-1 (NET-216-17-128-0-1)
216.17.128.0 - 216.17.255.255
Bohemian Companies NET-BCT1-01 (NET-216-17-154-128-1)
216.17.154.128 - 216.17.154.159

You see, someone from Pat Stryker's company, Bohemian Companies, visited the educate the idiots blog. In addition, it also so happens that Front Range Internet may be her internet provider due to the IP address.


So, Who is Pat Stryker?

According to Colorado Biz:

In January 2004, ColoradoBiz named Pat Stryker the state's most powerful person because she was using her wealth "to influence how Coloradans live, and more so than anyone else on the list." Striker has continued to do just that. She was one of the "Gang of Four" wealthy Democrats who plowed enough money into state legislative races at the end of that same year to turn around the majority in the General Assembly.

At the end of 2005, she joined the same partners in an effort to fund the successful Referendum C campaign that broke a $3.7 billion lock on state spending created by TABOR, the Tax Payer's Bill of Rights. According to Al Yates, former president of Colorado State University, who acts as a spokesman for Stryker, she now considers herself a philanthropist, activist and business woman, whose set of Fort Collins companies, the Bohemian Cos., and her foundation, work toward improving the quality of life all Coloradans experience.

She remains listed on the Forbes 400 as the state's fourth richest resident, with a fortune of $1.7 billion. Although Phil Anschutz passed Stryker up in this year's ColoradoBiz list of Most Powerful, mostly by dint of some extraordinary power-returns on his most recent investments, Stryker's continued involvement in activities that have a lasting effect on the state keeps her well positioned near the top of this list.