In 20 years will today's Republicans be more embarrassed to tell their grandchildren that they voted for George W. Bush twice or Sarah Palin once? [...] I wasn’t planning to blog on politics at all over the long weekend, but the very recent news emerging that Alaska governor Sarah Palin not only won’t run for re-election in 2010 but also is stepping down later this month has changed my mind.
Right now, speculation is running rampant [...]
A terrible tragedy has befallen one of Colorado's most compassionate political leaders. Sara Cassidy, director of public affairs for the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, lost her son, Colin, age 2 1/2, in a drowning accident in Vail last Sunday.
A fund has been established in memory of Colin.
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Headed out to Red Rocks to see Wilco tonight. Should be a great way to ring in Independence Day, I hope all of you enjoy your weekends as well.
In comments to the post below, "Jenn" links to an Indymedia report on a series of talks to be given by D-blog ex-lover David Irving, which reminded me that I'd received this in the mail recently:
New Jersey has always been considered to have one of the most powerful Governors in the nation, partially due the fact that the Governor position has been the only state-wide elected state official. Well, that has changed due to an amendment passed in 2006, and this year New Jersey voters [...]
The spring's tea party chants are being updated to oppose the state's new car fees. The expression is important for the emotion and general impressionistic anti-government feelings it conveys. It doesn't have to make any sense. "Governor Ritter hates my car!" "We won't pay taxes or fees!" [...]
More details are in my Coloradoan blog, [tr.im]
The termination report filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission [...]
Last night in Denver, Colorado’s appointed Senator Michael “Senator Who?” Bennett attended (briefly and at the last minute) a “townhall forum” on “comprehensive healthcare reform” put on by the self-parodyingly-named Metro Organization of People.
As with all such townhalls, this one was strictly formatted and the questions for [...]
Now that the Minnesota election contest is finally history and Senator Al Franken has received his election certificate, it is time to think about what lessons can be taken from this marathon.
First, and this is mostly a Minnesota issue since other states handle things differently, there should be a process [...]
By Andrew Ripemoff
The funeral of Michael Jackson is scheduled for July 7, and millions of mourners are trying to cope.
What does this have to do with political news? Well, I couldn’t thing of anything else to write about. Besides, in 2002, the King of Pop sang at a Democratic National [...]
Editorial: Investor’s Business Daily
“More grim news — 467,000 jobs lost in June, with unemployment hitting a 26-year high of 9.5%. Some people are rightly starting to wonder: Where’s that stimulus we were promised?”…..
“Why is this job decline happening? The private sector — the real engine of economic and job growth [...]
Fortunately, our observant readers are always on duty. Recounting some familiar-sounding fun from yesterday's [...]
FTS managing editor Brad Jones visits with 1310 KFKA's Trevor Carey and George Gray to preview the FTS Weekend Edition, heard Sunday at 6 am. (Find the show on a station near you.) On this week's show: A review of the week in Colorado news; more entrants in the [...]
The famed Monarch Crest Trail - a stunning 35-mile stretch of singletrack running along the Continental Divide above Salida that ranks as one of the state's best rides - is clear of snow and just got a lot easier. The days of poring over vague, newspaper-clipped maps are over thanks [...]
I like Eric Holder, and this has nothing to do with his abilities as a lawyer nor within the Obama Administration. It's just that yesterday, he had emergency oral surgery for a cracked tooth. It cracked Wednesday night, and it was operated on yesterday.
The reason I bring this [...]
Relief is finally here, Avs fans. No more startling, sweat-soaked leaps from the pillow at 3 a.m., following visions of Tyler Arnason playing for your team.
No longer will you have to pound the table after seeing Arnie get the puck taken off [...]
As the biggest-name free agent quickly get snapped up, the market for the next tier – players such as the Nuggets Linas Kleiza and Anthony Carter – has started to become clearer.
Kleiza, a forward, and Carter, a guard, have teams interested in their services, according to reports around the [...]
DCW was an early Twitter adopter. We have an official Twitter feed, which you can sign up for on the right side bar, and Matt, Oreo and I also have personal feeds. We automatically send out all our posts on the official Twitter feed.
But that's just us. We see the [...]
Yesterday afternoon, California started paying its bills with IOUs. You heard that right. The state with the world’s 8th largest economy is broke, and they’re leaning on banks to cash the IOUs for them with a promise of paying the banks 3.5% interest when the government settles up with them.
Saying [...]
Re: “Climate deniers betray the planet,” June 30 Paul Krugman column.
This is by far the most serious political charge I have ever heard made against a sizeable number of our elected officials. I am greatly disappointed that three of our Colorado representatives are among those now charged as betrayers. Why [...]
Re: “Senate should expand hate-crimes legislation,” June 21 editorial.
The murder of talk show host Alan Berg in Denver 25 years ago was an outrage to the community. Yet such anti-Semitism has existed for centuries and is still prevalent today, as depicted in the recent killing of a security guard [...]
Re: “Cut state payroll,” June 26 Mike Rosen column.
Mike Rosen says, “I have no animus for government workers.” Loudmouths like him and Rush Limbaugh earn far more money than your average teacher, fireman or police officer, and most any government employee. These clowns need to admit that the system [...]
The Food Safety Enhancement Act now being considered in Congress must be stopped. This Gestapo Food Act is just another phony food safety bill, which does nothing but grant the FDA massive new police powers without actual policy oversight.
And it would do nothing to solve the actual problem: the [...]
The ads will air on Fort Collins and Denver cable systems, according to spokesman Jeremy Funk. (Denver cable? Really?)
The announcement came [...]
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