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September 22, 2009 03:56 PM UTC

Tuesday Open Thread

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  • by: Colorado Pols

“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”

–Marcus Aurelius

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  1. As a followup to his call for a Fast and Prayer for the Republic on the same day as Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement and the religion’s highest holy day, Glenn Beck has officially changed his birthday to December 25th, a day some have been known to celebrate a holiday called Christmas.

    “I thought that our founders would have wanted future Americans to celebrate my birthday on a day they didn’t have to work,” said Beck.

    When it was explained that December 25th was also the birth date of Jesus Christ, Beck sobbed.

    “As a Mormon I had no idea someone else was using that birthday,” wept Beck. “That the Christ child would have chosen his birthday to coincide with mine is… (wiping away a tear) I feel like a freakin’ evangelist.”

    Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…

    P.S. Here’s my new signature.

  2. I had lamented the lack of msm coverage of the very important Denver Board of Education elections.  Four seats out of seven are open. There are eleven candidates.  It was suggested that I interview those candidates.  That would have been logistically impossible. So, after a few false starts, I set up a diary, emailed all the candidates, and invited them to respond to a question i posted. None have.  I did hear from three who requested more information on how to post or who I was, etc.

    This is what i learned. First, my admiration for David has grown tremendously.  It is really hard to get candidates to take a chance on something unknown.  I could understand why candidates would not risk posting.  I am not a journalist and certainly not objective.  I have strong opinions about DPS and have posted those here.  Did candidates check out my postings and decided not to participate? I don’t know.  

    I also found myself becoming almost protective of the candidates.  I am not supporting any candidate and told them so.  I also felt that if anyone had responded, I would have been constrained from supporting anyone as the race continued. I wanted them to feel comfortable in participating here.

    I did find a site with information which I will post here, later.  However, neither the Denver Post nor the broadcast media (Including  nor as far as I can tell, local talk radio), has published any information on the Denver School Board election.  The ratings for schools came out last week.  Typically, no one asked the current Board Members to comment.  No one asked the current candidates to comment.  The only incumbent is running unopposed.

    You tell me what this means.

    1. I really do.

      Second, a couple of questions–for those that did respond to your email–did they know what Colorado Pols was? Had they heard of the blog? Would it have been easier to send each of them your question or questions, as newspapers often do, let them know the date due and then post their replies in a diary here?

      I’m not terribly surprised that the school board race isn’t being covered. Sorry to hear it, that’s for sure but I’m not surprised. Our school board races here only receive coverage when there is scandal involved. Otherwise, voter turnout is pathetic and the response from the community is apathetic, at best.  

      1. Back to your original assertion that elite parents are scamming their kids into Brommwell and other “good” schools, then lying about their real address?

        “The vast majority of public schools are far worse than most people know. But Denver’s public schools are not quite bad enough, as savvy middle-class parents can still game the system to get their kids a decent education. This paradox perpetuates a failing system and inhibits meaningful reform.”

            1. Some of us are just not bothering to respond to Libertad anymore and when we do, we are choosing to respond with the same level of inane thinking as he engages in.  

              1. this still doesn’t address the Glenn Beck’s criminal history. Did he or did he not rape and murder that girl?

                I think the next time Governor Palin or Senator Grassley or anyone else brings up death panels, the WHite House should put out an announcement that names them as Co-Chairs and Panel members.

            2. but I’ve eaten blueberries, yogurt, and Fiber One cereal for breakfast four or five times per week for the past six or seven years.

              I can’t remember the last time I was sick.

              I’ll admit that some mornings I’m not as enthusiastic about the combination as I used to be, but now I’m afraid to change the routine.

              (Good gawd! I hope I didn’t jinx my good fortune by boasting about this.)

              1. and added oatmeal and berries to my diet daily this summer and it has literally changed my life. The results in how much better I feel are nothing short of stunning.  

                1. …Are delicious.

                  I’m particularly fond of the apple streusel flavor.  They can be expensive so make sure to look for sales.

                  More importantly, why won’t Glenn Beck stop hiding behind his lawyers?

                  1. my favorite Fiber One Bars are the Dark Almond Chocolate. Yummy. Every once in awhile there’s a coupon on a box which is worth it’s weight in gold. 🙂

            2. I hydrate it with soy milk and water, add dried coconut flakes and some cinnamon. After it’s heated, I stir in ground flax seeds, and pour some Colorado clover honey on top. Maybe add some peaches or banana. Yum.

              Or I may have a greasy egg sandwich, instead, some mornings.

              The crock pot method sounds interesting, though, I must say.

          1. and Libertad knew that.  But clarifying it and quoting in context would have made his spin less effective.  More work for him too, but that’s not why he avoided it.

            See, the best of us believe in the best of others.  But the rest of us believe in …well, festivus I guess.  It’s not that I’m saying he’s evil- I’m saying we just don’t know.

      2. I like your suggestion. However, I did not want to run the risk of anyone saying I was editing responses, etc.  I can’t hand hold candidates.

        ColoradoPols.com is both a reputable blog and one of the most read in Colorado.  If any of the candidates felt that this was too political, etc., the option existed to post that comment.  

        1. I sincerely wonder if any of these folks had heard of it. I often wonder if blogs are read as much as we think they are. I wasn’t assuming this blog was too political; I was actually wondering if the candidates even knew what this forum was or had heard of it.

          But again, I think you deserve big kudos for making the effort and for being interested. I do pay attention to our school board races where I live but am appalled at how few people are.  

          2. They may not know that much about it, but they are very aware of it’s influence. When I interviewed Senator Salazar the first 10 minutes was him quizzing me on blogs and he said they were now driving the political news. And he’s old school.

            So, they may not know of ColoradoPols, but they will be very interested in what is being said & done on the blogs about the election.

    2. Keep trying. I was told no by Ed Perlmutter (his staff actually) I think 6 times before I got an interview. It sounds like a couple you could get. And once you do, it forces the others to also participate.

      It is interesting how it affects how you react to them and write about them. And thanks for the kind words.

  4.    

    Frack Fluid Spill in Dimock Contaminates Stream, Killing Fish

    by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica – September 21, 2009 4:09 pm EDT

    Pennsylvania environment officials are racing to clean up as much as 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids after a series of spills at a natural gas production site near the town of Dimock last week.

    The spills, which occurred at a well site run by Cabot Oil and Gas, involve a compound manufactured by Halliburton that is described as a “potential carcinogen” and is used in the drilling process of hydraulic fracturing, according to state officials. The contaminants have seeped into a nearby creek, where a fish kill was reported by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The DEP also reported fish “swimming erratically.”

      1. that if you left a tooth in Coca Cola over night it would disintegrate. Maybe we should just start using Coke for fracking and everybody’s happy? She held an equally alarmist view of packaged white bread, by the way.

          1. The open fracing crowd probably hired actors to dramatize the whole thing.

            Flaming water? Shoot- you should pay extra for allt hat free gas your gittin’.  You don’t like the taste of the chemicals- well, it’s afree cuntry, dont’ drink downstream of my well.

  5. http://denver.bizjournals.com/…

    Median household income in Colorado fell 0.7 percent in 2008 from the previous year, but the decline was less than the nation as a whole, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday.

    The state’s median household income was $56,993 last year, down $400 from the 2007 income of $57,393, adjusted for inflation, the agency said in its “American Community Survey” reports.

    Nationwide, median income in 2008 fell 1.2 percent, to $52,029.

    Colorado ranks 14th among the states and the District of Columbia in 2008 median household income.

  8. from Tampa Bay Online

    With guns drawn and flashlights cutting through darkened rooms, Polk County undercover drug investigators stormed the home of convicted drug dealer Michael Difalco near Lakeland in March.

    As investigators searched the home for drugs, some drug task force members found other ways to occupy their time. Within 20 minutes of entering Difalco’s house, some of the investigators found a Wii video bowling game and began bowling frame after frame.

  9. .

    I thought the central theme of “Aryan Nations” was keeping the Black Man down.  I thought “White Power” was about Black powerlessness.  

    But I never really asked.  The Gazette ran an article on Aryan Nations yesterday, and I finally sought out their website.  It was a revelation.

    First, the blog owner says that the worst enemy of the White Race is feebleminded Whites who don’t get with the program.  

    He wants them to be executed.  

    But then he (I presume its a man) launches into how the “other” is disempowering the White Race and foreclosing the future of White children.  And it turns out that the “other” is no other than the Jew.

    In my short time viewing the site, I didn’t see any space devoted to explaining why the Black Race was evil and despised, everything was directed at the Jew.  

    This may not be news to youse, but it was news to me.  

    .

      1. I’m here at 0-Dark-thirty Colorado time because I’m surfing on the web at 6pm Manila time. Re-post it on the new thread for Thursday and I bet it gets some response.

        BTW, are you intentionally withholding the URL of this “Seek Help” group?

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