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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
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(R) Donald Trump
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(D) Diana DeGette*
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(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
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(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
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(R) Jeff Crank
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(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
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Really well done. Fascinating.
Watched them both, will watch them all this week with some remote-clicking allowances for Rockies games.
Too bad about the sad ending last night.
I only got to see about half of it but it was fantastic. I’ll probably rent it on Netflix as soon as it becomes available since it’s kind of hard to watch it here at work.
It drags a bit but Ken Burns has done it again
so that I can take my time and soak it all in. What I saw last night was just brilliant and some of those photos were awesome. I heard Burns on NPR on Sunday and he said this project was in the making for ten years. When he takes on a subject, he does such a thoroughly brilliant job.
The research is outstanding. As is the presentation which America has come to appreciate from Ken Burns and Co.
It is humanity’s ageless struggle between a quick coin and preservation of the world’s treasures from that greed. And it took the American form of democracy to begin to put a stop to that myopic shame. Yet, the struggle endures. From ignorant people sucking on fracing chemicals to the destruction of habitat and mysteriously disappearing life, it is an imperative struggle which each of us must join in our own way.
Anyone know when the completion of his series on the Dust Bowl will be?
“I think open space is a waste of money more than anything else.” –Janet Rowland
I absolutely agree w/ your sentiments.
is that it emphasizes how establishing national parks was far from a no-brainer — there was lots of opposition, each time the issue was addressed by Congress, park by park, decade by decade. The “tree huggers” had to fight over and over to protect extremely valuable places. The battles today for wilderness protection, for example, are very similar.
Denver Post reports on the Denver School Board Election: Here is the link.
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_1…
Evidently, there has been a full blown campaign going on. I have never heard of Stand for the Children. Looks like a major player.
Also, there evidently is a president of the BOE, who is commenting on the election; but NOT answering any questions on the state of the schools.
Stand is pretty new to CO — they are a portland based org
Pete Coors for Senate featuring Cinammon Watson has become Norton for US Senate.
Bentley Rayburn for Congress which couldn’t muster 20% of the vote featuring Mike Hesse and George Culpepper has become McInnis for Governor.
Ramona Martinez for Congress that could not even manage to carry North or West Denver and featured Sue Casey and Joelle Martinez has now become Romanoff for US Senate.
Don’t forget Cinammon Watson was also Finance Director on Beauprez’s campaign
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_1…
An Arapahoe County jury found Aaron Thompson guilty today of child abuse resulting in death, and conspiracy to commit child abuse resulting in death yesterday, along with 29 other counts.
This story always fascinated and disturbed me, and I was very glad to see justice has been served against this evil, despicable man. I hope he spends the rest of his life in prison, but it’s still better than he deserves for what he did to his daughter.
RIP Aarone. I only wish you could have had a better family, and that you’d never been subjected to the brutal tortures that your father concocted.
of the Governor’s Child Welfare Action Committee (to be released this week?) – the committee he appointed more than one year ago to examine why child fatalities are increasing significantly. Aarone’s family was not unknown to the child protection system, and the older children went to school with substantial injuries, apparently not seen by school staff. Child maltreatment and child fatalities continue to increase in Colorado, and the existing child protection system at times does not meet minimal standards of investigating reports of abuse and neglect. We heard just this week that a child fatality in an El Paso County foster home earlier this year will now be investigated more closely, as evidence comes to light – months late – about the alleged lack of supervision and other problems in the home.
The child protection system needs major change. An old saying comes to mind: You can’t expect different results if you keep doing things the same way.
Being out of town I obviously missed something. Did they find her body?
I think they just had overwhelming evidence from the other children in the home, and other people, particularly some who had had conversations with Shely Lowe, Thompson’s girlfriend (and co-conspirator).
I was talking to the CEO of one of our larger companies here in Colorado – he was asking me about blogging. I told him that he needed to be on top of social media because you never know when something out there will trash your business.
A YouTube video put this guy out of business.
See Robert X. Cringely’s column in Infoworld–“Do we need a computer driving test?”
http://ifwnewsletters.newslett…
Friday October 2, 2009 5-7 pm
Mayan Landmark Theatre
110 Broadway, Between First and Second Avenues
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 352-1992
Free parking is available in lot at 120 Lincoln Street. Parking is also available immediately behind theatre after 5 PM daily and all day Saturday and Sunday.
SHOWTIME’S
(1:20 4:20) 7:15 10:00 Downstairs Auditorium Wheelchair Accessible
(2:30 5:30) 8:15 Upstairs
5415 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village
Starting Friday, showtimes (1:00 2:00 4:00 5:00) 7:05 8:30 10:10
From the Colorado Springs Gazette
A Bennet fundraiser in the Springs
September 28th, 2009, 1:51 pm
http://atthecapitol.freedomblo…
Senate Votes NO on Mainstreet Bailout
H.R. 1106 is the chapter 13th bankruptcy bill that has the teeth to save citizens from home foreclosure.
This bill permits non-partial bankruptcy judges to modify loans by reducing interest rates, extending the loan repayment term and reducing home prices to market value. Therefore, it will make homes affordable again, thus stopping the growing homeless population. The banks hate the idea… they want all the control over Mainstreet. This law levels the playing field.
H.R. 1106 “Saving Families from Home Foreclosures” with the Durbin Amendment to “prevent mortgage foreclosures and preserve home values” was voted down in the Senate on April 30, 2009.
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress -1st Session
Question: On the Amendment (Durbin Amdt. No. 1014; To prevent mortgage foreclosures and preserve home=2 0values.)
AMENDMENT REJECTED
Listed below are the Senators who voted down or did not vote on the bill. H.R. 1106 was our “Mainstreet Bailout.” They allowed the bank lobbyist to win out. So much for measuring the success of our country by how we treat the least amongst us.
See the text of the legislation for Bill H.R. 1106 – GovTrack: H.R. 200 as Reported in House.
The Democrats who voted down the bill or did not vote are:
Baucus (D-MT), Nay
Bennet (D-CO), Nay
Byrd (D-WV), Nay
Carper (D-DE), Nay
Dorgan (D-ND), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Nay
Kennedy (D-M A), Not Voting
Landrieu (D-LA), Nay
Lincoln (D-AR), Nay
Nelson (D-NE), Nay
Pryor (D-AR), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Not Voting
Specter (D-PA), Nay
Tester (D-MT), Nay
Republicans all voted NO except Sessions (R-AL), who did not vote.
I agree it was a bad vote, but there’s no guarantee cramdown would have done what it’s supporters (including myself) say it would.
In any case, I doubt Bennet would have voted this way on this amendment now.
But if this is the biggest gripe you’ve got with Bennet, you should probably ask if Andrew Romanoff would have voted yes.
We’re not playing ping pong, just stating facts not hypotheticals. Although, Romanoff has a pretty good track record, IMHO. If I could ask him a question, it might be his feelings regarding US antitrust law and how it affects the interests of consumers and entrepreneurs. If I’ve heard Republicans say “entrepreneur” one time, I’ve heard them say it a million times. In actuality, I think financial services companies are sharks and small businesses are chumps.
http://bennet.senate.gov/about/
Cramdown is likely to be brought forward for a vote again. My guess is with Romanoff in the race Bennet will find the new bill “much improved” over the old one.
There’s definitely some low hanging fruit to pick.
Colorado Total State GDP, 2007 Billions of Dollars
Agriculture/Forestry/Fisheries $2.0
Mining $10.9
Construction $12.4
Manufacturing $15.2
Transportation & Utilities $9.0
Wholesale Trade $13.2
Retail Trade $14.3
Information $21.4
Finance, Insurance, & Real-Estate $44.1
Services $65.7
Government $28.0
Andrew Romanoff’s money will all come from single mothers and working families? You’ve got to be delusional if you don’t think Andrew Romanoff will take corporate campaign donations if he beats Bennet.
…..more hypotheticals. In Bennet’s short time in office we KNOW where his money is coming from. I hate to do it rsb, but you have forced me to admit that I am feeling some “condescension.”
conВ·deВ·scenВ·sion
adjective
Definition:
Behaving toward other people in a way that shows you consider yourself intellectually superior to them.
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1. A smoked herring having a reddish color.
2. Something that draws attention away from the central issue.
Is Joan Fitz-Gerald backing anyone for the US Senate?
Is Andrew Romanoff taking PAC and lobbyist donations?
Romanoff data after September 30th? Not sure. Here’s a portal to data to date FEC Campaign Finance information for Colorado House and Senate candidates:
http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureS…
just call up his campaign and ask? There’s no reason that would be a secret.
The four ranking Senators of the committee, Jay Rockefeller, Max Baucus, Charles Grassley and Orrin Hatch represent 8.52 million people. That is 2.7 percent of the 305 million people in America. Just sayin’ MC
Jokes aside, this sucks. I hope Bennet and Udall continue to push for a public option among their colleagues, as Sen. Schumer said so well.
Baucus really sold out this time.
Healthcare not a terribly fertile group of donors
Health Services/HMOs: Money to Congress
Top 20 All Time
Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) $856,741
Johnson, Nancy L (R-CT) $629,282
Kerry, John (D-MA) $543,590
McCain, John (R-AZ) $499,403
Baucus, Max (D-MT) $466,350
Specter, Arlen (D-PA) $325,909
Northup, Anne M (R-KY) $316,431
Rangel, Charles B (D-NY) $290,050
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) $283,952
Thomas, Bill (R-CA) $277,954
Gephardt, Richard A (D) $275,179
Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) $267,715
Santorum, Rick (R-PA) $259,158
Lieberman, Joe (I-CT) $255,417
Ensign, John (R-NV) $244,804
Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) $241,057
Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) $221,650
Lincoln, Blanche (D-AR) $213,499
Dodd, Chris (D-CT) $205,855
Here’s where the real money is:
Finance/Insurance/Real Estate: Money to Congress
Top 20 All Time
Obama, Barack (D) $42,268,166
McCain, John (R-AZ) $33,339,458
Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) $29,800,366
Kerry, John (D-MA) $19,245,706
Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) $14,508,096
Dodd, Chris (D-CT) $13,779,522
Lieberman, Joe (I-CT) $10,036,074
Bradley, Bill (D) $7,603,860
D’Amato, Alfonse M (R-NY) $7,164,743
Lazio, Rick A (R-NY) $6,408,623
Specter, Arlen (D-PA) $6,089,035
Santorum, Rick (R-PA) $5,773,064
Gramm, Phil (R-TX) $5,513,818
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) $5,154,103
Gephardt, Richard A (D) $5,083,232
Gore, Al (D) $4,986,053
Alexander, Lamar (R-TN) $4,888,825
Coleman, Norm (R-MN) $4,729,468
Shelby, Richard C (R-AL) $4,720,242
Baucus, Max (D-MT) $4,714,318
http://www.opensecrets.org/ind…
we have the best Congress the finance, insurance and real estate industries can buy! Works for some . . .
And what does it have to do with a public health insurance option being included in health care legislation? I agree that there’s too much corporate influence in Washington, but a lot of the people you listed in your “real money” list are people who many including myself happen to believe are on our side. There are also a lot of people who I don’t think have the best interest of the American people in mind.
Until the Supreme Court changes the law of the land, then they have the right to take the money and we have a right to call them out on it.
I would also like to see how much of the insurance portion of “finance/insurance/real estate” is actually from health insurance companies. I seem to remember seeing Max Baucus’s total amount of health care industry money being a lot higher than that.
It’s in every other bill and failed this committee by 2 votes. I think we’ll see it pass the full Senate. And if it does not, we’ll be close enough that it can be kept in in conference committee.
I agree. The people who voted against the public option plan in this committee comprise most of the Democrats who might be against the plan overall. Blanche Lincoln, Max Baucus, and Kent Conrad won’t be voting for a public option; one can only hope that Harry Reid backs up his recent talk with action to get them to vote “yes” on cloture, or to stay out of any reconciliation fight.