Archive for September, 2012
Voter Registration-Loveland/Berthoud
The Berthoud/Loveland Latinos for Obama is holding a Voter Registration on the next two Saturdays, but voter registration is open for everyone. You need to complete a VOTER REGISTRATION FORM if you just turned 18, if you did not vote in the 2010 ELECTION or if you have changed your place of residence since you last voted! If you did not vote in the 2010 election, your name will be on a INACTIVE VOTER LIST which means you will not receive a ballot in the mail for the NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ... Full Story
Local Events
Saturday, October 20 Haunted House and Fall Festival On Saturday, October 20, Imagine Charter School (5753 Twilight Avenue, Firestone, CO) is hosting a Haunted House and Fall Festival. This year the entire gym has been converted into a frightening haunted house experience! The Fall Festival will have games and candy, with a costume parade and contest. We have professional food vendors for dinner, and a Halloween bake sale for sweet treats. The Haunted House and ... Full Story
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, I'm writing to support Larimer County Commissioner Tom Donnelly in his campaign for re-election. Donnelly has done a great job, providing great constituent services for the citizens. He goes out of his way to listen to the needs of the people. He holds monthly citizens meetings in multiple locations in his district, plus he goes to lots of public meetings. He's also provided great leadership with balancing the county budget. I would definitely recommend Tom Donnelly for ... Full Story
Romney: another big lie
4 Pinocchios for a truncated, 14-year-old Obama clip Just as we have not been very impressed about many of the Obama campaign’s claims about Mitt Romney’s business career many years ago, we were not initially that impressed with the Romney campaign’s effort to dredge up a 14-year-old quote to demonstrate that President Obama wants to “redistribute wealth.” The clip was so old — he was just a state senator — and the context was rather ... Full Story
Right Wing trolls bash pizza parlor
Right Wing Trolls Trash A Small Business — For Welcoming Obama September 11th, 2012 10:40 pm Henry Decker Scott Van Duzer, the Florida restauranteur who lifted President Obama off the ground in a bear hug when Obama visited his pizzeria on Sunday, thought that he was just creating a lighthearted photo-op. Unfortunately, Van Duzer underestimated how rabidly the right-wing fringe hates the president. Republicans have organized a boycott of Big Apple Pizza because Van Duzer had ... Full Story
Growing into liberalism
By Stephanie Rayburn Growing into political maturity I grew up Republican. My whole family is Republican. I grew up around my grandparents hearing slurs like "liberal idiots" and "lazy welfare recipients" even at the same time that they demonstrated how to give generously to those who need it. I listened to Rush Limbaugh -- admired him even because I was young and impressionable and I didn't yet know about how adults twist the truth for their personal benefit (especially when it ... Full Story
Cree Indian Prophecy
Warriors of the Rainbow Last century an old wise woman of the Cree Indian nation, named "Eyes of Fire", had a vision of the future. She prophesied that one day, because of the white mans' or Yo-ne-gis' greed, there would come a time, when the earth being ravaged and polluted, the forests being destroyed, the birds would fall from the air, the waters would be blackened, the fish being poisoned in the streams, and the trees would no longer be, mankind as we would know it would all but cease to ... Full Story
The 47% responds with a poem
Oh, my god, Mitt I'm apparently unfit To deserve your concern I 'm on medicare, you see, And social security And you may as well learn I believe the fed Should help 'til I'm dead If I can't do it on my own Government should protect me Certainly not neglect me None can make it alone Not even you, for one A wealthy man's son Whose path was paved with green Don't tell me that you Had no helping hand or two -- Have the guts to come clean Yes,I belong ... Full Story
Romney’s theory of the “taker class”
Romney’s theory of the “taker class,” and why it matters Posted by Ezra Kline There will be plenty said about the politics of Romney’s remarks. But I want to take a moment and talk about the larger argument behind them, because this vision of a society divided between “makers” and “takers” is core to the Republican nominee’s policy agenda. In his comments, Romney says that “these are people who pay no income tax,” but they are people “who are dependent upon government, ... Full Story
The KKK and the Tea Party
The following article appeared in the September 17 edition of the Fort Collins Coloradoen. It is a short history of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado and I was struck by the similarities with the present day Tea Party. You could easily substitute "Tea Party" for "KKK" through out the article and not be far off including the jingoistic patriotism and the anti-minority or anti-other religion stance. KKK had strong presence in Colorado By Barbara Fleming The Ku Klux Klan in Colorado? Hard to ... Full Story
