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Mayor Coombs: strength, courage and compassion

February 4, 2012
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Mayor Coombs: strength, courage and compassion

As we continue to work for the advancement of social justice and basic human rights, it is crucial that we have strong leaders such as Mayor Coombs who are willing to take risks and publicly voice their personal opinions in defense of those who seek equal treatment under the law.

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A brief review of history

February 4, 2012
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A brief review of history

We are American citizens defending our own territory.

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We occupy. We hope you will, too.

January 31, 2012
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We occupy. We hope you will, too.

We occupy Wall Street and elsewhere to illuminate a diseased condition.

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Little Thompson Observatory welcomes 50,000th visitor

January 29, 2012
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Little Thompson Observatory welcomes 50,000th visitor

On Wednesday 25 January 2012 at 7:00pm the Little Thompson Observatory (LTO) in Berthoud welcomed its 50,000th visitor since opening its doors in June 1999.

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Which Party is This?

January 25, 2012
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Which Party is This?

The proof of a Sinclair Lewis quote.

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And you wonder why…

January 23, 2012
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There is a poison, a cancer, an evil in our land. And I don’t know how it’s excised.

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State Senator Neville (R-Littleton) revives ‘Constitutional Carry’ bill

January 17, 2012
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State Senator Neville (R-Littleton) revives ‘Constitutional Carry’ bill

The last time the NRA and pals tried to sneak this through it got soundly defeated. But Colorado's gun enthusiasts won't give up.

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Deja vu all over again

January 6, 2012
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"To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole."

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Connections – January 3, 2012

January 5, 2012
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The Nation's economy is not akin to your household's economics.

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Erie Rising

January 2, 2012
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There's a new website dedicated to Erie, Colorado families and their concerns regarding the natural gas drilling and fracking in the community.

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Presentation: Neo-Liberal Economics

January 2, 2012
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Presentation: Neo-Liberal Economics

Please join the Longmont Area Democrats for a presentation by civil rights activist Strider Benston on economics. Learn how deregulation, privatization and the so-called “rule of the market” has destroyed what was once great about America’s economy

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Small-town politics

December 30, 2011
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Small-town politics still exists. Money still talks in elections at all levels.

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Rely on facts, not feelings

December 24, 2011
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Rely on facts, not feelings

Could we please rely on facts, not uninformed feelings, when we talk about Israel?

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Emergency landing on Hover

December 23, 2011
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Longmont's been lucky more than once - what happens when the luck runs out?

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“Has-Been Mayor” proves that talk is cheap

December 20, 2011
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“Has-Been Mayor” proves that talk is cheap

GOP revisionism takes to the airwaves in Longmont.

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"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."
— Mitch McConnell, Republican Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate - interview in the National Journal, October 25, 2010

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Definition: Fascism

Fascism, a philosophy or system of government that advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with an ideology of belligerent nationalism.
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

Quote of the moment

If you marry for money, you will earn it. — Ezra Bowen

They Said What?

"We must close union offices, confiscate their money and put their leaders in prison. We must reduce workers salaries and take away their right to strike." - Adolf Hitler, May 2, 1933
"We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise, they will turn out to be outright traitors." - Ann Coulter