Here we are in another presidential election year. Billions of dollars will be spent on advertising to get people to vote for one candidate or another. However, outcomes can be affected before the election by state laws disenfranchising certain groups.
For all those climate change deniers who have convinced themselves that greenhouse gases are not man-made, here’s a great big wake-up call.
With the help of wordsmiths like Frank Luntz and a year of practice, one of the 1%’s water carriers has got that political “pivoting” maneuver down pretty well. But someone’s always going to show up with that question, the one not expected, the one that wasn’t included in the script.
Last autumn, likely due to the Occupy movement, there was a shift of media attention from debt reduction and the cutting of vital public programs to the issue of extreme wealth and income inequality in America.
Racism was celebrated by Newt Gingrich and the South Carolina Republican Debate audience last weekend. Could there have been a greater slap in the face to the heritage of King's accomplishments with his commemorative birthday just hours away.
The Occupy movement is attempting to bring fairness and justice to a system that is corrupt and economically rigged to benefit the few.
U.S. Representative Cory Gardner (R) will be holding a town hall meeting in Longmont on January 16th from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 315 S. Bowen Street.
"... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of this country will endeavor to prolong its reign..." Abraham Lincoln, 1864
“In the real world of politics, the 'quid pro quo' of both direct contributions to candidates and independent expenditures on their behalf is loyalty. And, in practical effect, experience teaches us that money corrupts, and enough of it corrupts absolutely.”
The most draconian provision in U.S. legislative history included in the National Defense Authorization Act.
We need supporters if we are to have any chance of influencing the Longmont City Council to protect our city from oil and gas wells.
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