Three cheers for Kathy Hochul!

May 26, 2011
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Three cheers for Kathy Hochul!

Think again, Tea Party Republicans. Keep your greedy paws off Medicare. And while you’re at it, take that same lesson home on Social Security.

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Gardner Demonstration Success

May 25, 2011
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Gardner Demonstration Success

Cory Gardner chooses to go to a GOP fundraiser rather than have town halls for his constituents.

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Longmont’s Misery Index

May 25, 2011
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Longmont’s Misery Index

It's up against the 'wall of sound' again for Longmont and Boulder County residents near Vance Brand airport.

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“Privatization” is wrecking the US budget

May 22, 2011
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“Privatization” is wrecking the US budget

Check out how defense spending has skyrocketed since 2001 when Donald Rumsfeld began moving defense contracts to the “more efficient” private sector.

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Shed no tears for Big Oil

May 22, 2011
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Shed no tears for Big Oil

No breaks, no sympathies for big oil and big oil speculators when strategies include overworking reduced staffs, avoiding taxes with zeal, lobbying for still another tax break, off-shoring jobs, hiding money in overseas accounts, and sometimes just plain fraud.

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Ann Myers wins debate with Michele Bachmann

May 22, 2011
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Ann Myers wins debate with Michele Bachmann

Bachmann, Palin and the entire Tea Party are pathetic jokes. They can't stand up to a real public debate because they have no class, no wits and no facts, just loud angry bluster.

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Sarah Palin: “Profoundly stupid”

May 19, 2011
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Sarah Palin:  “Profoundly stupid”

Alan Grayson nails it!

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Let’s be clear.

May 16, 2011
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Let’s be clear.

Let's be clear on some of the terms being tossed around these days. They don't always mean what they seem to.

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Thank our troops

May 14, 2011
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Thank the men and women who’ve known the costs of the War on Terror better and more personally than almost anyone.

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Once-senator Ensign’s ethics complaint

May 14, 2011
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"Put your pants on and go home" - the GOP showing their 'family values.'

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Bachmann challenged to Constitutional debate

May 14, 2011
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This is wonderful to see, even the children can see through the teabaggers.

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Malthus Unleashed

May 12, 2011
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One in seven people around the world do not have enough food to eat. Yet world population could reach 10.1 billion people by the end of this century.

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Facts: Oil companies

May 11, 2011
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Facts:  Oil companies

Oil companies are laughing all the way to the bank.

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Some Inconvenient Truths

May 11, 2011
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Some Inconvenient Truths

Seven facts that the far right staunchly refuse to see... but inconveniently they just won't go away.

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Disclosures: More not Less

May 7, 2011
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President Barack Obama has drafted an executive order that seeks campaign contribution disclosure by those who seek contracts with the United States Government.

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Wisconsin referendums oppose corporate personhood

May 7, 2011
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Voters in Madison, Wisconsin, and Dane County, Wisconsin, overwhelmingly oppose personhood status granted to corporations n Supreme Courts Citizen United decision.

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Longmont’s current council majority are radicals

May 7, 2011
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Our current majority is radical, not conservative. It is truly radical to scrap one part of a housing program that has contributed so much to the quality of life in our city. Conservatives reform. Radicals tear things up by the roots.

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Rep. Cory Gardner’s anti-environment record

May 6, 2011
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In three months in office, U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner has quickly positioned himself as one of the most anti-environmental members of U.S. Congress.

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Borowitz: 2012 Election Cancelled

May 5, 2011
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The new bipartisan spirit sweeping the nation was captured well by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who tearfully told reporters, “This is a great day for America… oh, leave me alone, goddamn it.”

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Republicans seek to conceal campaign donors

May 5, 2011
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Republicans seek to conceal campaign donors

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler looks to help aligned Republicans conceal donations. Local lackeys on board.

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How Karl Rove Killed Osama bin Laden

May 5, 2011
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How Karl Rove Killed Osama bin Laden

"Always attack their strengths, not their weaknesses" - Karl Rove

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Crediting the Proper President

May 3, 2011
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Crediting the Proper President

By now, we've all heard the new whisper campaign - and the fact is, Bush deserves NO CREDIT. NONE.

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Baum annouces. Is Santos next for mayor?

May 3, 2011
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Baum annouces.  Is Santos next for mayor?

If the city council retains an extremist majority, Longmont will be a place that causes much shame and even more distress to our residents’ future in Longmont.

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JFK: You know the story. Or do you?

May 2, 2011
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Almost 50 years ago. Old news, right? You’ve heard it all. Or have you?

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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
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