tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186302592011-12-14T19:58:14.788-07:00Commentary from a liberal Christian in Highlands Ranch, Coloradoradiofreedenverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714608160191899051noreply@blogger.comBlogger971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18630259.post-33507656332777136282010-11-07T17:46:00.002-07:002010-11-07T17:50:26.039-07:00

Our GOP controlled school board in Douglas County just disclosed that they are working on a voucher program to provide "choice" for parents, even though the public schools in our district are among the highest performers in Colorado. The only private schools in Douglas County are religious, so guess who would benefit.Unfortunately for the school board, Article IX, section 7 of the Colorado

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Taxation is not slavery. To equate the two is an insult to every unfortunate soul who has ever suffered under that despicable institution. And yet, people who know better continue to spout such nonsense.Taxation is legal, constitutional, and necessary.From the Declaration of Independence:"...[G]overnments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."From

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A Facebook friend of mine recently repeated the meme that the Obama administration had spent $19 million on the recovery.gov website, and that the erroneous information that has shown up there is all Obama's fault. He also cited examples from Oklahoma and Arizona of spending attributed to nonexistent congressional districts.In fact, the data is provided by the states, who actually spend the money

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During his tenure in the White House, Theodore Roosevelt had shown how powerful that office could be in marshalling reform sentiment. He believed that the president had to be responsive to the will of the people, but that he also had an obligation to lead and not merely follow the mob.Source: usinfo.org

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Wealthy people who actually give a damn about their fellow citizens? Unthinkable!From the BBC

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I've tandem-jumped twice, in 2003 and 2007. Both jumps were part of 21st birthday celebration weekends for our daughters Emilie and Katie, and both jumps were in Las Vegas.The first jump was exhilarating. We jumped from a converted cargo plane that held eight pairs of jumpers. I was the last to go, after my daughters Sara and Emilie and my nephew Chad. The view was fabulous -- we could see the

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A [Republican] deputy assistant attorney general who said he was on his lunch break when an officer found him with a stripper and sex toys in his sport utility vehicle has been fired, his boss said Wednesday.From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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What kind of person can equate an attempt to provide health coverage to all Americans with the systematic slaughter of 6 million Jews? I just don't understand...Matthew Yglesias » Scenes From a Tea Party

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A Republican chicken hawk blocking improved benefits for our deserving veterans. I wonder what Rush Limbaugh will have to say about this?Take Action: Senator Coburn Blocking Vets' Aid - Will You Stand Up To Him?

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Federal judge nixes SC license tag with crossI'm a Christian, and I don't understand why these so-called Christians don't follow Jesus on this one:“Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.” (Matthew 6:5)

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A Libertarian acquaintance insisted that I read The Tragedy of the Commons by Garrett Hardin. I also read Hardin's later comments about his 1974 essay, in which he said:"Individualism is cherished because it produces freedom, but the gift is conditional: The more the population exceeds the carrying capacity of the environment, the more freedoms must be given up...Yet the slightest attempt to

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Apparently it's now illegal for any Republican to work with Democrats to make the world a better place.The Associated Press: US Sen. Lindsey Graham censured by SC county GOP

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Anybody else who wants to personally oversee the greedy SOBs on Wall Street being drawn and quartered? I happily contributed money to and voted for Obama, but I cannot believe what is going on in his Treasury Department or in our gutless Congress. This interview by Bill Moyers is simply terrifying.Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. -- Pete Townshend

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I finally had some free time today, so I spent two hours waving Obama signs on Broadway just south of C-470. My (admittedly) unscientific observations about the folks who responded:Among the folks who expressed an opinion, Obama supporters outnumbered McCain supporters by about a 2-1 margin.I got three obscene gestures, two from Joe

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Submitted to the Highlands Ranch Herald on October 20.Some of your readers have been pretty vocal recently about how upset they are with columnist Curt Dale. I used to feel that way, too, but now I just feel sorry for him. It must be very scary for folks like Curt nowadays. They have been living inside the house of cards that the GOP leadership, the corporate media, and the right wing noise

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The latest nonsense coming from the GOP is a lame attempt to blame Democrats for high gasoline prices. The GOP controlled the presidency and the congress from 2001 to 2007. What did they do about energy supplies besides give the oil companies more and more tax breaks? And what was the result? Retail gasoline prices tripled. How exactly is that the Democrat's fault? I challenge anyone to name one

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From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: On his campaign bus recently, Sen. John McCain told reporters, "I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live." Although McCain said he was referring only to his prison guards, there are many reasons why his use of the word "gook" is offensive and alarming. It is offensive because by using a racial epithet that has historically been used to demean all

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Happy new year! I am spending a few days in frigid Iowa to celebrate Christmas with the relatives. John Edwards came through my hometown today for an appearance at the local VFW post, so I took my mom to see him. I have to say that I did not see the "angry" man that the corporate media keeps harping on. Edwards was very personable, and he spoke mostly about the need to rein in corporations,

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We are lawyers in the United States of America. As such, we have all taken an oath obligating us to defend the Constitution and the rule of law….We believe the Bush administration has committed numerous offenses against the Constitution and may have violated federal laws….Moreover, the administration has blatantly defied congressional subpoenas, obstructing constitutional oversight ….Thus, we

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In an October 25th column in the Highlands Ranch Herald, Curt Dale rushed to defend comedian Rush Limbaugh, claiming that Senator Harry Reid had maligned poor Rush by quoting him out of context. Dale referred to Reid as "totally stupid." The broadcast transcript from the September 26, 2007 radio show tells a different tale, however. On that show, Limbaugh had a caller named Mike who said he was

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Recently I had an exchange with somebody on ColoradoPols.com who was attacking a friend of mine who is a Vietnam vet because my friend opposes the continuing U.S. occupation in Iraq. When I let this person know that I didn't appreciate his remarks, he immediately accused me of being some sort of bleeding heart liberal who didn't understand the nature of terrorism, and asked how liberals compute

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We have some new neighbors across our back yard. At least I think we have new neighbors -- I haven't actually seen them yet, but I am well acquainted with their two dogs.The dogs are large -- and loud -- and appear to be the results of an encounter between a Doberman and a St. Bernard. They spend all day, every day, alone in their back yard, and being dogs, they bark at anything, everything, and

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It's hard not to feel sorry for David Cook of Loveland, who lives in a very scary world where liberal bogeymen lurk behind every corner. I sure hope Dave doesn't get too lonesome, though, because the rest of us have to live in the real world.In Dave's world, liberals are disgusting the voters. In the real world, Republican corruption, immorality, malfeasance, and plain old stupidity over the

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I had to laugh this past week when I heard Bob Beauprez defending the illegal use of information from the NCIC crime database, claiming that the ICE agent who passed along the dirt was just a well-meaning whistle blower.Way back in June of this year, Bob voted in favor of a House resolution condemning whistle blowers who uncovered illegal acts committed by the Bush administration and then had the

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Newsday had this item about a terrorist attack in my home state of Iowa. It certainly got no coverage in the Denver Post (I can't say about the Rocky Mountain News, as I don't subscribe). According to Jennifer Pozner, the author:On Sept. 11, 2006, the fifth anniversary of the terror attacks that devastated our nation, a man crashed his car into a building in Davenport, Iowa, hoping to blow it up

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I ran across this item on Colorado Confidential. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one in Colorado who thinks that this method for funding election campaigns is a good idea.I also found an organization called Public Campaign, which is working on a national level for clean elections legislation. Check them out...

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I have been reading about the Arizona Clean Elections Act, and I am convinced that the time has come for Colorado to adopt similar legislation in time for the 2008 election cycle. Here are a few key points from the state of Arizona web site:Question: What is the Citizens Clean Elections Campaign Act? Answer: One of the country’s most comprehensive public financing systems, the Citizens Clean

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The October 02, 2006 edition of the Christian Science Monitor asked the question, "Are we rich if we don't feed the poor?" The story contained these sobering statistics: Last year, more than 1,200 New York soup kitchens and food pantries distributed about 67 million pounds of food to the city's poor and sometimes hungry. That's up 50 percent in five years.... Meanwhile, the average chief

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With yesterday's passage of legislation that apparently gives Bush dictatorial powers to ignore the U.S. Constitution and imprison without charge anyone he deems an "enemy combatant," we appear to have come full circle.Back in the 1790's, the Federalist party controlled Congress, the Presidency, and the federal judiciary. They used this power to enrich themselves, shut down the opposition press,

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Bob Schaffer is at it again. The September 28 issue of the Highlands Ranch Herald had this gem:Democrats on any given day are just weird.He criticized Democrats for bringing a bill to "make you and I criminals if we did not have suitable dog houses in our own back yards," yet according to Schaffer, "Democrats killed the bill." So, when did this happen Bob, and who sponsored the bill? Of course,

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When Wesley Clark visited Denver last year, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend and listen to our next president speak. The photo at right was taken at that event.I first got to know a little bit about Wes in early 2003 when I read his first book, Waging Modern War, which talked about his experiences in the Balkans in the 1990s. In September, 2003, I attended my first meetup

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The BBC had this to say about Ford's announcement that thousands of employees had to go and that several plants were closing:For years, managements at "The Big Three" have warned that the high costs of their healthcare, wage and pension packages have saddled their US operations with costs Asian and European carmakers didn't have to bear.These so-called "legacy costs" have recently added up to

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The Denver Post reported on Sunday that the city of Lone Tree plans to annex the Park Meadows shopping mall, effective January 1, 2007, and I have to say that I found this news to be rather interesting.Some years ago, while serving on the board of directors for the Highlands Ranch Community Association, I listened to Douglas County commissioner Jim Sullivan describe plans for the mall. At that

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The following letter was submitted to the Highlands Ranch Herald on August 13.It seems that yet another of your readers just cannot resist reaching for the L-word when they feel the impulse to attack someone. This time, Keith Wanklyn berated Debi Smith-Racanelli because he doesn't like her views about rodeos, claiming that "...her obvious liberal/foolish views are a problem we are all facing in

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At the direction of Rep. John Conyers, the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have produced a new report entitled, "Unlawful Domestic Surveillance and Related Civil Liberties Abuses under the Administration of George W. Bush." From the summary:In brief, we have found that there is substantial evidence the President, the Vice-President and other high ranking members of the Bush

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According the local Denver media, Democratic leaders have called for a special legislative session to consider their proposals for enforcement of anti-immigration laws and for dealing with employers who hire illegal immigrants.Mexico has two exports -- oil and cheap labor -- and the U.S. is addicted to both. Ask yourself, if Mexicans are such hard workers, why doesn't Wal-Mart buy stuff from

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It's been a while (four months), but I am ready to get back at it.Maybe it was the thuggish Ann Coulter. She can't call me godless and get away with it...Of course, it should be pretty obvious to everyone by now that the only god she worships is herself, or Mammon, probably in that order, too.

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Submitted to the Highlands Ranch Herald on 2/11/06:Cindy Arsenault provided a rather curious comparison between voter approval of Referendum C and the fable of the little red hen. However, her version is not the one that I remember reading to my daughters when they were little girls. The real moral of this story is that we are all better off when everybody works hard and pitches in, and that

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Submitted to the Highlands Ranch Herald on 1/29/06:Recent exchanges on these pages have just about convinced me that it is impossible to have a reasoned debate about the issues in America, or at least in our little corner of it. Once again, writers like John Ebel and Kevin Colas are unable to present their views without resorting to their label of choice, the dreaded "L-word."Regarding

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From Sojourners:Politics without principleWealth without workCommerce without moralityPleasure without conscienceEducation without characterScience without humanityWorship without sacrifice

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Submitted to the Highlands Ranch Herald on January 15:One of your letter writers attempted to educate us this week on the "liberal slant" of the Highlands Ranch Herald. Sadly, his list of charges is typical of those who see "liberal" bogeymen everywhere they look. In fact, if the Herald were guilty of even one of those charges, he should have been able to provide a specific example. I went back

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Daily Kos has an excellent write-up on our very own "Fighting Dem," Bill Winter.Bill was a live interview guest on The Majority Report on Air America Radio on Tuesday, January 10th. The interview was another installment in their series on "The Fighting Dems," covering the 31 (and counting) veterans who are running for Congress in 2006 as Democrats. The interview can be heard here.

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The Chicago Sun-Times reported a couple of days ago about how easy it is to obtain the phone call records for virtually any telephone number in the United States. If you want to see just how easy it is, check this out.Unfortunately, the FCC is more concerned with stamping out occasional images of the female breast on cable TV than with protecting the privacy of American citizens. Of course, as

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Thanks to the Economic Policy Institute for this report:Profits are up, but the wages and the incomes of average Americans are down.Inflation-adjusted hourly and weekly wages are still below where they were at the start of the recovery in November 2001. Yet, productivity—the growth of the economic pie—is up by 13.5%.Wage growth has been shortchanged because 35% of the growth of total income in

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My latest letter to the Highlands Ranch Herald about Bill Winter and Tom Tancredo was published today.I guess they are finally paying attention to residents who have complained about the lack of balance on their editorial page. I for one intend to keep the pressure on!

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Well, it didn't take long for ConocoPhillips' takeover of BP gas stations a couple of weeks ago to have a negative effect on the retail gasoline market in Denver. The latest report on denvergasprices.com shows that 12 of the 15 highest prices are at Conoco or Phillips stations. The Conoco and Phillips stations nearest me have raised their prices twice in the last 3-4 days, for a total increase of

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American Progress had this to say today about Bush's illegal spying on American citizens:...any evidence from Bush’s warrantless domestic spying program is probably not admissible in court and suspected terrorists are already pursuing appeals. Bush’s actions have made it tougher for us to capture or kill the terrorists. Americans would be safer if President Bush worked within the law to track

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Media Girl has a discussion on the "fighting Dems." She quotes Dadahead:Witness the fascination, especially among bloggers, with Democratic candidates who have military experience. Why anyone would think that being a veteran is an advantage for a Democrat, after the the flame-out of Wesley Clark and the swift-boating of John Kerry, is beyond me. But the delusion that Democrats can neutralize the

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John Dean, who had a bird's eye view of presidential misconduct during the Nixon administration, has this insightful analysis of Bush's illegal wiretapping at findlaw.com. Here are a couple of particularly interesting comments (emphasis added):There can be no serious question that warrantless wiretapping, in violation of the law, is impeachable. After all, Nixon was charged in Article II of his

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I ran across a group called Democrats for Life and their 95-10 initiative, which they believe would reduce the number of abortions in the United States by 95% over 10 years. I agree that this is a worthy goal, and that we have spent far too much time arguing about the morality of abortion and not enough time trying to deal with the reality of unwanted pregnancy.Although I don't agree with

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On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions

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I found last week's letters in the Highlands Ranch Herald about Bill Winter's challenge to Tom Tancredo to be quite interesting. One writer wasted no time in trotting out the L-word, accusing reporter Robyn Lydick of a "liberal slant," whatever that is. The writer didn't see fit to provide any examples of bias, though, but did manage to include several misrepresentations. The writer claimed, "She

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Ohio governor Bob Taft is poised to sign new legislation that would allow police to resurrect one of the Gestapo's favorite phrases -- Show us your papers!According to Channel 5 News in Cleveland:The lengthy piece of legislation would let police arrest people in public places who will not give their names, address and birth dates, even if they are not doing anything wrong.That's funny, I always

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Now it happened that at this time Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be made of the whole inhabited world. This census-the first-took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria, and everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. So Joseph set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee for Judaea, to David's town called Bethlehem, since he was of David's House and line, in

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After admitting on his Saturday radio address that he ordered the NSA to violate the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and spy illegally on Americans, Bush said that he would continue to do so.It seems that democracy and the rule of law are just fine for Iraq, but we can do without both here in the good ole US of A.If this is not the time for drawing up articles of impeachment, I don't

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Let's review the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution:The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be

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Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast; tell my people of their sins! Yet they act so pious! They come to the Temple every day and are so delighted to hear the reading of my laws -- just as though they would obey them -- just as though they don't despise the commandments of their God! How anxious they are to worship correctly; oh, how they love the Temple services! 'We have fasted before you,'

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I just finished an analysis of the precinct level vote counts for Referendum C in House District 43, which includes most of Highlands Ranch. HD43/Highlands Ranch voted for Ref C by a margin of 54% to 46%. So much for the Ranch's reputation as a conservative bastion. I have always known that Ranch residents were committed to good schools, quality healthcare, and a state infrastructure that

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A friend forwarded these to me over the weekend. I thought they were pretty amusing.WOMAN'S PERFECT BREAKFASTShe's sitting at the table with her gourmet coffee. Her son is on the cover of the Wheaties box. Her daughter is on the cover of Business Week. Her boyfriend is on the cover of Playgirl. And her husband is on the back of the milk carton.WOMEN'S REVENGE"Cash, check or charge?" I asked,

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Verizon announced recently that it was ending contributions to the pension plans of nearly 50,000 management employees, and reducing health care benefits for current and future retirees. Employees will be forced to depend on highly unreliable 401(k) plans to fund their retirements.Executive management was not affected by this announcement. Verizon's 2005 proxy statement shows that Verizon has set

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From Reuters:ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Republicans controlling the federal government practice Social Darwinism, a discredited philosophy that in economics and politics calls for survival of the fittest, according to a Democratic U.S. senator. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, a fast-rising Democratic star, told Florida party members that only a philosophy among Republicans of sink or swim

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It seems to me that there is a broad streak of anti-Semitism running through the efforts of Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh to promote their phony "war on Christmas." O'Reilly and Limbaugh are still preaching their made-up message that liberals have somehow managed to oppress the Christian majority in the United States. In fact, the quest for the almighty dollar is the real reason for the

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"Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day."                    -- President Theodore Roosevelt, April 19, 1906What do you think? How

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The Washington Post reported this on Friday:Greg Kelly of Fox News is pursuing a story no one else seems to want to touch. On Tuesday, he filed this report: "Twice last month in speeches to military audiences, the president attacked Democrats and fired back at their accusations that pre-war intelligence was manipulated by his administration. . . ."The attacks against critics at military settings

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Religious Tolerance.org has an interesting summary of the Gospel accounts of Jesus' birth here. I have excerpted parts of it below:Gospel of Q: This gospel was written circa 50 CE, probably before any of the books that became the Christian Scirptures (New Testament). Although it has been lost, theologians have been able to reconstruct its text. It does not mention Jesus' birth as being in any way

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CBS News reported that two assailants attacked a University of Kansas religious studies professor who had planned to teach a course next year that was critical of creationism and intelligent design.Apparently, the attackers referred to the class while beating the professor with their fists and a metal object.Somewhere Jesus is weeping. Again.

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The Center for American Progress published this analysis of the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Inflation-adjusted weekly earnings in October were 0.7 percent lower than in March 2001. Today's figures from the BLS show wages continued to be flat or even lower than at the start of the business cycle in November. ...for production, non-supervisory workers, the vast majority of

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Thanks to Corrente for this tidbit from the History Channel. Note the last sentence:In the early 17th century, a wave of religious reform changed the way Christmas was celebrated in Europe. When Oliver Cromwell and his Puritan forces took over England in 1645, they vowed to rid England of decadence and, as part of their effort, cancelled Christmas. By popular demand, Charles II was restored to

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So what has Tom Tancredo been up to since he got to Congress? I went through my archives to come up with a quick recap. Enjoy! Lawmakers Back End of Public Schools The Denver Post, 23 February 1999 The vice chairman of the Colorado Senate's education committee, John Andrews, has signed a pledge calling for

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Ex-Marine Bill Winter will be running for Congress in 2006 against Tom (Three terms for me) Tancredo. I have known Bill for a couple of years, and I think he will make a terrific candidate and Congressman!Tancredo, as you might remember, ran for office pledging to serve only three terms. Of course, Tom reneged on his promise once he discovered how much fun it is to beat up on illegal

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The latest non-issue to be endlessly hyped by Fox News and Bill O'Reilly is the so-called "War on Christmas." Apparently, several large retailers have decided to emphasize the "holiday season" in their December advertising, thereby attempting to increase their potential customer base to include celebrants of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, in addition to those of us who celebrate Christmas.According to

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I'm not sure where this originated, but I had to pass it along...The Bush is my shepherd; I may not relax.He maketh trees to be cut down in national forests.He leadeth trucks into the still wilderness.He restoreth my fears.He leadeth me in the paths of international disgrace for his ego's sake.Yea, though I trudge through the labyrinth of pollution and war,I will find no exit, for thou art in

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Eric Schuck, an assistant professor at Colorado State University, had a very entertaining column in today's Denver Post. From the column:I'm a redneck liberal. I have a profound belief in social justice, union wages, the benefits of publicly funded education, the nobility of civil service, conservation of natural resources and a whole host of things typically associated with classical, early-20th

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While Googling for a link to Mark Twain's War Prayer, I ran across a site called The Religious Consultation. One of the articles poses some difficult questions regarding abortion:Case # 1: A woman is two months pregnant when she discovers she has cancer and needs chemotherapy. The chemotherapy would be fatal to the fetus. She decides on an abortion. If you were that woman or if this woman were

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"The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever

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So, have you been enjoying those tax cuts? No? I can’t say that I’m very surprised. As a matter of fact, the few bucks that George W. Bush threw at my family have been replaced with tuition increases for my kids in college, higher interest rates, rising food costs, and higher premiums, deductibles, and co-pays for my health insurance. I’m really looking forward to higher prices for natural gas

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The following is a copy of an email I sent to Target this evening:I am writing about recent news reports about a Target policy that allows its staff pharmacists to refuse to fill a legal prescription based on their personal judgment. Specifically, I believe that this practice affects women who attempt to fill prescriptions for the Plan B® emergency contraceptive.As a father of three daughters, I

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I happened across Religion & Ethics Newsweekly for the first time on PBS YOU, channel 377 on DirecTV tonight. KRMA, Channel 6, broadcasts this program at 12:30am, which is not exactly primetime. KBDI, Channel 12, broadcasts this program at 5:30am and 11:30am, which is not much better. It concerns me that neither station broadcasts this program during primetime, considering the vacuum in moral

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The LA Times reported a few days ago about an IRS investigation of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California. Allegedly, the former rector had spoken about the Iraq war in one of his sermons in 2004. Marcus Owens, the church's tax attorney and a former head of the IRS tax-exempt section, called it "ludicrous to suggest that a pastor cannot preach about the value of promoting peace

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From a letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany:"...since the Holy Ghost did not intend to teach us whether heaven moves or stands still, whether its shape is spherical or like a discus or extended in a plane, nor whether the earth is located at its center or off to one side, then so much the less was it intended to settle for us any other conclusion of the same kind. And the motion or

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The Washington Post reports that Tom Tancredo has a new twist on an old schtick. According to Tom, "There is general agreement about the fact that citizenship in this country should not be bestowed on people who are children of folks who come into this country illegally." Unfortunately for Tom and his friends, the framers of the 14th Amendment didn't agree. The 14th Amendment begins:"All persons

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Speaking during the Democratic Party's weekly radio address, retired Marine Gen. Joseph P. Hoar, the former U.S. military commander in the Middle East, said the Bush administration has consistently refused to provide enough money for veterans' health care and has also repeatedly tried to increase the cost of prescription drugs and health care services for veterans nationwide. Hoar continued:"As a

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Republican legislator Debbie Stafford of Aurora wants to introduce a measure in the next Colorado legislative session to give free rein to teachers who want to push pseudo-scientific alternatives to evolution in Colorado schools. Stafford makes the following claim:"There are over 50 scientific journals and periodicals that have already published information on intelligent design..."This would be

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Thanks to the ABC Family Channel, aka the Disney Corporation, for beaming the hypocrite-in-chief into our homes every week:If there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city. And don’t wonder why He hasn’t helped you when problems begin..." — Pat RobertsonI'm sorry, Pat, but I seriously doubt that God is upset that the voters in Dover got

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From Yahoo News: Voters on Tuesday ousted a Pennsylvania local school board that promoted an "intelligent-design" alternative to teaching evolution, and elected a new slate of candidates who promised to remove the concept from science classes.For the last several weeks, I have been following the lawsuit brought by parents against the incumbent school board in Dover, Pennsylvania. The blatant

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Since not that many people actually read and study the Bible, they don't actually know that there are two different creation stories -- one in Genesis 1:1 - 2:3 and another in Genesis 2:4 - 25.Some folks of a particular persuasion try to paper over the differences, and at least one translation of the Bible actually combines the two into a single story. While I don't agree with the theology of the

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In the November 3rd edition of the Highlands Ranch Herald, former Colorado congressman Bob Schaffer was quoted as saying:Liberals believe government owns private means of production.I think Bob is a little confused. The dictionary has this definition for liberalism:A political theory founded on the natural goodness of humans and the autonomy of the individual and favoring civil and political

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I saw Thomas Sowell's column in today's Rocky editorial page in the Denver Post. Sowell does his best to characterize the efforts of Patrick Fitzgerald to get to the bottom of the Plame-gate scandals as a "fishing" trip.Sowell tries to advance the two main spin points of the White House damage control effort. One is that special prosecutors can't be trusted. The other is that even though someone

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A Vatican cardinal said Thursday the faithful should listen to what secular modern science has to offer, warning that religion risks turning into "fundamentalism" if it ignores scientific reason.I guess they learned a few lessons after that Galileo mess a while back.

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Dick Cheney said this week that although the Bush administration doesn't engage in torture (yeah, right -- see here for a different opinion), the administration needed an exemption from any legislation banning "cruel, inhuman or degrading" treatment. Funny, I always thought that "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" was the actual definition of torture. Perhaps Cheney should spend some time

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I just finished reading Whose Bible Is It? by Jaroslav Pelikan, who is a professor of history at Yale University. The book describes the history and evolution of the Old and New Testaments from the original oral traditions through current translations in hundreds of languages.This book will sorely trouble those who believe that the Bible contains the inerrant Word of God, as Pelikan clearly

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USAToday reported today on comments by former President Jimmy Carter about George W. Bush. Former presidents usually avoid direct criticism of sitting presidents, but I guess Carter just couldn't hold his tongue any longer. From the story: Carter acknowledged that both he and Bush proclaim their Christian faith as part of their governing philosophy, but the similarity ends there. "I don't

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Editor and Publisher reports here on a story in the Boston Globe about Samuel Alito and his relationship with Vanguard mutual funds.It seems that Sammy promised during his confirmation hearings in 1990 to recuse himself from any cases involving Vanguard, due to his large holdings of Vanguard mutual fund shares. Yet, in 2002 he presided over a case involving Vanguard anyway. After Alito ruled in

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I am a Christian who sees no conflict between belief in God and acceptance of evolutionary theory. I believe that evolution is simply the mechanism that God used (and continues to use) to create the diversity of life on Earth that is seen in the fossil record and that exists today.Proponents of "intelligent design" claim that they only want the facts to be presented, but what are those facts? The

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I was quite relieved to see that the voters of Colorado had enough sense to ignore the lies of John Caldara, Douglas Bruce, Joe Stengel, and Grover Norquist when they voted yesterday to approve Referendum C by a narrow margin.If the voters had rejected C, the legislature would have been forced to cut $365 million from Colorado’s next budget. Here is the list of discretionary budget areas where

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I wish that Mark Schoenrock would tell us where to find the "so-called" left-leaning media he talks about in his October 27th column in the Highlands Ranch Herald. He makes several sweeping claims about one-sided coverage of George W. Bush's war in Iraq, yet fails to provide a single example of bias. In fact, Schoenrock is the one who is biased, week after mind-numbing week. It is a favorite

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Something that keeps getting lost in the noise is the fact that there is no such thing as a "rebate" to lose because of Ref C and D. TABOR doesn't provide rebates. TABOR is just a massive income redistribution scheme, taking money from some taxpayers and giving it back to others.And for everybody out there who keeps spouting the nonsensical "It's my money, I can spend it better than the

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