I Want You to NOT Vote!
And, yeah, it's rabidly partisan, but it's darned funny. And, yeah, also true: when you don't vote, you let someone else take charge (and that's a message that cuts across partisan lines). Originally...
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So for those who think I'm simply a partisan hack
… I'm more than willing to say that the actions of the Kentucky state Democratic Party here were absolutely wrong. (As were those of the local police who provided an unredacted arrest record.)...
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This is why we can't have nice things (Election Edition)
There are a lot of reasons to be concerned about electronic voting machines, and a lot of security and transparency issues to suggest consider getting rid of them. But, honestly, the worst, most...
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If money is speech, it's clear who's dominating the conversation
Just 42 donors are responsible for a third of all Super PAC contributions this year. All are older and white, and 35 of them are men. Does money determine elections? No, not in every case. But it sure...
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Political pulpits
Here's the bottom line: churches get tax exemption on money donated to them and on their assets. To then use those donations and assets for explicit political purposes gives such donations a favored...
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Context is everything
So, two things: 1. Context is really important when presented with information. And Twitter, because of its message size limits, has only the context of "I've read a lot of stuff by this person, so I...
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Ominous prediction, or just Tom Tancredo being Tom Tancredo?
Former presidential candidate, former gubernatorial candidate, former US Congressman (sighMyDistrictsigh) and nativist of the highest water, Tom Tancredo, joins the chorus of right-wing commentators...
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So the election is tomorrow
I don't watch or obsess about the polls. I always assume My Side is on the verge of losing. If the polls say bad things, I don't want to hear it because that's if I don't acknowledge it, it wont be...
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Democrats who stay home elect Republicans
The opposite is true, too. So if you haven't voted yet — vote! Originally shared by +Alex P: :) Please plan to vote early, in the morning or early afternoon, so you don't run out of time on Tuesday. :)...
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I’m relatively happy on the state ballot measures, at least
While the national election results were (IMO) appalling, and most of the Colorado state elections only a bit less so (it seems Hickenlooper will edge out Beauprez for Governor, but we now have Corey...
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The fight against secrets lost a key fighter last night
While Mark Udall's name came up in the news the last several years because of his being a US Senator for my state, where I often also ran across him was dealing with the NSA, CIA, and other "too many...
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Gee, thanks, Millennials
According to NBC exit polling yesterday, 37% of the voters casting ballots were age 60 or older; 12% were age 30 or younger. Guess which groups skew more Republican or Democratic? There are a variety...
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So, remember, Mr. President, no poisoning the well!
GOP leadership urged the President today to not "poison the well," to avoid inflammatory statements that would stand in the way of creating a cooperative, mutual, bi-partisan path forward to a better...
View ArticleAdding a bit of zaniness to the Colorado legislature
The only positive side to Gordon "Dr. Chaps" Klingenschmitt winning his campaign to the state House of Reps is that he's from down in Colorado Springs, and, honestly, it seems there isn't anything a...
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True the Vote discovers the extent of voter fraud in the US!
And … that it's not very extensive. At all. "True the Vote," a "voter integrity:" group, provided an app for folk to report on election day voter fraud they observed. What they got back were … well,...
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Regarding the non-poisoning of wells
And I'll bet you Mr Land (and those who think he's the cat's meow) would be apoplectic if Harry Reid helps fast-track any open judicial nominations during the remaining lame duck session. Which sounds...
View ArticleIt’s horribly unfair that the election is over and all the DVRed shows STILL...
It’s horribly unfair that the election is over and all the DVRed shows STILL HAVE THE POLITICAL ADS! It’s UNFAIR! View on Twitter
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Mark Udall breaks some additional torture information
As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Udall (D-CO) has been one of the loudest advocates for years on releasing information about intelligence agency abuses, both in this context and...
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On Climate Change, Ted Cruz, and Piling Up
And by piling up I mean that Ted Cruz is usually at enough of a reality disadvantage talking about stuff, but when he starts going off about climate change, he ventures way into cloud-cuckoo land. And...
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Election turnout matters, dammit
A lot of folk were worried that the far-Right National Front in France would gain a large foothold of power, based on an upswing in support from a stagnant economy and (especially) Islamicist terrorism...
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