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By Jo Piazza / current.com
Mitt Romney is basking in Donald Trump’s shadow in Nevada today with the aim to raise cash, but also to peddle influence in what is becoming a battleground for the presidency — the Western swing states. Vice President Joe Biden recently cycled through Arizona and President Barack Obama has made repeated visits touting job creation and mortgage relief in Nevada and Colorado.
It is the Western swing state samba and the hard push is on to capture votes from large Latino populations in Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.By Jo Piazza / current.com
Mitt Romney is basking in Donald Trump’s shadow in... more
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This interview is one of those surreal moments where you just sit and stare and ask yourself, 'How on earth did this moron get elected?'
Watch as Colorado’s 9 News' Kyle Clark (our new hero) does what most mainstream news reporters rarely do: he asked a birther a few direct questions, and the answers? Well, let’s just say they’ll be quite memorable in the upcoming election. I call Rep. Coffman’s (R-CO) interview the “Birther Bump,” because the results are going to bump this nutcase right out of office.
You have to see it to believe it.
http://veracitystew.com/?p=36139This interview is one of those surreal moments where you just sit and stare and ask... more
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By Eric W. Dolan
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 17:13 EDT
R. Gil Kerlikowske, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, on Tuesday denied there was any reason the United States should regulate marijuana the same way it regulates alcohol.
“There are no good reasons to legalize marijuana,” he said at an event hosted by the Center for American Progress.
“I often hear about tax, regulate and control as an answer,” Kerlikowske continued. “And then I look at prescription drugs — which as I mentioned take over fifteen thousand lives a year, let alone the number of people who come into emergency departments and the number of people that are treated — and prescription drugs are already taxed, are already regulated, are already controlled and we do a very poor job of keeping them out of the hands of abusers and young people.”
“So I don’t see that we would do a very good job with a substance that can easily evade the tax scheme because it doesn’t take rocket science to grow marijuana.”
Residents of Colorado and Washington will vote on a ballot initiative to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in November. A similar ballot initiative failed in California in 2010.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/02/drug-czar-there-are-no-good-reasons-to-legalize-marijuana/
Watch video, clipped by the Marijuana Policy Project...
"I don't think he ever answered the question, and Yes, we just may legalize marijuana here in Colorado in November!!!" =)By Eric W. Dolan
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 17:13 EDT
R. Gil Kerlikowske, the director... more
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If Ron Paul wins 5 states he automatically is invited to the National Convention, and his name is in the RUNNING for the nomination!
http://youtu.be/5kf1WLyn2IkIf Ron Paul wins 5 states he automatically is invited to the National Convention,... more
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While the mainstream media touts mitt as the "inevitable nominee" for the GOP Ron Paul has just secured victory in 3 caucuss states as GOP constituincies struggle to find a candidate who's name does not rhyme with shmitt shomney.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfS1x5RnZZQWhile the mainstream media touts mitt as the "inevitable nominee" for the... more
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Stinky fish fertilizer and two dozen law-enforcement officers kept pot smokers away from a grassy quad at the University of Colorado on Friday, but a few hundred protesters defied the crackdown and rallied on another field, where some lit up at 4:20 p.m.
It was a far cry from last year's April 20 pot celebration, when more than 10,000 people gathered on the university's Norlin Quadrangle for the annual ritual of enjoying a smoke and demonstrating for legalizing marijuana.
That made the university the scene of one of the largest campus celebrations of cannabis in the nation — a reputation that prompted university administrators to take extraordinary steps to stamp out this year's rally.
They banned unauthorized visitors from campus, and spread smelly fertilizer on the Norlin Quad and declared it off-limits. They even booked Haitian-born hip-hop star Wyclef Jean for a free concert timed to coincide with the traditional 4:20 p.m. pot gathering.
Still, they were only partially successful. A few dozen protesters veered off a sidewalk bordering the university on Friday afternoon and marched through campus, holding signs and chanting, "Roll it. Smoke it. Legalize it."
more - http://news.yahoo.com/stinky-fish-helps-limit-potfest-colo-university-011039736.htmlBOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Stinky fish fertilizer and two dozen law-enforcement... more
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Apparently Mitt is the inevitable nominee but unfortunately Ron Paul is now starting to win states. Of course Current and most of the mainstream is not covering this. Beware of the candidate of the mainstream media and the status quo! Ron Paul For liberty! Even if you are a Democrat you should be at least pulling for this guy in the primary so that the discussion can actually be shifted to civil liberties, NDAA, and imperialism which are all areas where our current president is lacking.Apparently Mitt is the inevitable nominee but unfortunately Ron Paul is now starting... more
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To: The Broomfield, CO Police Officer Who Pulled Me Over the Other Night
From: Sam Smith
Re: Goddamned Colorado Drivers
To begin with, sir (I’m sorry that I didn’t catch your name while we were exchanging pleasantries, and my regards to your family, by the way), I’d like to thank you for only giving me a warning. I realize that you could have written me a citation, as I was clearly guilty of making a lane change without signaling. Twice. I would like to explain myself, however, by way of an observation or two about the state of driving (and manners) in Colorado, a beautiful place that confers motor vehicle operating privileges on any self-involved, belligerent jackhat who can schlep him or herself into a DMV office.
I did not signal for two reasons...To: The Broomfield, CO Police Officer Who Pulled Me Over the Other Night
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Colorado’s Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has just fired its first big advertising salvo, and it looks to be an effective one.
A new billboard unveiled Thursday by the group just blocks away from Mile High Stadium in Denver shows a smiling woman with her arms folded, next to the text: “For many reasons, I prefer… marijuana over alcohol. Does that make me a bad person? RegulateMarijuana.org.”Colorado’s Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has just fired its first... more
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By Stephen C. Webster
Friday, April 6, 2012 11:14 EDT
Colorado’s Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has just fired its first big advertising salvo, and it looks to be an effective one.
A new billboard unveiled Thursday by the group just blocks away from Mile High Stadium in Denver shows a smiling woman with her arms folded, next to the text: “For many reasons, I prefer… marijuana over alcohol. Does that make me a bad person? RegulateMarijuana.org.”
“That’s what we want to talk to Coloradans right now,” Betty Aldworth, advocacy director for the campaign, told Raw Story on Friday. “We’re trying to educate them about why it is that marijuana is safer than alcohol. If you look at every objective study comparing the safety of the two, you’ll see that marijuana is clearly safer than alcohol.”
Not only is the billboard near Mile High Stadium, it’s also right next to Mile High Liquors. The group said on its website that the location was optimal because it will force some drinkers to confront their bias toward marijuana users. It was also a good deal, too: the campaign told Raw Story that their sign only cost $5,000.
Their claims aren’t just a clever pitch for the drug, either: Marijuana has in fact been shown to be less addictive than alcohol, and its more enthusiastic users tend to exhibit fewer adverse health effects than alcoholics. It is also impossible to overdose on marijuana, which its adherents see as an advantage over the relative ease of alcohol poisoning.
That’s the message the campaign is trying to bring to Coloradans, and Aldworth explained that they’ve only just begun. “We’re asking volunteers to talk to their neighbors, their family members — and particularly aunts, uncles, parents and grandparents, people in the next two generations up,” she said. “Young people, for the most part, get it, they’ve seen their friends use marijuana and alcohol, and how they affect people. They understand… There is no logical reason to punish people for marijuana.”
She added that volunteers have seen “almost exclusively positive reactions so far,” but noted that their educational campaign has only just begun.
That campaign will directly support the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, which has secured a spot on the state’s 2012 ballot. It would allow for the limited possession and cultivation of cannabis by adults age 21 and over. It would also allow the state and local governments to enact regulations on the commercial production and distribution of marijuana, as well giving local governments the option to prohibit marijuana sales altogether.
“This could be a watershed year in the decades-long struggle to end marijuana prohibition in this country,” Art Way, Colorado manager of the Drug Policy Alliance, explained in a statement. “Marijuana prohibition is counterproductive to the health and public safety of our communities. It fuels a massive, increasingly brutal underground economy, wastes billions of dollars in scarce law enforcement resources, and makes criminals out of millions of otherwise law-abiding citizens.”
It’s not yet clear if Colorado will become the first state to legalize marijuana, but that is a distinct possibility. Even moreso than California in 2010, which defeated legalization by a double digit margin, Colorado leans heavily toward favoring marijuana regulation, and lawmakers there became the first in the nation last year to begin directly licensing medical marijuana businesses. The state’s Department of Revenue has even sent a formal letter to the Drug Enforcement Agency asking that it recognize the plant’s inherent medical value.
If the old thinking holds true and these lawmakers truly are a reflection of their constituents, Colorado just may be on track to buck the trend and embrace regulation this fall.
With prior reporting by Raw Story associate editor Eric W. Dolan.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/06/regulate-marijuana-billboard-goes-up-near-mile-high-stadium/
"Very Coool, this is the second item I have posted this week on my home State, I do agree with this post much more than the last!!!" =)By Stephen C. Webster
Friday, April 6, 2012 11:14 EDT
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By Andrew Jones
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 9:55 EDT
A former Colorado police sheriff, who was once named national “Sheriff of the Year,” pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of trading methamphetamine for sex with a male prostitute.
According to KUSA-TV, 69-year-old Patrick Sullivan confessed to a felony drug possession charge and a misdemeanor charge for soliciting a prostitute.
Sullivan was caught in an undercover sting operation last November after going to a home in Aurora, Colorado to trade meth for sex with a male prostitute. Deputy Attorney General Michael Dougherty said Sullivan’s actions during the sting, such as undressing after throwing the meth on the bed, revealed that Sullivan committed the practice multiple times before.
Dougherty lambasted Sullivan, saying he was “a man who’s brought disgrace upon himself and law enforcement” and “a disgrace to the badge.”
The former sheriff, who already spent eight days in prison, will serve the remainder of his 38-day sentence in a jail named after him in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
“I apologize to the court, to the community, to my family,” Sullivan said. “There is no excuse for my behavior.”
Sullivan served as sheriff for Arapahoe County from 1984 until 2002 and was named the “Sheriff of the Year” by the National Sheriff Association in 2001.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/04/former-sheriff-of-the-year-pleads-guilty-to-trading-meth-for-sex/
WATCH: Video from KUSA-TV, which was broadcast on April 3, 2012.
"I was hoping to be the first to Post this, as this happened here in my State, some say he got off Lucky, and I agree with Mr. Sullivan, "There is No excuse for his Behavior!!!"By Andrew Jones
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 9:55 EDT
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This is not good:
On March 1, snowpack in most of the mountainous parts of the state was between 70 and 89 percent of average. By the third week of the month, a dramatic melt-off was underway. Now, snowpack in the state stands at just 58 percent of normal. That’s only a bit higher than in March of 2002, a year that brought drought of historic proportions to Colorado and the West. By mid-June, 19 U.S. wildfires were burning, most in California, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Alaska. (The worst March conditions on record in Colorado were in 1977, when snowpack stood at just 46 percent of average.)This is not good:
On March 1, snowpack in most of the mountainous parts of the... more
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I suspect very few of us Coloradans will ever forget the day, a few years back, when our nitwit former governor posed before the cameras and pronounced that “today, the entire state of Colorado is on fire.” As I explained to friends, no, he didn’t actually say ”please take your tourism dollars to Utah,” but he may as well have.
Some new data, though, has me wondering how bad the 2012 forest fire situation might get.I suspect very few of us Coloradans will ever forget the day, a few years back, when... more
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The University of Colorado has been aggressively pursuing veterans of this nation's two recent wars. Using the full power of the state, University of Colorado has been garnishing the tax returns of those they decide to target for over a decade, even in cases where said veterans were never students of the school.
It's time to take a stand against a state government drunk with power. It is not okay to steal money from students, veterans or otherwise. We must join together to make it clear that resolving the budgetary shortcomings of the state is not the onus of honorable citizens or guest students.
Please sign the petition:
http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-state-sponsored-theftThe University of Colorado has been aggressively pursuing veterans of this... more
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Lauren Redfern, 25-year-old teacher and coach at Basalt High School, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, has been arrested after she was caught in having sex with a male student in the teacher's bathroom.
Redfern, a health and physical education teacher, faces two charges of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust, pattern of abuse. She was arrested Feb. 15 and formally charged Feb. 16. She is accused of having a sexual relationship with a male student. The relationship allegedly started when he was 17.
According to an arrest affidavit, Lauren Redfern was caught having sex with a male student in the teacher's restroom on Feb. 9 when the athletic director allegedly interrupted by knocking on the door. After being confronted by school administrators, the student confessed to having sex with his study hall teacher Lauren Redfern. The two allegedly had sex an undetermined number of times before the student turned 18 and it appears Redfern's sexual contact with the student persisted over a four month period. The student says in the affidavit that his sexual relationship with Redfern began in October, and reportedly said that he had fallen in love with her. In interviews with deputies, Redfern said that she started having intercourse with the student when he came over to her house to ask for help on a school paper.
http://femalesexoffenders.com/fso/index.php/the-news/532-female-teacher-resigns-over-alleged-sex-with-studentLauren Redfern, 25-year-old teacher and coach at Basalt High School, Glenwood Springs,... more
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And now, a break from the hatefulness of politics. Greg Thow's hot air balloons remind us of the beauty of the world, don't they?And now, a break from the hatefulness of politics. Greg Thow's hot air balloons... more
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Dr. Daniel Fine of the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy discusses North Carolina's approach to shale gas and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Fine offered these comments during a Feb. 27, 2012, presentation to the John Locke Foundation's Shafesbury Society. Video courtesy of CarolinaJournal.tv. Watch full-length video of JLF events here: http://www.johnlocke.org/events/videos.html
Dr. Daniel I. Fine works with the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy. He is a longtime research associate at the Mining and Minerals Resources Institute, MIT. Fine is also a policy adviser on nonconventional oil and gas. He is co-editor of Resource War in 3-D: Dependence, Diplomacy and Defense, and has contributed to Business Week, the Engineering and Mining Journal and the Washington Times. Fine has testified on strategic natural resources before the U.S. Senate committees on Foreign Affairs and Energy and Natural Resources. In this speech, he discusses "Shale Gas Wars: From Pennsylvania to North Carolina."
http://youtu.be/4Lbn9diK1PADr. Daniel Fine of the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy discusses North... more
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Aspen, high clouds, flora, mountains... Amazing stuff from my new favorite Colorado shooter.Aspen, high clouds, flora, mountains... Amazing stuff from my new favorite Colorado... more
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By Eric W. Dolan
Thursday, March 8, 2012 19:15 EST
Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) on Thursday voiced his support for legislation that would prohibit individuals detained in the United States from being indefinitely detained or transferred to a foreign country.
“Our Constitution is in many ways the most powerful weapon we have against those who mean us harm,” he said.
Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011 was proposed in response to controversial sections of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 regarding the detention of terrorism suspects.
“While this administration has said it won’t hold American citizens or lawful permanent residents in military custody, that is the interpretation of only one president,” said Udall, who sits the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence committees
“That policy won’t tie the hands of future administrations,” he noted. “The indefinite detention provisions threaten to undo much of the progress the FBI and law enforcement have made to stop terrorists plotting in the United States and overseas, and it seems to make it more difficult to collaboratively gather intelligence on domestic terror cells at all. The last thing we should be doing is preventing local, state and federal authorities from investigating and acting on threats to our safety.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/08/sen-udall-calls-for-repeal-of-indefinite-detention-provisions/
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"Hooray for my Senator!!! I wonder what his take is on a Fellow democrat, ie BO, signing it into Law???"By Eric W. Dolan
Thursday, March 8, 2012 19:15 EST
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Dr. Daniel Fine of the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy discusses North Carolina's approach to shale gas and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Fine offered these comments during a Feb. 27, 2012, presentation to the John Locke Foundation's Shafesbury Society. Video courtesy of CarolinaJournal.tv. Watch full-length video of JLF events here: http://www.johnlocke.org/events/videos.htmlDr. Daniel Fine of the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy discusses North... more
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