HD-17: Dennis Apuan events this month

Here are several of Dennis' events for his run at House District 17. His Republican opponent is Stella Garza-Hicks, who seems to have this seat because she has an (R) by her name.

Well, Dennis Apuan has been active in this communuty for many years, so don't miss out on these events to see what kind of Dem wel'll have in HD-17:

Saturday, May 17 Concert For Democracy

Celebrate with us during the 2008 Colorado State Democratic Assembly and Convention! Experience Colorado Springs with smooth and classy live entertainment with jazz, country and R&B hits music, featuring headliner Ricky Barnes and other dynamic performers!

WHAT: A Concert For Democracy
WHEN: Saturday, May 17, from 8:00-11:00 PM
WHERE: Satellite Hotel, 411 Lakewood Drive, Colorado Springs
HOW: Limited tickets available for $20

A benefit event to support Dennis Apuan's candidacy for State Representative in House District 17. Cash bar available. Come out and paint the town red and party 'til you're blue! For tickets or sponsorship opportunities, call Tony at 216-7921.

Saturday, May 24 Community Picnic

Join us for a neighborhood barbeque cookout and fun for the whole family on Memorial Day weekend!

WHAT: Community Picnic and Candidate Outreach
WHEN: Saturday, May 24, from 12:00-4:00 PM
WHERE: Deerfield Hills Community Center, 4290 Deerfield Hills Road, Colorado Springs
HOW: Adults $10, children aged 12 and under $5 or $25 per family

Come and build community as we celebrate the holiday spirit! There will be games, prize giveaways, and all things red, white, and blue! If you would like to volunteer, please call Alice Hines at 391-2447.


I look forward to seeing you soon at the campaign trail and being enriched by your stories of triumph and struggle, and towards working together for our common good! Meanwhile, you can help the campaign immensely by forwarding this email to your lists and spreading the word about our exciting campaign!

With my very best wishes,

Dennis Apuan

Just do something, folks. I want Republicans to wake up November 5 and wonder if it's all a nightmare.

McCain Endorser Pastor John Hagee: "Jesus is NOT the Messiah"

John McCain supporter Pastor John Hagee: Catholicism is a "false religious system"

I can't wait to vote for Barack in November

And this is why:

You know, some were saying that North Carolina would be a game-changer in this election. But today, what North Carolina decided is that the only game that needs changing is the one in Washington, DC.

I want to start by congratulating Senator Clinton on her victory in the state of Indiana. And I want to thank the people of North Carolina for giving us a victory in a big state, a swing state, and a state where we will compete to win if I am the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.

When this campaign began, Washington didn’t give us much of a chance. But because you came out in the bitter cold, and knocked on doors, and enlisted your friends and neighbors in this cause; because you stood up to the cynics, and the doubters, and the nay-sayers when we were up and when we were down; because you still believe that this is our moment, and our time, for change – tonight we stand less than two hundred delegates away from securing the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

More importantly, because of you, we have seen that it’s possible to overcome the politics of division and distraction; that it’s possible to overcome the same old negative attacks that are always about scoring points and never about solving our problems. We’ve seen that the American people aren’t looking for more spin or more gimmicks, but honest answers about the challenges we face. That’s what you’ve accomplished in this campaign, and that’s how we’ll change this country together.

This has been one of the longest, most closely fought contests in history. And that’s partly because we have such a formidable opponent in Senator Hillary Clinton. Tonight, many of the pundits have suggested that this party is inalterably divided – that Senator Clinton’s supporters will not support me, and that my supporters will not support her.

Well I’m here tonight to tell you that I don’t believe it. Yes, there have been bruised feelings on both sides. Yes, each side desperately wants their candidate to win. But ultimately, this race is not about Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama or John McCain. This election is about you – the American people – and whether we will have a president and a party that can lead us toward a brighter future.

This primary season may not be over, but when it is, we will have to remember who we are as Democrats – that we are the party of Jefferson and Jackson; of Roosevelt and Kennedy; and that we are at our best when we lead with principle; when we lead with conviction; when we summon an entire nation around a common purpose – a higher purpose. This fall, we intend to march forward as one Democratic Party, united by a common vision for this country. Because we all agree that at this defining moment in history – a moment when we’re facing two wars, an economy in turmoil, a planet in peril – we can’t afford to give John McCain the chance to serve out George Bush’s third term.

We need change in America.

New Republican Voter ID laws in action: Nuns denied their vote today

Heckuva job, Republicans who hate voters have denied septuagenarian nuns from voting because they don't have ID:

About 12 Indiana nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place by a fellow bride of Christ because they didn't have state or federal identification bearing a photograph.

Sister Julie McGuire said she was forced to turn away her fellow sisters at Saint Mary's Convent in South Bend, across the street from the University of Notre Dame, because they had been told earlier that they would need such an ID to vote.

The nuns, all in their 80s or 90s, didn't get one but came to the precinct anyway.
"One came down this morning, and she was 98, and she said, 'I don't want to go do that,'" Sister McGuire said. Some showed up with outdated passports. None of them drives.

They weren't given provisional ballots because it would be impossible to get them to a motor vehicle branch and back in the 10-day time frame allotted by the law, Sister McGuire said. "You have to remember that some of these ladies don't walk well. They're in wheelchairs or on walkers or electric carts."

I'm sure our local anti-voting 'nut Bob Balink is proud as hell.

McCain supporter Pastor Hagee: "The hurricane Katrina was in fact the judgement of God against the City of New Orleans"

Check it out around 4:10 into this clip - and yes, the whole city was punished because of a gay pride parade:



John McCain sought the endorsement of this guy!

Ol' Man McCain: "I said WHAT?!?!?"

Funny.....NOT:

In this modern election era, for example, how will the following play out?

On how safe it is in Iraq:

Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told CNN that that President Bush’s escalation in Iraq is going so well, "General Petraeus goes out there almost every day in an unarmed humvee." On Monday, he told radio host Bill Bennett that there "are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today."

This morning, during an interview with McCain, CNN’s John Roberts rebutted McCain’s assertions, stating, "I checked with General Petraeus’s people overnight and they said he never goes out in anything less than an up-armored humvee." He added that a new report by retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey "said no Iraqi government official, coalition soldier, diplomat reporter could walk the streets of Baghdad without heavily armed protection."

Faced with overwhelming evidence that he was wrong, McCain denied he’d ever said it: "Well, I’m not saying they could go without protection. The President goes around America with protection. So, certainly I didn’t say that."

On the possibility of tearing down the Ninth Ward:

McCain said he didn’t know what his plans would be. "That’s why we need to go back," he said, "to have a conversation about what to do about it. Rebuild it? Tear it down? Ya know, whatever it is."

From North Carolina, Clinton seized the opportunity to attack. "Sen. McCain said he might want to tear down the Ninth Ward instead of rebuilding it," she said. "But I went to the Ninth Ward after Katrina and met with people there and saw the destruction and I saw the resilience in their eyes and they deserve our help to rebuild and regain their lives and their homes."

Steve Schmidt, a senior McCain aide, said Clinton’s attack was "inaccurate." "Sen. McCain has said the levees must be strengthened on time so people can make a decision on whether to return based on safety," he said, adding that he would like to see a "safe, vibrant community emerge" after the appropriate flood plan.

Even before Clinton made her comments, McCain had been asked to clarify. "I don’t remember ever saying it," he said Thursday afternoon on his way from Xavier University to the New Orleans airport.

On economics:

RUSSERT: Senator McCain, you have said repeatedly, "I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated." Is it a problem for your campaign that the economy is now the most important issue, one that, by your own acknowledgement, you're not well-versed on?

McCAIN: Actually, I don't know where you got that quote from. I'm very well-versed in economics.

On Saddam Hussein:

ROUND 1: Do you think Saddam is a threat?

"I believe that Saddam Hussein presents clear and present danger to the United States of America with his continued pursuit of...to acquire weapons of mass destruction." [CNN Late Edition, 3/3/02]

"I never said that it was a, quote, clear and present danger because of weapons of mass destruction." [Hardball, 9/17/03]

On Samuel Alito:

As John McCain neared his momentous primary election victory in Florida after a ferocious campaign questioning his conservative credentials, right-wingers buzzed over word that he had privately suggested that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was too conservative. In response, McCain said he recalled saying no such thing and added that Alito was a "magnificent" choice. In fact, multiple sources confirm that the senator made negative comments about Alito nine months ago [...]

In a conference call with bloggers that day, McCain said, "I don't recall a conversation where I would have said that." He was "astonished" by the Alito quote, he said, and he repeatedly says at town meetings, "We're going to have justices like Roberts and Alito."

I'm sure the Denver Post will get right on it.

Denver Post steps into Obama/Wright controversy, ignores McCain/Hagee

The Denver Post had to open their big mouth and try to impugn Barack Obama with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's ignorant statements. Or rather, Dean Singleton probably forced Dan Haley to do the dirty work:

Obama's handling of this mess not only calls into question his judgment, but eventually could strike at the core of whether he's fit to be president.

Obama explained his change of heart with regards to Wright:

"The insensitivity and the outrageousness of the statements shocked me and surprised me," Obama said. Wright's rants, he continued, contradict "everything that I'm about and who I am. . . . The person I saw yesterday was not the person that I met 20 years ago."

The Post didn't believe him and questions Barack's judgement:

Instead, the senator has struggled to explain away his relationship with Wright for months, and it's only raised more questions for voters about who Obama surrounds himself with and who might have his ear as president.

Do they have the same questions of John McCain's judgement? Not yet.

Here's a whole compendium of stories on McCain and his favorite End Times Pastor John Hagee, including McCain courting the endorsement, Hagee saying girls can get abortions in public school, and more that the Post can use to start the process:

Talk To Action stories:

McCain-backer Hagee's 'Thrilling' Worldview: Rapture, Then "Holocaust" (Bruce Wilson)

McCain-Backer John Hagee lies, to Jewish Bloggers, On His Motives For Supporting Israel (Bruce Wilson, with video)

McCain Courted Hagee for at Least a Year (Frederick Clarkson)

What Secret "Other Matters" Did McCain Discuss With "Apocalypse Now" Hagee ? (Bruce Wilson)

McCain Reneges on Pledge To Never Seek anti-Catholic Support (Bruce Wilson)

Hagee Acknowledges McCain Sought His Endorsement (Bruce Wilson)

McCain Backer Hagee Showcases 'Islamic Terrorist' Implicated as Possible Fraud (Bruce Wilson)

McCain Backer Hagee Envisioned "Worse Than Auschwitz" For Israeli Jews (Bruce Wilson)

McCain Was After Hagee Like a Dog In Heat (Bruce Wilson)

Plenty of material there for the Denver Post and our local media covering the Prez's. But Media Matters is right in questioning when, if ever, they'll step up and ask similarly tough questions of the man whose endorsement John McCain actively sought.

El Paso County foreclosures on another record pace

Not good:

El Paso County's housing woes showed little sign of easing last month, as local foreclosures continued on a record pace.

Foreclosure filings totaled 480 in April, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,696, according to a report Thursday by the El Paso County Public Trustee's Office.

At that pace, said Trustee Tom Mowle, foreclosures could top 5,000 for the year, which would shatter last year's record of 3,556 filings, although the percentage of area households in foreclosure is smaller than in previous housing downturns.

The nation's mortgage industry crisis has been cited by many experts as one of the major causes of rising foreclosures in the Springs and elsewhere. Many buyers bought homes using adjustable-rate, interest-only and other nontraditional loans.

I won't say it.........