Gas Pains

I just bought some lowtest for $2.25 a gallon. Will this help?

Hey, what ever happened to Ethyl? I hope she's ok.

Private Accounts

Wall Street ends bleak week with sharp drop

Economic fears drag market to its lowest level since November

MSNBC News Services

Updated: 6:00 p.m. ET April 15, 2005

NEW YORK - Stocks tumbled again Friday, dragging the market to its lowest level in over five months, as disappointing earnings from high-tech bellwether IBM increased investors’ concerns about an economic slowdown and made them nervous about a slew of earnings reports due next week.

Better hold off on starting that account just now - Admin.

Letter to Senator Salazar

Dear Ken:

I hope you are willing to stand up to the outrageous lies and despicable attempts by Bill Frist and the Fundamentalist Christian convervatives to destroy the filibuster and cripple our constitution.

Senator Durbin had it right today noting that Bill Frist filibustered one of Bill Clinton's judicial nominees in 2000 - something Senator Frist lies about to this day.

Senator Reid has it right when he calls them Radical Republicans, and hopes for the return of the Responsible Republicans.

You were sent to DC with the votes of many common-sense, practical, and thoughtful Coloradans. Do not forget us when the howls of the right are screaming for vengeance against our judges and complaining that they can't practice their religion in this diverse and tolerant city.

Sincerely,

Under Tom's Thumb

A new resource: Tom DeLay's House of Scandal.

Our CO congresscritters (except for Hefley, who got the horse head in the bed) are going to be hard pressed to criticize DeLay. If money is the mother's milk of politics, these 3 are getting fat on the pap:

- Marilyn Musgrave has taken $20,000 from Tom DeLay's ARMPAC. No surprise that Musgrave voted with Tom DeLay 94% of the time between Jan. 1 2004 and March 31 2005.
- Tom Tancredo voted to weaken the ethics rules in a move that many say served only to protect Tom DeLay.
- Tom DeLay has been admonished three times for his unethical behavior, yet Bob Beauprez gave DeLay's legal fund $1,000 to help defend him.

If they're your reps, let them know what you think.

Hammerdown

Boy, that Gazette subsciption fee is sooooo worth it sometimes:

Without DeLay

It’s time for GOP to put ‘The Hammer’ down




Have a nice day!

Growin' Some

Take a look at our congressional leaders, Senator Reid and Congresswoman Pelosi, laying out the charges against the corrupt Republican leadership in Congress. Don't forget, the [R]'s are the ones who promoted the Contract with on America, promising high ethical standards, fair debates, and term limits - which they promptly dropped once they were entrenched in power. C-SPAN link here. (Note: high-output video, 45 minutes, tricky link - if it doesn't come up, go to www.cspan.org)

What the DeLay/Frist faction of Radical Republicans* is doing:

• abusing their majority power in managing the business of Congress
• usurping and threatening the impartial role of judges in our democracy (update 4/14: "no man no problem" audio - despicable. -Z)
  
• invading the private lives of individual citizens solely for political gain
• catering to the rich at the expense of the great middle class that has made this country what it is today

They have forgotten everything they stood for in that electoral revolution just one decade ago, and have proven again the undeniable truth of this saying:

absolute power corrupts absolutely

* - Harry Reid is using this a lot lately, and we should all use it constantly to refer to our "friends" on the right. It is true.

Hefley Stands With Democrats

An article in the Washington Post today is VERY interesting. I am not a fan of Hefley but am slowly becoming one.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48136-2005Apr12.html?nav=headlines

Hefley is joining with some Dems to repeal the changes to the House Ethics Committee rules. Go Hefley!

It's the End of the World as we Know it... Part 1

Hi, there is just so much CRAP going on that it's impossible to stay focused on one thing. Here are a few links to get you started on the crap du jour, which is also the crap du semaine and even the crap du siecle... these toads keep popping up, having done one good black bag job for the Administration they are ready for either the next job or their "reward."

First, the environmental assassins. Today's are the Yucca mountain falsifiers... The guy who made up the data got another contract, which apparently the gummint was unaware of when they told Congress that he was out.

Second, the completely ludicrous and inappropriate nominations. In this case, Bolton. He pushed the Niger yellowcake story and then had State cover it up. Isn't that special? So in addition to being a UN-hater and an abuser of underlings while kissing butt up the chain (the worst kind of boss to have, that one), even according to loyal (but truthful) Republicans, he propagates faulty intelligence for political goals - forget what the truth is! How is that going to help the "terrible intelligence crisis" the Administration keeps crying about while telling all the intel community that they'd better produce only what is requested or, as Porter Goss would say, "You're outta here!"

More later.

Doug Bruce at it again.

Thanks to Zappatero's earlier post, I had the pleasure of reading the letter to the Gazette from Doug Bruce regarding last week's election results as well as the TABOR reform issue up for a vote in November. It is the first letter listed.

While Mr. Bruce may have the market cornered on fancy words, he's still in good company with other politicians who stretch numbers and facts to prove their point. Please check it out, and discuss.

Local Hero.......YES

Today, a letter writer explains why the President's claim that Social Security is funded by "worthless pieces of paper" is dangerous, wreckless, and ignorant. And the Gazette actually prints it! (scroll down to "Social Insecurity")

Thank you Joe Bennett.

Quoth the G

I always like the quotes on the Gazette's editorial page, even though they don't always follow them.

“You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.” - WALTER BAGEHOT

That's for you, Dr. Dobson

Local Hero.......NOT

From MyDD - James Dobson compares the Supreme Court of the United States to the KKK.

Can there be any question that the religio-fascist fundamentalists want a government that looks more like what the Ayatollahs created in Iran and Afghanistan than what our founding fathers created?

more later........if I can calm down.

Update: here is the great liar Dobson live (from Media Matters)