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It's a shame the Republicans didn't have any living presidents to showcase at their convention
Margaret and Helen discuss the conventions.
Teaser...
I think the Republicans had it hard. After four years of obstructing government, they had to do something really difficult. They had to put together a convention in Tampa while God flooded Louisianna. They had to convince a bunch of white, christians that camels are skinnier and needles have bigger eyes these days. And then they had to breathe life into a $3,000 business suit.
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Read the whole marvelous thing:
http://margaretandhelen.com/2012/09/07/its-a-shame-the-republicans-didnt-have-any-living-presidents-to-showcase-at-their-convention/
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Gessler's illegal voter witch hunt ends with a whimper
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First of all, this argument that there is insufficient time to hold hearings on these 141 voters that Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has narrowed down from a dragnet of thousands, while likely true, is not what Gessler office has previously stated. Back when the true number of improperly registered noncitizen voters was unknown, his office was fully prepared to travel the state holding "emergency" hearings to determine these voters' status.
So why isn't that happening?
The answer is simple: after years of fearmongering and the endless, irresponsible tossing about of conjectural and unverified figures, the final results of Gessler's obsessive quest to uncover what he has repeatedly warned are "thousands" of noncitizens casting ballots in Colorado elections are a total embarrassment.
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read the rest: http://www.coloradopols.com/diary/18453/gesslers-illegal-voter-witch-hunt-ends-with-a-whimper
And now we're being treated to the very weird sight of Gessler promoting voter registration in TV ads. Whiplash.
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Mitt's very busy Day One
This is a series in progress, suggestions are welcome!"
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For Farms in the West, Oil Wells Are Thirsty Rivals
GREELEY, Colo. — A new race for water is rippling through the drought-scorched heartland, pitting farmers against oil and gas interests, driven by new drilling techniques that use powerful streams of water, sand and chemicals to crack the ground and release stores of oil and gas.A single such well can require five million gallons of water, and energy companies are flocking to water auctions, farm ponds, irrigation ditches and municipal fire hydrants to get what they need.
That thirst is helping to drive an explosion of oil production here, but it is also complicating the long and emotional struggle over who drinks and who does not in the arid and fast-growing West. Farmers and environmental activists say they are worried that deep-pocketed energy companies will have purchase on increasingly scarce water supplies as they drill deep new wells that use the technique of hydraulic fracturing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/us/struggle-for-water-in-colorado-with-rise-in-fracking.html?_r=1
This is my home, and my heart is breaking.
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