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March 23, 2010
Dick Wadhams on health care: "America will be in great political turmoil after the passage of this bill -- and I think that's good"
"No, I'm not being facetious."The U.S. House's passage of a massive health-care bill President Barack Obama is planning to sign into law today is already having plenty of political impact locally, with the Gun Owners of America targeting Dem Betsy Markey, who voted for the measure (after voti ... More >>
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March 12, 2010
Obama gives $125,000 in Nobel Prize money to Denver-based American Indian College Fund: Find something to hate about that!
Courtesy of the White House"The Republicans can't blast me for doing this, can they?"These days, pretty much everything President Barack Obama does is criticized by someone or other. But his detractors will have to work overtime to fault him for his decision regarding the money he received f ... More >>
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February 19, 2010
Barack Obama gives Michael Bennet a hand -- but the panhandler gets the last word
President Barack Obama came to Denver yesterday to raise funds for incumbent (by a year) Senator Michael Bennet -- but he probably lost him votes with a massive, rush-hour traffic jam that was messier than a Florida hanging-chads recount. Obama landed at Buckley shortly before 3 p.m. and wen ... More >>
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February 19, 2010
Shaun White's dreamed-of meeting with Obama looking good
Talk about the planets coming into alignment. Yesterday afternoon, during an appearance at the Fillmore Auditorium to pitch for Senator Michael Bennet, President Barack Obama warmed up the crowd by gabbing about medal-winning Olympians with Colorado connections, including snowboarding wizard Shaun ... More >>
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February 19, 2010
Real Mexican restaurant replacing Taco Bell
The traffic jam that resulted from Barack Obama's visit to Denver yesterday proved a good time to check out developments along Santa Fe Boulevard -- including the fact that the former Taco Bell at 14th Avenue is going to become a real Mexican restaurant. Although it looks like the "coming s ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2010
Single payer health care rally for Obama visit: The concept is better for everyone except those getting rich off current, broken system, organizer says
Dr. Margaret Flowers will speak at the rally.President Barack Obama's visit to Denver today is prompting more spectacles than just a medical marijuana protest featuring Sensible Colorado's Brian Vicente, which is scheduled to be underway at this writing. For instance, there's also "Rally 'Ro ... More >>
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February 18, 2010
Obama visit: Fillmore will be ground zero for grassroots rally, and grass
The circus is coming to town today, and it's playing the Fillmore. Not the inside of the Fillmore Auditorium -- that's where President Barack Obama will address a "Grassroots Rally" at 3 p.m. -- but the outside of the facility at 1510 Clarkson Street, where protesters will gather all day. An ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2010
Medical marijuana advocate Brian Vicente, organizer of DEA protest: Obama needs to "call off the dogs"
Brian Vicente doesn't buy the U.S. Attorney's argument.Today, President Barack Obama is coming to Denver to raise funds for Senator Michael Bennet -- a display of favoritism in the primary that frustrates longtime Obama fan Polly Baca. But his appearance is welcomed by Sensible Colorado's Br ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2010
Presidents' Day quiz: Do politics have a place in pop music?
Happy Presidents' Day! We hope you're one of the lucky few who actually get the day off (looking at you, bank workers, mail deliverers and other governmental types), and we hope you spend the day in deep contemplation of our nation's great leaders (that is the point of Presidents' Day as a holiday, ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2010
Kenny Be's Yard Arteology: Obama Goggles
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments... click image to enlarge Figure 49. Lowry: Porch pots with a hopeful vision. "Obama goggles" is the slang term for a phenomenon in which the increased display of passion for President Obama actually lowers political awareness to the poin ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2009
Phil Wolf thrilled with response to anti-Obama billboard
The finished billboard, as seen in Channel 4 coverage.Last week, a billboard went up at Wolf Interstate Leasing & Sales, 4855 Miller Street in Wheat Ridge, questioning President Barack Obama's nation of birth and linking him to jihad (and the murders at Fort Hood) in a way some observers saw ... More >>
Blogs
November 20, 2009
Is this anti-Obama billboard racist? You be the judge
Obama meets Sambo? Click the photo to enlarge the image.So... whaddya think? Is this billboard, on display outside Wolf Interstate Leasing & Sales, 4855 Miller Street in Wheat Ridge, a bold (and legitimate) statement of displeasure with the Obama administration that has the guts to link the s ... More >>
News
November 12, 2009
Do you need to impersonate Barack Obama to get a gig these days?
Obama meets Sambo? Click the photo to enlarge the image.So... whaddya think? Is this billboard, on display outside Wolf Interstate Leasing & Sales, 4855 Miller Street in Wheat Ridge, a bold (and legitimate) statement of displeasure with the Obama administration that has the guts to link the s ... More >>
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October 2, 2009
Wake-Up Call: The joy of text?
President Barack Obama just signed an executive order banning federal workers from text-messaging when they are driving government cars, or driving their own cars on government business, or using their on government phones while driving their own cars on personal business. The ban was announc ... More >>
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September 18, 2009
Denver Blogs: I need fuel!
We read local blogs so you don't have to, although you should, 'cause many of them don't suck. Turning trash into electricity: Yet another way that life imitates Back to the Future. (Colorado Independent) Malcom Glenn doesn't think you should be surprised by Obama's endorsement of Michael Bennet. ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2009
Colorado delegation doesn't tweet during Obama's healthcare speech
Last night, Colorado's representatives and senators actually paid attention during President Barack Obama's healthcare address to a joint session of Congress -- or at least they resisted posting their comments about it while the speech was taking place. Not all of the state's federal official ... More >>
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September 10, 2009
Denver's Liberty on the Rocks' NObamacare message goes national, with a chaser
An image from Liberty on the Rocks' website.News outlets probably worked up a powerful thirst while looking for Denver naysayers to hate on President Barack Obama's speech about healthcare reform before a joint session of Congress last night. Perhaps that's why both National Public Radio and ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2009
Denver Blogs: Game changer?
"If anyone asks, that speech killed." Our daily cruise through the Colorogosphere. Did Obama's healthcare speech really change some Colorado minds? (Colorado Independent) Climate-legislation: The next empty promise for thousands of new jobs! (5280) What Josh McDaniels is saying about Sunda ... More >>
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September 9, 2009
Obama speech doesn't turn Boulder students into zombies
News that President Barack Obama would deliver a speech to the nation's schoolchildren caused plenty of parents (and talk-show hosts) (and cable-TV pundits) to freak out -- so much so that the event itself couldn't help being an anticlimax. Obama's text was about as controversial as an endorsement ... More >>
Blogs
September 3, 2009
Sick response to Obama's speech to kids
A banner from the Independence Institute's "Ed Is Watching" website. Our item yesterday about a Douglas County school allowing parents to opt out of letting their kids watch a Tuesday speech to the nation's schoolchildren by President Barack Obama has been followed by plenty of mainstream cov ... More >>
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August 28, 2009
Wake-Up Call: The Obama promise, stuck in line
Denver looks golden in most memories of last year's Democratic National Convention -- including Barack Obama's acceptance speech, which was delivered on August 28, 2008, exactly 45 years to the day of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. But then, there are the memories of tryi ... More >>
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August 24, 2009
Barack Obama digs Denver author Kent Haruf
Book 'em, Barack.Hard to imagine the press minions who worked for the previous administration releasing a list of books George W. Bush planned to read on vacation -- probably because those liberal smartypants types would bring their overt prejudice to bear against titles such as The Pet Goat. ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2009
Flipping off Obama in Grand Junction
President Barack Obama's Saturday appearance at Central High School in Grand Junction was a consistently civil event, particularly compared to healthcare town halls like the one staged by Representative Ed Perlmutter earlier this month. But predictably given the number of national media representat ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2009
Headlines with a keen grasp of the obvious
Today's Denver Post includes an article topped by the banner "Businesses Like Their Tax Breaks" -- a revelation that few observers would have guessed (unless they were awake and paying attention). Here are ten other similarly shocking headlines: 10. "Most Men Find Angelina Jolie Attractive" ... More >>
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August 6, 2009
Could Colorado be the engine that drives the electric-car revolution?
Ever since I gave up on my dream of a flying car, I've been waiting for the next best thing: an electric one. Sure, it lacks the sexiness of a my Jetsons-fueled childhood fantasy. But on the other hand, I don't have to learn to fly and my kids may actually inherit a planet that's livable -- s ... More >>
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July 29, 2009
The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 29 edition
estheraseNo amount of tickling will bring him back to us. Why isn't my dad Obama's adviser? Today in The Latest Word: -The sad, graphic world of roadkill. -What standards? -Michael Vick really shouldn't ever be a Bronco. -Trapeze in Westminster. -Denver is OK for singles. Today in Cafe ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2009
To defeat the evil health-care legislation, Republicans will target a lawmaker near you
They're coming for you, Betsy Markey.Politico reports this morning that the battle over President Obama's health care-reform bill will be waged, and won, during the upcoming August recess. And Republicans is already identifying Colorado Democrats it believes it can persuade to stiff-arm the p ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2009
Jared Polis makes the NYT with anti-Obama health care message
It looks like Boulder Congressman Jared Polis has taken the lead as one of the Democrats to cross party lines and thumb his nose at President Obama's health care proposal. But his concerns don't have to do with health care itself. No, a letter he wrote that was signed by 21 other Democratic congres ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2009
More on Obama's mustard preference
Because nothing in the blog world ever really dies until it's been milked of every erg of usefulness or grim humor, may I humbly present this: The letter that the Grey Poupon people actually sent to President Barack Obama (and copied to me) in response to the teacup tsunami caused by his choice in c ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2009
Denver Blogs: "Whoa, guys, you're taking this bipartisan thing a little too far, aren't you?"
Michael Bennet.Our daily cruise through the blogosphere. Send tips. Is Senator Michael Bennet already turning on Obama? (Square State) In the Rocky's absence, the Post has gone commie. Allegedly. (Face the State) A random lesson on how to survive a wild animal attack, which sent us spiraling into ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2009
David Sirota carries no water on AM 760
David Sirota. Jay Marvin, the morning host for AM 760, Clear Channel Denver's progressive talk outlet, has been out of commission of late, after undergoing gall bladder surgery. He's on the mend and expected to be back at the microphone next Monday. In the meantime, however, his most frequent fill- ... More >>
Blogs
March 5, 2009
Denver Blogs: Obama won't secure border, according to guy who makes s#@t up
Courtesy of Flickr Below lies the booty from our daily local-blog treasure hunt. Send tips here. KOA's "Gunny" Bob Newman distorts Obama's view on immigration, which goes to show you: Never trust a guy named Gunny, unless he's making you waffles or changing your oil. (Media Matters) Quick: Guess ... More >>
News
March 5, 2009
Even Obama's dry-erase board became a piece of history at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Courtesy of Flickr Below lies the booty from our daily local-blog treasure hunt. Send tips here. KOA's "Gunny" Bob Newman distorts Obama's view on immigration, which goes to show you: Never trust a guy named Gunny, unless he's making you waffles or changing your oil. (Media Matters) Quick: Guess ... More >>
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February 16, 2009
Does Barack Obama see Colorado as his (stimulating) good-luck charm?
White House photo by Pete Souza. Stevie Wonder, one of President Barack Obama's favorite performers, famously sang, "When you believe in things that you don't understand/Then you will suffer/Superstition ain't the way." Nonetheless, Obama seems to have a superstitious streak, especially when it com ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2009
Obama visit eats into press time for Denver Restaurant Week
Denver Restaurant Week doesn't start until February 21, but it already looks like a hit, with more than 224 restaurants signed up to participate and over a hundred chefs slated to attend the scheduled February 17 press conference to hype the event.But once Barack Obama's noon visit to Denver that sa ... More >>
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February 13, 2009
Top ten songs that should be renamed after Barack Obama
Excise "Back." Insert "Barack." The campaign by several Boulder High School students to rename their facility after President Barack Obama was dropped yesterday due to a lack of support, but not before inspiring our satirical blog "Ten More Things That Should Be Named After Barack Obama Other Than ... More >>
Blogs
February 5, 2009
Did Barack Obama hypnotize the nation during his Denver acceptance speech?
As you may have heard, Barack Obama recently became the president of the United States. However, his enemies continue to portray him as a smooth but dangerous character whose rhetorical skills mask evil motives. In this recently posted video, for instance, Obama is accused of using "the techniques ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2009
More proof that Democrats will buy anything Obama-related
As if all the Obama-related crap that was sold at the DNC in Denver wasn't enough, we recently spotted Barackti Chai at the Whole Foods in Boulder. (Tyler Nemkov poured out the story here.) We knew that Obama's face was the new Che, but the new Paul Newman, too?
Blogs
January 22, 2009
Denver Blogs: Obama becomes first black president to help save cute wolves from extinction
Send worthy bloggage here. Obama snuffs last-minute Bush proposal on oil-shale royalties and hooks up endangered wolf in process. I guess he's saving walking on water until day four. (Colorado Independent) Accomplishing nothing is a slow process for the Colorado Legislature. (Face the State) Bu ... More >>
News
January 22, 2009
Barack the bull's coming-out party
Send worthy bloggage here. Obama snuffs last-minute Bush proposal on oil-shale royalties and hooks up endangered wolf in process. I guess he's saving walking on water until day four. (Colorado Independent) Accomplishing nothing is a slow process for the Colorado Legislature. (Face the State) Bu ... More >>
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January 21, 2009
Barack's semen going for $2,500 a pop in Denver
The livestock exchange at the National Western Stock Show in Denver this week is the last place I expected to find a political advertisement. So when I spotted a stack of glossy blue fliers on a hay bale with the name "BARACK" printed in huge lettering, I had to take a closer look. Barack, it see ... More >>
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January 21, 2009
Obama's inauguration ceremony much better planned than his DNC acceptance speech in Denver
The inauguration ceremonies for President Obama seem to have gone smoothly yesterday, with no arrests and only a few small logistical mishaps reported. Quite a feat, considering the record two million people who flooded into Washington for the event. It all serves to illustrate the ways local and ... More >>
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January 20, 2009
Catch the inauguration at Cora Faye's Cafe
The coffee's already on at Cora Faye's, the soul-food restaurant that Jason Sheehan raved about back in July 2007. The TV's on, too, making this restaurant at 2861 Colorado Boulevard one of the best spots in the city for watching the inauguration of Barack Obama.Channel 31 host Shaul Turner is on ha ... More >>
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January 20, 2009
History being made in Washington, D.C. -- and the Super Bowl
During his regular midday show yesterday, KOOL 105 midday host Hollywood Henderson (pictured) talked about two impending events that he never thought would occur in his lifetime: today's inauguration of Barack Obama as America's first African-American president -- and the perennially laughable Ari ... More >>
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January 20, 2009
Those George W. Bush countdown clocks are going fast
Stopped by Twist and Shout yesterday to paw through vinyl 45s for my vintage jukebox, and when I arrived at the counter shortly thereafter to pay for my excellent finds, I couldn't help noticing a stack of George W. Bush countdown clocks -- small devices that ticked off each day until Dubya's term ... More >>
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January 20, 2009
Jay-Z sadly missing from inaugural soundtrack
So I just flipped on the inauguration, a few minutes before Obama took the oath, and who do I see playing to usher in the 44th President, our first African-American president, the first president who acknowledges having Jay-Z on his iPod? Let me give you a hint. It wasn't Jay-Z. It wasn't Kanye (al ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2009
A nation gathers, watches, listens, hopes
Like millions upon millions of Americans, I just took a break along with my co-workers to witness Barack Obama taking the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States and then delivering a speech that was simultaneously serious and stirring. And as I looked around the conference room ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2009
Take stock in Barack
Artist Cassandra Cole made the rounds during the Democratic National Convention, selling posters, mugs and other gifts with copies of her unmistakable, farmer-hat-clad portrait of Barack Obama to celebrate his visit to Denver. Now Cole is back with a more dignified -- dare we say more presidentia ... More >>
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January 19, 2009
Night and Day: Obama Inauguration parties in Denver
This morning's Martin Luther King Day march took to the streets with an historic edge: Denver celebrated one African American who helped make it possible for another to become president all these years later. The elated nation that elected Obama Commander-in-Chief will be bumping the clouds tomor ... More >>
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January 19, 2009
Leftovers
Michael Harrison celebrated his Martin Luther King Day trying to sell stuff he wasn't able to sell during the DNC. Namely, Obama In a Bottle. It didn't matter that the water bottles - which are stuffed with an American flag, an Obama lanyard, a cardboard party horn, an Obama button, a bracelet and ... More >>
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