Entries from June 2007
Dead? What’s dead?
Well, the amnesty bill, for one thing. Strong public opposition to this abomination — strong enough to jam the Capitol switchboards for days — was just barely enough to turn the tide against cloture, leading to a vote of 53 to 46 against (with only the Senator in the hospital sitting this vote out). [...]
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Tags: Economics · National Politics
REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT E. WITWER
Representative Witwer represents House District 25 which encompasses the foothills of Jefferson County, West Arvada and parts of West Littleton.
Representative Witwer is one of our young stars in the Legislature. As a rookie legislator, he passed 100% of the bills he introduced. He will be giving us a recap of the legislative [...]
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Coming soon from your US Congress - the worst idea since ’amnesty for illegals’ and Pat Boone’s ”In A Metal Mood” CD… it’s Smoot-Hawley II. Since raising import tariffs and starting a trade war worked so well with the original Smoot-Hawley Act, why not try it again?
The problem is that it’s a recipe for economic disaster. China is our [...]
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So all of the Democrats are moving us towards Nationalized Healthcare, aka HillaryCare (”HC”). What does HC mean for us? Well lets look at Great Britain. Great Britain has had a form of nationalized healthcare for years. In today’s London Times there is an article about wait times to get health care in England (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article1890473.ece)
According [...]
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Is it just me, or has lefty talk radio been curiously silent on the amnesty bill over the past two weeks?
Granted, I might have missed some coverage some where – there’s only so much whining, hatemongering, and self-absorbed faux radicalism I can stand before having to turn it off. However, looking at Randi Rhodes’ show archives for [...]
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Tags: National Politics
[ June 8, 2007; 12:30 am to 9:30 pm. ] Our next Friday Afternoon Club will be held at the Purple Martini in Tabor Center, downtown Denver, at 5:30pm on June 8.
See you there!
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