Entries from August 2007
[ August 28, 2007; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Join us for our next monthly general meeting on August 28. Our speakers this month will be Ari and Jen Armstrong.
In response to the recent attempt by Mayor Hickenlooper and Denver Human Services manager Roxane White to live on food stamps for one week, the Armstrongs have taken on a similar challenge: to live a full month [...]
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Tags: @DMYR · Capitalism · Economics · Events · Philosophy · Small Government · The Individual
Came across these gems in today’s version of the Daily Reckoning. It’s what a lot of party leaders in DC and Denver (with the exception of Dick Wadhams) need to hear:
We saw in the paper that Karl Rove urged Republicans to come up with a new idea if they wish to remain in power. We [...]
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Tags: Economics · National Politics · Philosophy · Small Government · The Individual
August 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Sheryl Longin has a few comments on History Lessons:
Now, thinking about history, about what I remember and what I don’t, I have a different reaction. I wonder if we aren’t using a hopelessly irrelevant, archaic framework to teach a subject that is absolutely vital to our children if we care about the future of the [...]
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Tags: Philosophy · State-Level Politics
Some people enjoy the break between election cycles. For the rest of us, it’s about time things picked up again. As the election gets closer, we’ll be doing our best to give members a heads up on who’s coming to town.
If you want to hear directly from the Presidential hopefuls or are looking to get [...]
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Tags: Uncategorized
Having grown up within the broadcast reaches of Chicago radio, since high school I’ve enjoyed reading/listening to Jonathan Hoenig, aka the Capitalist Pig. He has a knack for injecting rational logic into free market discussions and emphasizing the virtues of capitalism. Over the last week, the Democrat presidential candidates seem to once again be competing [...]
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Tags: Economics · Uncategorized
Colorado Media Matters is upset about 9News not identifying us by name as the sponsors of our recent Islam in Current Affairs panel discussion: Colorado Media Matters - Promoting Islam panel, 9News failed to identify Young Republican sponsorship.
Boo hoo. It was hardly a secret, and in fact I would have preferred that they had identified DMYR as [...]
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Tags: @DMYR · Colorado Politics · Moonbattery
[ August 10, 2007; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Join us this Friday for a happy hour meetup and the Rockies vs. Cubs game.
When: Friday, August 10th starting at 5pm
Where: Downtown Tavern (1549 Market Street). We will be on the roof top, look for the red balloon.
Game: After the happy hour, we will head over to the stadium for the Rockies vs Cubs game. Rockpile seats [...]
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Tags: @DMYR · Events
Somewhere in a parallel universe must be a planet where the Democrats in Congress have actually accomplished something (I mean, other than raising the minimum wage and making complete asses of themselves while brazenly demonstrating their hypocrisy). What else could explain this gem, but that it’s come to us from the Bizarro Nancy Pelosi:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) [...]
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Tags: Moonbattery · National Politics
Earlier this week a bridge collapsed in Minneapolis and by present counts the cost of the tragedy has been 5 casualties, dozens injured, and millions of dollars in public and private property damage. Not surprisingly, it took mere minutes before liberals over at the lefty blogs began doling out fault and blaming our president. Unlike [...]
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Tags: Moonbattery