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Entries from September 2008

Document Dump

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

This is interesting — Face the State has obtained a package of internal documents concerning the activities of the Colorado Democracy Alliance, the umbrella group which funded and organized left-leaning organizations in Colorado in the well-known effort to take the state “blue” in 2006. The site will be posting documents from the package in installments [...]

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Tags: Colorado Politics · PPC

LPR Quarterly Breakfast Club

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

[ October 14, 2008; 7:00 am to 8:00 am. ] The next LPR Breakfast Club will be held Tuesday, October 14. The speaker will be Diggs Brown, LPR Grad, Member of the Fort Collins City Council, Green Beret, and businessman, speaking on the topic: “How to Win the War on Terror”

When:Tuesday, October 14th at 7am
Where:Panera Bread, 1350 Grant Street, Denver

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Tags: Events · LPR · Strong Defense

Liberty on the Rocks

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

[ October 1, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Looking for another great way to socialize with people who share your free market, small government principles?

Liberty on the Rocks is a great new biweekly event, held alternating Wednesdays at 7pm at the Uptown Tavern on 17th Street. Meet and talk politics with like-minded Republicans, Libertarians, libertarians, conservatives, and even a few anarcho-capitalists.

The next [...]

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Tags: @DMYR · Capitalism · Events · Small Government

Amendment 56 Puts Businesses Out of Business

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

“I’m going out of business if Amendment 56 passes,” says one Colorado small business owner.  Brian Schwartz over at patientpowernow.org has the full story on how Amendment 56 will kill small business. 
Forcing employers to buy medical insurance for their employees results in lower wages, lost jobs for the poor, and other undesirable outcomes.   One is [...]

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Tags: Amendment 56 · State-Level Politics

It is Time to Get Involved. For Colorado, For Country!

September 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Fellow Young Republicans,
Our efforts over the next two weeks will determine the future of our state and our country.
As we learned from Dustin Zvonek at our last general meeting, mail-in ballots go out state-wide on October 6th and at least 60% of registered voters will cast their vote through this process. It is [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Amendment 54 Will “Clean” Government Contracting Process

September 18th, 2008 · 13 Comments

With the possibility of up to 18 separate state-level measures appearing on our ballots this general election, Coloradans have important choices to make and some serious research to do. One of the measures is very straight forward, however.
The Clean Government Initiative or Amendment 54 would close a loophole in Colorado election law by [...]

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Tags: Colorado Politics · PPC

DMYR September General Meeting - Convention Wrapup, Colorado Races

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments

[ September 23, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The DMYR General Meeting for September will feature the following speakers: Kim Ransom, alternate delegate for the 6th congressional district to the RNC in St. Paul, delegate to 2 previous conventions, and alternate to 2 others, will speak to the group about this convention, comparing it to past conventions and discussing the process of becoming [...]

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Tags: @DMYR · Colorado Politics · Events · National Politics

Information on Colorado Amendments and Ballot Initiatives

September 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

With all the amendments and initiatives on Colorado’s ballot this November, it can be hard to sort out which is what without some help. Fortunately, that help is a click away, at Ballotpedia.org, where in addition to their Colorado politics hub, there is a full index of the “live” legislative referrals and citizen-initiated constitutional amendments, [...]

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Tags: Colorado Politics · PPC · State-Level Politics

Arapahoe County Voter Registration Drive

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Rod Bockenfeld, with help from the 2008 Victory Campaign, is organizing a voter registration drive for Saturday, September 13 at 9 am at the Smoky Hill Library.
There are many new homes in eastern Arapahoe County that are not registered to vote and at least 280 of them have been identified as Republicans who [...]

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Tags: Colorado Politics · State-Level Politics

“Lipstick on a Pig”

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Boy, that Sarah Palin really has Barack Obama rattled, for the Great Orator to let slip something as inartful as this:

After watching the video I’m not entirely convinced that the “lipstick” comment was aimed at Palin (referencing her own “lipstick” joke at the convention)…if it was, his delivery of the line gives him a little [...]

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Tags: National Politics · PPC