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Another reason to like Condi Rice

bluecarp | May 31, 2008

She is a fan of KISS.
The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Rice was in the Swedish capital Thursday for an international conference on Iraq. Kiss had a sold-out concert to play Friday.
"I was thrilled," Rice said of her late-night encounter with Kiss frontman Gene Simmons [...]

“Hillary math”

bluecarp | May 31, 2008

Denver Post cartoon – Ed Keefe
The only way Hillary can win the Democratic nomination is by using imaginary numbers.

“You want ‘change?’ Start here”

bluecarp | May 31, 2008

Denver Post column – David Harsanyi
Harsanyi is my favorite local columnist by far. I got the chance to meet him at the Libertarian National convention last weekend, and bought an autographed copy of his book "Nanny State." I recommend the book. (Harsanyi is not a Libertarian, but he is libertarian.)
In this column, he discusses Obama’s [...]

“In one-party districts, primaries are all-important”

bluecarp | May 31, 2008

Denver Post column – Bob Ewegen
Really?

“A setback for state tax freeze”

bluecarp | May 31, 2008

Denver Post editorial
The Post laments Denver District Court Judge Christina Habbas’ decision finding a state tax increase unconstitutional. Of course they do.
The Post’s use of double-speak would put Orwell to shame. The Post refers to the tax increase as a "tax freeze."  I know, it’s impossible to explain.
Lewis Carroll would be impressed with this [...]

“Space Aliens in Denver”

bluecarp | May 31, 2008

Rocky Mountain News cartoon – Ed Stein
What kind of self-respecting space alien would want to live in Denver?

“An impossible exercise”

bluecarp | May 31, 2008

Rocky Mountain News column – Paul Campos
The Rocky’s resident wacky liberal responds to a column by the Rocky’s resident wacky conservative, Mike Rosen.
Campos takes Rosen to task for his claim that only liberal judges are "activists." Campos says, no, in fact conservative judges can be "activists," too.
Campos assertion is correct, but his concusion is not. [...]

“Obama right and wrong”

bluecarp | May 31, 2008

Rocky Mountain News Column – Vincent Carroll
Obama’s collectivist outlook fails to acknowledge that business and commerce are important to society.
And that is frightening.

“Slimy Senate showoffs”

bluecarp | May 31, 2008

Rocky Mountsin News column – Mike Rosen
Rosen generally bats about .500 in his columns. Today, he gets all of it and scores:
Last week, five executives from the nation’s biggest oil companies were paraded before the Senate Judiciary Committee and harangued by hypocritical political exhibitionists whose shameless theatrics were exceeded only by their manifest ignorance of [...]

“Dailies shrug off Libertarian confab”

bluecarp | May 31, 2008

Rocky Mountain News column – Dave Kopel
Kopel points out the alternative and new media that did a good job of covering the third largest political party in the United States’ Denver convention and chastizes the two major dailies for their lack of coverage.
Ever wonder why daily newspapers are dying? They can’t (or don’t) provide the coverage [...]