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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:12 PM Original message |
What made Colorado Springs so right wing? |
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T Roosevelt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. My guess - Air Force Academy |
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hexola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. My impression of Boulder was different... |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I lived in Boulder |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I think CO-2, the district based around Boulder |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 10:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. a lot of the Boulder "liberals" |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 11:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. we used to call ones with dreadlocks "Trustafarians" |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 11:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. LOL |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 12:27 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I used to live in that area |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. All the fucking transplants. |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. water? |
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drkedjr (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Colorado Springs |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You have no idea what you are talking about - |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 11:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. but they know a thing about "strick Catholics" |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. Air Force Academy, Space Command HQ, and a big Army base. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 11:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Not only Fort Carson, they also have Peterson Air Field... |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. Uh, Lessee - |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. strange |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 09:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Oh it's a beautiful city - |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 11:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. The larger the city gets, the less of a stranglehold they have |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. not just active military - |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 09:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. think they might be a little pissed at * slashing their benefits? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 11:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. it's hard to say, when it comes to the Springs |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. Army has or had a big pressense there |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. I was born there, but I doubt that relates :) nt |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Most western states are conservative because |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. At one time it was referred to as "Little London".... |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 11:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. But then there's Manitou Springs |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. But weatherwise, it is special for Colorado, in my opinion.. |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 10:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. sssshhhh |
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mike1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. I was in the USAF there back in the late 60s. The short answer: |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 12:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Hey now! The high altitude...doesn't... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
30. The Springs has always been anti-union also.... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
32. A trance-channeler I knew moved there with her followers |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
33. Little Haven of Liberalism-- |
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