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Snowed in? This is better than a movie.
Watch the gun regulation proceedings still happening at 8:30pm Friday night. Republicans are really trying hard to stay on the good side of the gun lobby.
Mixed buts...
I was just behind a pickup with this arrangement of messages on the tailgate. It reminded me of those elementary school picture-tests that ask "Which of these does not belong?"
My brain is simply incapable of thinking those things at the same time.
Rand Paul is bad enough.
But now Ted Cruz has joined the effort. And listening to Ted Cruz pontificate is like listening to Jimmy Durante sing opera, but without the fun.
A Must Read Account of Fracking Colorado
One activist mother from Erie told me that the COGCC’s environmental exceptions for technologically challenged drillers is like arguing that a person who flunks out of medical school should still be allowed to perform brain surgery because that was his expectation and his monetary well being depends on it. Clearly, public health does not lead the list of governmental concerns at fracking discussions.
complete artcile here: http://ecowatch.org/2013/must-read-fracking-colorado/
This article is highly informative. It is also heartbreaking. Colorado is my home, I was born here. This article brought me to tears.
x-posted from GD
A Must Read Account of Fracking Colorado
One activist mother from Erie told me that the COGCC’s environmental exceptions for technologically challenged drillers is like arguing that a person who flunks out of medical school should still be allowed to perform brain surgery because that was his expectation and his monetary well being depends on it. Clearly, public health does not lead the list of governmental concerns at fracking discussions.
complete artcile here: http://ecowatch.org/2013/must-read-fracking-colorado/
This article is highly informative. It is also heartbreaking. Colorado is my home, I was born here. This article brought me to tears.
Attention Gov. Frackenlooper: The Charm Offensive Has Failed
The Fort Collins Coloradoan reports on yesterday's dramatic hearings in the Fort Collins City Council–and their vote last night, 5-2, to ban hydraulic fracture drilling ("fracking"
withing their city limits. This vote puts Northern Colorado's biggest city squarely in opposition to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who, although nominally a Democrat, has emerged as the head cheerleader–and now chief enforcer–for the oil and gas industry.
With a large crowd looking on, council members voted 5-2 on Tuesday to give final approval to an ordinance that prohibits hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, within the city…
Mayor pro tem Kelly Ohlson said state regulators have no credibility with him, nor does Gov. John Hickenlooper, who said last week the state would sue the city if it passed a ban.
“I believe the governor should spend his time protecting the health and safety and welfare of citizens of Colorado rather than acting like the chief lobbyist for the oil and gas industry,” he said. “In fact, I think he should literally quit drinking the fracking Kool-Aid.”
more: http://coloradopols.com/diary/38903/attention-gov-frackenlooper-the-charm-offensive-has-failed
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