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08/15/08 @ 09:22:51 AM MDT


Scissor Sisters - Ooh
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And some Cheers and Jeers for you (apologies to Bill in Portland Maine)

Cheers to Marilyn Musgrave for this headline:
Musgrave rates high for loyalty to Bush and party, study says

In raising money Wednesday for Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, Vice President Dick Cheney lent a hand to one the most reliable supporters for the Bush administration and other Republican leaders, a new study shows.

Since taking office in 2003, Musgrave has voted in accordance with White House wishes 84 percent of the time, compared to an average of 80 percent for all House Republicans during the Bush presidency that began in 2001, according to a study released last week by Congressional Quarterly.

After they wrote a nice article about SquareState, Jeers to the Gazette for writing about the immigration forum Udall and Schaffer will be doing in your town tomorrow.  There was not one mention of Bob Schaffer's love of the Marianas Islands immigration policy.

Jeers to Greg Schnacke of Americans who Drink up MilkShakes with Long Straws for pulling a schnacke on Coloradans.  One of the main guys who predicted $2 Billion in gas leases on the Roan plateau, is whining that a bunch of protesters caused the leases to only amount to $114 Million.  Yes, Greg, it's all the liberal's fault, just like how we lost the Vietnam war.

Jeers to swiftboater Bob Perry

Perry has just plowed a whopping $400,000 into the coffers of the Club for Growth, the big right-wing group that advocates for conservative economic policies, the latest FEC records show.

Club For Growth, in turn, is now spending about $227,000 of that money to air an attack ad in Colorado against Mark Udall, who is the presumptive Dem nominee is going up against scandal-plagued GOP Senate candidate Bob Schaffer. The battle is playing out in a state where Dems have made strong gains after many years of Republican dominance.

BTW, been doing some work on that calendar.  As you hear of events, I'd prefer to let us share the work and give permissions to people to add to the calendar themselves.

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McCain and Bush - BFF (4.00 / 2)
Speaking of someone else who is tight with Bush:



Roan Plateau auction was yesterday. (4.00 / 1)

I wrote a diary here a couple of days ago with a video description of the Roan Plateau and gas leases from High Country News. Here is what I added as a post-sale update this morning:

UPDATE, Friday, August 15, 2008:

The BLM branch of our Federal Government auctioned the Roan Plateau gas leases yesterday. I don't think Johne's $10 would have gotten us very far.

GOLDEN, Colorado — A federal auction of oil and gas leases on Colorado's scenic Roan Plateau generated nearly $114 million Thursday, a record for onshore energy lease sales in the lower 48 states. - AP report in the Vail Daily.

Governor Ritter says this: "Today is a sad day for Colorado," Ritter said. "It's a missed opportunity, one we don't get back, one that falls squarely on the shoulders of the Bush administration."

Enough said. Now go out and elect candidates that will change the direction of our politicized public land agencies and manage the lands for the people, not the corporations!!

Let's beat these _______ (fill in the blank) and take back our country.



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Cheers to US aid for Georgia . . . Bush style . . . (5.00 / 1)
Bush said "We stand with Georgia." He ordered the U.S. military to deliver humanitarian aid to Georgia. The first shipments arrived in Atlanta this morning!  

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Bush SO FUCKING STUPID (4.00 / 3)
God, it's killing me

Look at this:

In a statement at the White House, Mr Bush accused Russia of "bullying and intimidation", saying it was an unacceptable "way to conduct foreign policy in the 21st Century".

Ummm...

It's just like stupid McCain saying this is the first major conflict since the cold war (never mind McCain said Islamic Terrorism is the transcending evil of our time), and that in the 21st century nations don't invade other nations.

But where is the press to point this out?

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Breaking: Conyers Calls Committee Back from Summer Recess to Investigate Suskind Allegations (4.00 / 1)
random 10 (4.00 / 3)
Knockin on Heavens Door - Bob Dylan, Live at Budokahn

Different Day - Jeff Austin & Friends, 12/5/05 Fox Theater Boulder

Don't Look Back - Peter Tosh, The Bottom Line NYC, 3/8/79 (the day of my birth)

Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police, Live

Soul Almight - Bob Marley, The Bob Marley Collection

The Night Shift Lullaby - Magnolia Electric Co, What Comes After the Blues

You Got Yours - Widespread Panic, Bombs & Butterflies

Truckin - Grateful Dead, Europe '72

Loser - Cracker, Kerosene Hat (ironically a GD/Garcia tune)

Yes - Morphine, Yes

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Thanks for a great site (4.00 / 4)
I'm a progressive that lives in Durango and I very much enjoy reading your site every day.  Here's music from two CD's I burned last weekend and have been listening to all week:

1.My Little Brown Book - Dianne Reeves
2.A Long Dream - Tyler Ramsey
3.One My Way Back Home Again - Jim Ward
4.Wonderful Life - Felice Brothers
5.No More Lonely Nights - Charlie Musselwhite
6.What Good is Love - David Hidalgo & Louie Perez
7.Something to Me - Tift Merritt
8.Love is Free - Sheryl Crow
9.Looking For Loneliness - Hacienda Brothers
10.Wild Sid of Life - Pine Leaf Boys
11.Hard Livin' - Justin Townes Earl
12.Red River Hustler - The Mumlers
13.I Love the Sound of Broken Glass - Nick Lowe
14.It Was Rainin' - Johnny Winter
15.The Way I Walk - Robert Gordon & Link Wray
16. Truck Driving Man - Don Walser
17.Gekko Love - Bonerama
18. Coquette - Earl "Fatha" Hines

and the 2nd CD:

1.Mercy Mercy Me - Dirty Dozen Brass Band & G. Love
2.I've Been Thinkin' - Smokey Joe Show
3.Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
4.Keep on Lookin' - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
5.Fools Rush In - Mort Weiss Quartet
6.To Be Young - Ryan Adams
7.Stop - Super Session
8.Frankenstiens Party of Three: Your Table Is Ready - Kelly Joe Phelps
9.Twist - Xavier Rudd
10.Time to Go - John Mayall
11.Holiday - The Radiators
12.Tiger Ray Blues - Bonsoir Catin
13.Would You Love Me? - Chuck Prophet
14.Road Hog - Long John Hunter
15.Jigsaw Falling Into Place - Radiohead
16.Cupid Shot Us Both With An Arrow - Suzy Bogguss & Ray Benson


Glad you chimed in. (0.00 / 0)
Are the Wilson Mountains near Durango?

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Thanks.... (4.00 / 1)
The Wilsons are outside of Telluride and include 3 14'ers: Wilson Mtn, Wilson Peak, and El Diente.

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Ah Friday (4.00 / 3)

I cannot wait until I have my 78 turntable running. How about these for teasers?


    • The Kinky Kids Parade                     by the Duncan Sisters
    • Herd Girl’s Dream                             by the Neapolitan Trio
    • When I’m Gone You’ll Soon Forget  by the Peerless Quartet
    • National Emblem March                    by the Pryor’s Band
    • South America, Take It Away           by Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
    • My Sugar is So Refined                     by Johnny Mercer
    • Up The Street March                        by the Brunswick Military Band
    • Don’t Fence Me In                           by Kate Smith
    • My Guy’s Come Back                      by Dinah Shore
    • Midnight Masquerade                       by Swing and Sway Sammy Kaye


Pam Bennett

A Soggy SE Susan Sulks (4.50 / 2)
IF I had been home to play Friday Random 10 today, this is probably what I would have gotten.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
New Christy Minstrels - Don't Let the Rain Come Down
Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
The Captain & Tennille - Come In From the Rain
Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
The Cowsills - The Rain, The Park and Other Things
Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
The Weathergirls - It's Raining Men
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop the Rain

Yeah, I know our mantra down here is "We need the moisture." But a whole summer's worth in just a few days? Not so much.

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