Comments on: Denver: Let the Madness Begin http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:51:10 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: skippy http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595614 skippy Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:10:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595614 <p>hope you enjoy elitch’s!</p> <p>i was unable to get any credentials to the big bloggers tent, so i am not attending, even tho denver is my hometown, and i have a number of rooms i could sleep in (w/my family).</p> <p>have fun, kids!</p> hope you enjoy elitch’s!

i was unable to get any credentials to the big bloggers tent, so i am not attending, even tho denver is my hometown, and i have a number of rooms i could sleep in (w/my family).

have fun, kids!

]]> By: Adie http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595553 Adie Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:09:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595553 <p>oops, i see you’ve already tended to the situation. ;-></p> oops, i see you’ve already tended to the situation. ;->

]]> By: BrazCubas http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595551 BrazCubas Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:09:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595551 <p>Oh, how I wish I could be there in my town for this, but I am tending a 91 year old who just broke his hip.</p> <p>Please breakfast at the Market in Larimer Square, a favorite early morning spot for a quiet coffee and a croissant.</p> <p>Have a beer at the skylark on south broadway (home of Drinking liberally) and ask about the resident drunken sage, the Denver Post’s own Enoch Needham, who died last year, but whose wit is fondly recalled by many. And stop in at Charlie Brown’s, a lovely dive bar on the hill with a past. Eat at the Mercury, but bring the pepto.</p> <p>Have all the fun you can stand!</p> <p>Damn, I wish I were there!</p> Oh, how I wish I could be there in my town for this, but I am tending a 91 year old who just broke his hip.

Please breakfast at the Market in Larimer Square, a favorite early morning spot for a quiet coffee and a croissant.

Have a beer at the skylark on south broadway (home of Drinking liberally) and ask about the resident drunken sage, the Denver Post’s own Enoch Needham, who died last year, but whose wit is fondly recalled by many. And stop in at Charlie Brown’s, a lovely dive bar on the hill with a past. Eat at the Mercury, but bring the pepto.

Have all the fun you can stand!

Damn, I wish I were there!

]]> By: Adie http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595548 Adie Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:08:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595548 <p>perhaps one in the west, but wasn’t he turned in by family, & still in jail?</p> perhaps one in the west, but wasn’t he turned in by family, & still in jail?

]]> By: wefearwhatwedontunderstand http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595451 wefearwhatwedontunderstand Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:07:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595451 <p>Please don’t drink Coors beer! From <a href="http://www.corporations.org" rel="nofollow">www.corporations.org:</a><br /> “The Coors family has always had strong ties to neo-Nazis. Adolph Coors allowed KKK meetings and cross-burnings on brewery property in Colorado. In 1984, Bill Coors fought against passage of the Civil Rights Act, telling an audience of black businessmen that blacks don’t succeed because they “lack intellectual capacity.” After encouraging them to go back to Africa, he said that one of the best things slave-drivers did to American blacks “was to drag your ancestors over here in chains” because blacks in America have greater opportunity than those in Africa. Joe Coors is a major contributor to the Moral Majority, which has called for the imprisonment of gay persons with AIDS. The Coors family funds a right-wing sector of Christian fundamentalism, which seeks to replace democratic pluralism with so-called “traditional family values” that is, an authoritarian, gender-based social order. They support groups that say homosexuals are an abomination and AIDS is God’s judgment on sinners. They have supported Reverend Sun Myung Moon and Christian Reconstructionists, both of whom have called for the abolition of U.S. democracy and the establishment of a theocratic state ( . . . one nation under God, or else).”<br /> Besides, there are so many very good microbreweries in and around Denver. Have fun!</p> Please don’t drink Coors beer! From http://www.corporations.org:
“The Coors family has always had strong ties to neo-Nazis. Adolph Coors allowed KKK meetings and cross-burnings on brewery property in Colorado. In 1984, Bill Coors fought against passage of the Civil Rights Act, telling an audience of black businessmen that blacks don’t succeed because they “lack intellectual capacity.” After encouraging them to go back to Africa, he said that one of the best things slave-drivers did to American blacks “was to drag your ancestors over here in chains” because blacks in America have greater opportunity than those in Africa. Joe Coors is a major contributor to the Moral Majority, which has called for the imprisonment of gay persons with AIDS. The Coors family funds a right-wing sector of Christian fundamentalism, which seeks to replace democratic pluralism with so-called “traditional family values” that is, an authoritarian, gender-based social order. They support groups that say homosexuals are an abomination and AIDS is God’s judgment on sinners. They have supported Reverend Sun Myung Moon and Christian Reconstructionists, both of whom have called for the abolition of U.S. democracy and the establishment of a theocratic state ( . . . one nation under God, or else).”
Besides, there are so many very good microbreweries in and around Denver. Have fun!

]]> By: valletta http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595407 valletta Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:49:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595407 <p>I wish I were in denver, it sounds like a blast.</p> <p>Hey Jane I heard you on Greenwald’s new podcast and you were great. I am really excited about this second wave of new progressive programs (Rachel Maddow on MSNBC) and podcasts (Glenn from Salon) that are popping up and think that Firedoglake really gets credit for turning more and more people onto progressive issues with ACTION in the agenda and not just bitching. This will be really important AFTER Obama is elected because election day is kind of like a wedding day, the journey has just begun. We need to keep up the pressure to actually ACCOMPLISH things.</p> <p>Keep up the good work!</p> I wish I were in denver, it sounds like a blast.

Hey Jane I heard you on Greenwald’s new podcast and you were great. I am really excited about this second wave of new progressive programs (Rachel Maddow on MSNBC) and podcasts (Glenn from Salon) that are popping up and think that Firedoglake really gets credit for turning more and more people onto progressive issues with ACTION in the agenda and not just bitching. This will be really important AFTER Obama is elected because election day is kind of like a wedding day, the journey has just begun. We need to keep up the pressure to actually ACCOMPLISH things.

Keep up the good work!

]]> By: SuburbanGrrrl http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595313 SuburbanGrrrl Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:41:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595313 <p>Ah Jane, just what us regular blogosphere readers want to know from The Cyber Villagers: who y’all are partying and dining with in Denver or the Netroots conventions as you craft the conventional blogosphere wisdom. Im about as interested in it as who the MSM Villagers are dining with in Georgetown. Wow, talk about parallel universes. Say hi to Joe Klein for me.</p> Ah Jane, just what us regular blogosphere readers want to know from The Cyber Villagers: who y’all are partying and dining with in Denver or the Netroots conventions as you craft the conventional blogosphere wisdom. Im about as interested in it as who the MSM Villagers are dining with in Georgetown. Wow, talk about parallel universes. Say hi to Joe Klein for me.

]]> By: Ann in AZ http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595234 Ann in AZ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:51:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595234 <p>Not only can Biden throw elbows, but he can do it in such a way that it doesn’t sound mean-spirited. McShame has attacked Obama in mean-spirited ways so many times over the last few weeks, yet all of the stuff we heard yesterday just sounded credible, not mean. Take for instance the contrast between the way General Clark’s reference that being shot down doesn’t qualify you to be Commander-in-Chief. While that’s true, the McShame campaign squealed like a banshee that they were besmirching his war record and his pow status. Yet Biden said yesterday, “These times require more than a good soldier. They require a wise leader.” I don’t see anything to complain about in that. He can do it, and do it with a smile on his face. That’s why they call him the happy warrior! We needed that, IMO!</p> Not only can Biden throw elbows, but he can do it in such a way that it doesn’t sound mean-spirited. McShame has attacked Obama in mean-spirited ways so many times over the last few weeks, yet all of the stuff we heard yesterday just sounded credible, not mean. Take for instance the contrast between the way General Clark’s reference that being shot down doesn’t qualify you to be Commander-in-Chief. While that’s true, the McShame campaign squealed like a banshee that they were besmirching his war record and his pow status. Yet Biden said yesterday, “These times require more than a good soldier. They require a wise leader.” I don’t see anything to complain about in that. He can do it, and do it with a smile on his face. That’s why they call him the happy warrior! We needed that, IMO!

]]> By: BooRadley http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595227 BooRadley Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:47:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595227 <p>Seconded.</p> Seconded.

]]> By: BobMunck http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595220 BobMunck Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:41:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/24/denver-let-the-madness-begin/#comment-1595220 <p>All this time I’ve been thinking that Jeff Toobin and Jeffrey Toobin were the same person. But there they are, both in the room at the same time. It’s like seeing Clark Kent and Superman shake hands.</p> All this time I’ve been thinking that Jeff Toobin and Jeffrey Toobin were the same person. But there they are, both in the room at the same time. It’s like seeing Clark Kent and Superman shake hands.

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