And yes, I know dKos well...I was a TU and everything for a couple years. Except for the following of the occasional link as last night, I have stayed away since January 1. One of the very few New Years resolutions I have ever kept. Much more civilised here.
That's been my experience, too. In fact, the conservatives go out of their way to state that we didn't go for the oil. I don't think most people believe we went for good reasons anymore, though. At first, I'm sure most did. But these days I think people generally believe we went simply for the benefit of Bush's cronies. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
There is a pretty solid lefty community in the downtown area, but the city is very dependent on the military (Fort Carson army base is one of the main Iraq embarkment places, and Peterson AFB, Schriever AFB, the Air Force Academy, and NORTHCOM headquarters are here...) and there's a huge retired military population. Also it has a strong southern flavor with the attendant problems. And there is a big evangelical christian community, including the headquarters of a whole bunch of mission groups that you only will know about if you listen to short wave radio.
Plus we have some world class conservative idiots in our political system, including the famous Doug Bruce, inventor of the TABOR system of tax indexing that has ruined Colorado's finances, and who has only this year been caught kicking a photographer during the legislative swearing-in ceremony and then shortly afterwards calling undocumented workers "illiterate peasants."
Bottom line is that we have a lot of nutjobs around here. But if you don't read the newspaper it's easy to avoid knowing about it! :-)
and who has only this year been caught kicking a photographer during the legislative swearing-in ceremony and then shortly afterwards calling undocumented workers "illiterate peasants."
Just wow.
The distance we have come and the distance remaining to go are both impressive. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
