http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/denver/ en-us Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:13:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts How The West Was Won The rapid and unexpected decline of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq was officially recognized this week, when Maj. Gen. John Kelly, commanding the Marine Expeditionary Force, turned operational control of Anbar Province over to the Iraqi army and police. Anbar, a vast expanse of desert the size of North Carolina, had been the stronghold of the Sunni insurgency. For years, foreign fighters loyal to al-Qaida had sneaked across Iraq's northwestern border with Syria, into Anbar and down a "rat line" of safe houses in Haditha, Ramadi and Hit. From Fallujah, the arch terrorist Zarqawi... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:13:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079559/posts WASHINGTON — Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday. The alleged transgressions involve 13 Interior Department employees in Denver and Washington. Their alleged improprieties include rigging contracts, working part-time as private oil consultants, and having sexual relationships with — and accepting golf and ski trips and dinners from — oil company employees, according to three reports released Wednesday by the Interior Department's inspector general. The investigations reveal a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" by... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079559/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:02:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077757/posts THE AUSTIN HILL RADIO SHOW -- ON NOW -- 630 WMAL, WASHINGTON, DC DISCUSSING THE 12,000 FLAGS LEFT AT INVESCO FIELD BY THE DEMS AFTER OBAMA'S 'CORONATION' LISTEN LIVE: http://www.630wmal.com/Article.asp?id=453473 http://radiotime.com/station/s_30888/WMAL_630.aspx 630 AM - WMAL, Washington, D.C. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077757/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:14:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077038/posts AURORA — As new questions arose about the man police say is responsible for the tragedy, several hundred friends and relatives gathered Saturday night outside an ice cream shop to mourn three lives suddenly lost. "It hurts now," said Vito Kudlis, surrounded by friends as he and his wife, Enely, wept for their 3-year-old son, Marten. "It is freaky. It is crazy." Marten, Patricia Guntharp, 49, of Centennial and Debra Serecky, 51, of Aurora all died when a Thursday night collision caused vehicles to careen into the Baskin-Robbins at the corner of South Havana Street and East Mississippi Avenue. Saturday... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077038/posts#comment Mon, 8 Sep 2008 02:34:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076443/posts THE STORY FROM ABC IN DENVER As many of you have heard, there is a flag controversy between the Republicans and the DemocRATS. The RNC is claiming that it save about 12,000 Americans flags leftover from Invesco Field in Denver. The claim is that they were headed for the dumpster. The DemocRATS are claiming that the flags were "stolen" and never intended for the dumpster. They claim that they were in storage and were either to be used again or donated. If 12,000 flags were stolen, I would think that a police report would have been filed. In a... Denver PD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076443/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 02:31:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2076246/posts IT’S A GRAND OLD RAG TO DENVER DEMS The Dem festivities were ened, the charade was done. The original lyrics from George M. Cohan’s “You’re a Grand Old Flag” referred to our flag as “a grand old rag,” using Civil War era slang, which Cohan changed following objections. Denver Democrats apparently preferred the original version. The party was over and it was time to trash all those flags, said the plain old delegates, the super delegates, the superduper delegates. Now, what to do with the damned things? It was bad enough that they had to wave them and pretend they... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2076246/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 20:15:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074390/posts In the Denver Post Today: Post Poll - Palin's Speech How would you rate Palin's speech at the RNC? (Read this related story) The Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074390/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:40:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2072382/posts DENVER – To say that Barack Obama's speech at Invesco Field in Denver didn't live up to the billing should be to state the obvious. But, unfortunately, too many Obamamaniacs have drunk so much of the Great One's Kool-Aid that he could have come onstage naked and they would have praised his magnificent clothes. The speech was rhetorically solid, though not rhetorically brilliant like some of Obama's other orations. Substantively, Obama didn't offer anything novel. It was the standard liberal fare. I think I was owed a bit more for having waited two hours in line to get into the... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2072382/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:08:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072215/posts Last Thursday evening at the Democratic National Convention, presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to score a political touchdown on the 50 yard line of Denver's Invesco Field stadium. Instead, he won the all-time governmental convention award for the best over-the-top political spectacle of sight, sound, speech and pyrotechnics – complete with superstar performances, Braveheart-like epic music endings and an Olympic-sized fireworks show. For a week prior to the event, newscasters, commentators and pundits were trying to guess what exactly that Greco-Roman, column-structure was that served as a stage backdrop, and what it was supposed to be representing and stating on... Worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072215/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 05:11:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071933/posts August 31, 2008 DNC Filled With the Same Faces & Ideas By David Broder DENVER -- The Democrats had themselves a successful convention -- at the price of appearing quite conventional. The delegates left here happy and enthused, believing that the divisive nomination fight was finally behind them. But their star, Barack Obama, on the climactic night of the conclave, gave an acceptance speech that was no match for the keynote address he delivered at the 2004 convention in Boston. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, introducing his colleague again here, said that first one "changed politics in America." That is... www.realclearpolitics.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071933/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:23:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071083/posts DENVER--The Democratic Party has boasted that its convention here will be "the most environmentally-sustainable" gathering in the party's history, complete with a director of sustainability, low-power lighting in some areas, and calculations of carbon footprints. Some of the goals include diverting 85 percent of waste that would normally go to a landfill, finding hundreds of people to sort waste into recycling-compost-landfill containers, and devising what The Wall Street Journal described as "lean 'n' green" catering guidelines that say food described thusly must not be fried and shall contain three of the following colors: red, green, yellow, blue/purple, and white. That... CNET http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071083/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:55:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070919/posts Pennsylvania's former deputy attorney general and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter Philip J. Berg has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Pennsylvania accusing presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama of lying about his U.S. citizenship, which would make him ineligible to be president.Mr. Berg is one of a faction of Clinton supporters who haven't heeded the party's call for unity, filing the suit just days before the opening of the Democratic National Convention, which will nominate Mr. Obama as the party's presidential candidate. ... Mr. Berg has posted documents on his Web site, ObamaCrimes.com, he says back up... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070919/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:10:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070335/posts Transcript Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech Published: August 28, 2008 The following is the transcript of Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, as recorded by CQ Transcriptions. NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070335/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:23:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070444/posts Earlier on FishbowlDC: "ABC News Producer Arrested in Denver" We've learned that ABC News' associate producer Asa Eslocker has been advised by his lawyers not to speak about the events of yesterday, when he was arrested for filming outside the Brown Palace Hotel. We've also learned that the hotel today admitted that, no, they don't own the sidewalk, thereby making their arrest of Eslocker all the more suspect. A memo from Eslocker's lawyers, as well as notes from the ACLU and Reporters Without Borders after the jump... Fisbowl DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070444/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:02:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070306/posts Younger delegates are complaining that most of the songs being piped into the Pepsi Center are not-so-golden oldies from the '80s and earlier. But hip-hop star Big Boi, chronicling the confab for Internet radio outlet Interactive One, went easy on the geezers and wheezers, saying "we may have to ease them into" his 21st century rap music. ***** The American Kennel Club is closely watching whom Barack Obama will pick as his family's canine "running" mate. Obama promised his daughters the family will adopt a dog, but since one of the girls is allergic, it has to be a hypoallergenic... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070306/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:03:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070296/posts Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070296/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:37:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070150/posts PHILADELPHIA - A Lafayette Hill lawyer who filed a legal challenge to Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidacy claiming he doesn't meet U.S. residency requirements had a motion for a temporary restraining order denied Friday.....Though the motion was denied, Berg said he was encouraged that Judge R. Barclay Surrick did not dismiss the lawsuit. The litigation also sought "expedited discovery." "We're still waiting to serve the senator," Berg said in a telephone interview Wednesday. Discovery would include examining the candidate's birth certificate and adoption papers, among other documents, Berg said.Besides Obama, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Federal Election Commission (FEC)... Times Herald (London) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070150/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:35:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070033/posts Wednesday in Denver Inside the Pepsi Center Democrat National Convention "John Edwards couldn't be here tonight..." Bill's on the tube. The Dem Convention isn't exactly Chills, Spills and Bill, but it is the center of the media universe until late tonight. CLICK images to enlarge. Our man, RidesAPaleHorse, DBKP Special Roving Convention Correspondent, files his report from Denver, assisted by "his friend Kevin", who shot the pix Wednesday. 22 scenes from inside the Democrat National Convention in Denver. Some Dem Mayors Get TogetherPutting on the RitzGlitzThe paparazziExcitement inside the Pepsi Center11 more from Wednesday--including Fearless Leader. Look for more pix... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070033/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:45:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2069931/posts The Washington Times reports: In retrospect, maybe the Democrats should have included Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput in their convention activities after all. The party was accused of deliberately snubbing the outspoken archbishop by failing to invite him to lead prayers or participate on its religion panels. Archbishop Chaput is the leader of Denver´s estimated 385,000 Catholics, the area´s largest religious denomination. But Archbishop Chaput may have gotten the last laugh. Democrats are doing a slow burn over the archbishop´s headline-grabbing criticism of party bigwigs and his decision to schedule major events this week during the convention´s prime-time speeches. Gosh,... American Papist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2069931/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:10:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2069930/posts MUZZLING DISSIDENTS AND THE MEDIA: LIFE UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA In a stark example of Cold War repression tactics, Vladimir Putin launched new efforts to crush all opposition and dissenting voices. In actions reminiscent of the worst days of the former Soviet Union, Putin mobilized his thugs to pressure WGN-AM radio in Chicago to quash critics who dare to criticize the Politburo leadership. “WGN radio is giving right-wing hatchet man Stanley Kurtz a forum to air his baseless, fear-mongering terrorist smears,” Putin wrote in an e-mail to supporters. “He’s currently scheduled to spend a solid two-hour block from 9:00 to 11:00... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2069930/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:09:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069885/posts DENVER (MyFOXColorado.com) – An anti-war concert headlined by the reunited Rage Against the Machine drew thousands of fans to the Denver Coliseum, many with tattoos, body piercings or "Iraq Veterans Against the War" T-shirts. The mood was both laid-back and political as the show got under way Wednesday morning. A juggler performed on the sidewalk near a replica of a Guantanamo Bay prison cell. The band State Radio opened while activists met backstage to plan a march once the show is over. By the time Rage Against Machine took the stage, police estimated the crowd at 9,000. When the concert... FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069885/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:16:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069874/posts Most people savvy about political matters will know that the leftists will be protesting outside of both conventions this year, as they always do. There will be tear gas, mass arrests, and—as always—there won't be any conservatives involved. We will be keeping a tally of major riot/protest events each day. The MSM will make it difficult, of course, as they have to do their best to shield the Democrats from a 1968 effect. Day 3(scroll for Days 1 and 2) You know, surprisingly enough, there wasn't much in the way of confrontation on Wednesday. Oh sure, there was a... Modern Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069874/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:58:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069713/posts Bill Clinton showed why Barack Obama is only the second best speaker at this year's convention, says Mark Halperin. Senator Evan BayhGrade: B- Was more confident and comfortable than in his past big speeches, but still had trouble holding the crowd. Yelled a lot to show passion, but volume alone was not enough, and his remarks, while on message, contrasted clearly with Biden's dramatic diatribe. Bill ClintonGrade: A+ The crowd stood and cheered until Clinton begged them to sit, and then he himself rose to the occasion with a decisive, hopeful and generous affirmation that "Barack Obama is ready to... Time Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069713/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:45:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2069708/posts Three nights of listening to Democrats will either serve as an intense form of amusement or leave you thoroughly depressed. It all depends how seriously you take the message. But if you really listen to the message, it’s both inescapable and painstakingly familiar – which might be the reason Democrats running for president usually lead in the polls at some point, only to typically fall short in November. Keep the number to your therapist handy. Prepare for tale after woebegone tale of struggling Americans, worried and apprehensive about the future and desperately seeking a big, benevolent hand to keep them... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2069708/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:35:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069689/posts DENVER - Maybe they should rename it the “Plagiarism Party.” Sitting through a few dozen speeches here, I’ve discovered why most of the delegates mill around and schmooze while the speakers are passionately delivering their versions of the Gettysburg Address. The delegates have heard it all before. Literally. I’m not talking about the “just words” echoes between our Deval Patrick and nominee Barack Obama. Spend a few hours on C-SPAN and it becomes painfully clear that most of the speakers here have nothing new to say, and they say it again and again. I first picked up on this one-dimensional... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069689/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:04:51 GMT