Coffman Troop Redeployment Measure Likely Shelved for Now

December 21, 2012
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PAUL:  “[U.S. troops] need to come home, and they will come home, but it won’t be in this session of Congress”

WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Coffman admitted his proposal to remove all four Army brigades from Europe is unlikely to be approved before Congress adjourns for the year.

“I’m worried. It didn’t get into the Senate version of the bill,” the Lone Tree Republican said in an interview Tuesday night at the Capitol. “I hope that it passes, and I absolutely think it is necessary.” Read more »

From the Cheap Seats: Ritter’s Intermittent Energy

December 21, 2012
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SHORT LIST? Former Gov. Bill Ritter was rumored this week to be the object of President Barack Obama’s energetic affections, so to speak

Former Gov. Bill Ritter was rumored this week to be the object of President Barack Obama’s energetic affections, so to speak. The ex-gov. of Colorado is supposedly on the short list to replace Steven Chu as secretary of energy.

Bad as the original choice choice of Chu was – and Cheap Seats is aware that Chu hasn’t made any definitive statement about leaving – really, who but Obama would hire him?  Read more »

Our View: Fixers and Finger Pointers

December 21, 2012
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Why didn’t Democrats didn’t call up and pass each of the measures they are now proffering as solutions to gun violence when they controlled all levers of government?

As the dust begins to settle on the unfathomable massacre of innocents that took place in Newtown, Connecticut last week, we can’t help but shake our heads at the blatant, willful exploitation of this tragedy in the name of advancing a keystone priority of the American left – gun control. Read more »

El Paso County Moves to Undermine Amendment 64

December 20, 2012
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THWARTING DEMOCRACY? El Paso commissioners voted to ban retail marijuana shops less than 24 hours after the first meeting of Hickenlooper’s 24-member task force

COLO. SPGS. – El Paso County Commissioners took the first step in bucking Amendment 64 this week. With the exception of Commissioner Peggy Littleton, the board gave the initial nod to an ordinance that would ban marijuana retail stores and cannabis cultivating, testing and product manufacturing facilities in unincorporated areas of the county. Read more »

Hickenlooper Blames Video Games For Shootings

December 20, 2012
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Video games are being targeted in the wake of initial reports suggesting the Newtown shooter played violent video games

DENVER – On CNN on Sunday, Governor Hickenlooper attempted to blame violent video games in part for the tragic shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, CT.

“Look at the level of violence in our media, video games,” Hickenlooper said. Read more »

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