69th Colorado General Assembly Open Thread

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  by: Colorado Pols Wed January 9, 2013 at 6:21 AM MDT




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  1. allyncooper says:
    Wed January 9, 2013 at 6:37 AM MDT

    The civil liberties of the People are in peril, the legislature is in session.  

  2. DavidThi808DavidThi808 says:
    Wed January 9, 2013 at 7:10 AM MDT


    “It’s the most painful thing,” said Larson, “and they’re no sooner elected and they’re down there making phone calls for the election in 2014.”

    …

    Perriello said that the drive for fundraising winds up containing “an enormous anti-populist element, particularly for Dems, who are most likely to be hearing from people who can write at least a $500 check. They may be liberal, quite liberal in fact, but are also more likely to consider the deficit a bigger crisis than the lack of jobs.”

    The answer is not campaign reform because whatever reform is put in place, the money will find another way in. The dollars controlled by the legislature are so immense, the donations will find a way.

    And public financing won’t fly. The voters rank Congress below cockroaches and therefore are not going to give the members tax dollars for campaigns. Yes it would lead to a better Congress. But you can’t sell that.

    And the present course continues the pervasive soft corruption. So we need to find a new approach.

    • Phoenix RisingPhoenix Rising says:
      Wed January 9, 2013 at 9:27 AM MDT

      Allow Congress to limit electioneering timeframes (a la Britain) – and set a default. No fundraising, no “elect me”, no declarations of candidacy until a reasonable time before the election. Penalty: you are ineligible to run for that election.

      And there is nothing saying we can’t do campaign finance reform that works, either – but again we need a Constitutional Amendment that puts some real limits on things. Corporations aren’t people; Congress may limit and regulate campaign contributions… The devil’s in the details, but I believe it can be done correctly.

  3. DavidThi808DavidThi808 says:
    Wed January 9, 2013 at 7:11 AM MDT

    Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary

    It is precisely this track record of being right on most of the key policy calls of the last decade that makes Krugman unacceptable as a candidate for Treasury Secretary. To be a serious candidate for this position it is necessary to have been wrong on most or all of these issues.

  4. Car 31 says:
    Wed January 9, 2013 at 7:12 AM MDT

    And may the odds always be in your favor.

    Everyone keeps saying this session will be crazy.

    Every session is crazy. Hasn’t been a ‘sane’ yet.

    Here’s hoping that state revenues hold steady, the Gov has plenty of veto pens prepped, and 120 days pass quickly.  

  5. Moderatus says:
    Wed January 9, 2013 at 7:17 AM MDT

    Is the picture about??? Is that Keanu Reeves?

    • Gorky PulviczekG Pulviczek says:
      Wed January 9, 2013 at 7:42 AM MDT

      Party on, dudes

      And remember, be excellent to each other.

    • Arvadonian says:
      Wed January 9, 2013 at 7:43 AM MDT

      a still photo from the film classic, “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”….one of the finest movies released in the 1980′s….

      • JeffcoBlueJeffcoBlue says:
        Wed January 9, 2013 at 7:52 AM MDT

        But what number are they thinking of?

      • BlueCat says:
        Wed January 9, 2013 at 8:31 AM MDT

        probably the high water mark for Reeve’s “acting” ability.

        • ProgressiveCowgirlProgressiveCowgirl says:
          Wed January 9, 2013 at 9:35 AM MDT

          But he’s a pretty awesome human being. He has frequently volunteered to take up to a 90% paycut on movies to allow producers to bring in exceptional actors who he wants to work with. In his profit-sharing agreement for the Matrix movies, he had the right to claim something like $75 million, and instead distributed it among crewmembers who worked for next to nothing on the movie. There’s a story that was posted on Reddit about Keanu giving $20,000 out of his own pocket as a Christmas bonus to a movie set builder when he heard the guy was in need. He’s an extremely avid reader, and picked as his favorite place in an interview with “Details” a book store. He can recite most of Shakespeare’s sonnets from memory and has read ALL of Proust. He once turned down a $12 million offer to appear in “Speed 2″ because he had agreed to appear in a Shakespeare production on stage in a small Canadian theater.

          His sister has been battling leukemia since the 1990s, and Keanu has paid for her care. He also lost his daughter (stillborn) in the 90s and a couple of years later, lost his partner and the mother of his stillborn daughter in a car accident. Most celebrities would have gone off the deep end when dealing with that much tragedy–and many of them end up violently abusing servicepeople or on weeks-long benders for no reason at all. Instead, Keanu just kept working and only ever mentioned his personal troubles to his friends, preferring to talk about literature and theater with the media.

          As celebrities go, he seems to be a pretty good egg. And Bill and Ted was a darned funny movie.

          • Serenitynow says:
            Wed January 9, 2013 at 9:50 AM MDT

            He is indeed a very cool guy.  And he’s OK in movies as long as he is supposed to play a character who is thoroughly confused most of the movie.  Also, Point Break is the greatest film of all time.

          • BlueCat says:
            Wed January 9, 2013 at 2:15 PM MDT

            I was simply talking about his “skill” as an actor. Nothing at all against him personally and am happy for him that he has found a way to make tons of money with which to do nice things for others.  I don’t keep up wjth celebrity news much so all I know about him is his acting.

            • ProgressiveCowgirlProgressiveCowgirl says:
              Wed January 9, 2013 at 2:23 PM MDT

              The above I learned after making a similar snarky comment about Keanu on another site, and I just feel it’s worth adding to any discussion of his limitations as an actor. I’m not surprised that “kind of stunned” is his default expression after the tragedies he’s experienced.

  6. CaninesCanines says:
    Wed January 9, 2013 at 8:46 AM MDT

    Wikipedia sez re the Colorado legislature:

    Special sessions may be called at any time by the Governor or upon written request of two-thirds of the members of each house, but are infrequent.

    So it’s possible to have a special session weeks after the legislature officially ends, rather than immediately afterwards?

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