Coyote Gulch

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

2004 Presidential Election
Michael Moore's latest is scheduled to open next week. Lots of controversy. I'm thinking that this is another first, this election year, that is, someone making a film that is openly critical of the President. Click on the graphic to the right to see a screen shot from a Moore e-mail.
Taegan Goddard: "But the poll also asked respondents 'if their own lives had improved on more than a dozen fronts since Bush took office' and found the discontent is bipartisan. 'Nearly two thirds of American voters say the country is on the wrong track and most -- including a majority of independents and even many moderate Republicans -- believe that they are personally worse off than three years ago on a broad range of issues, from their tax burden and job opportunities to their access to quality health care and schools. This 'discontent gap' between party loyalty and the issues indicates a strategic opening for a candidate who promises real change.'"
Senator Kerry leads Presdident Bush, 52% to 34%, in New York, according to a recent Quinnapac University poll.
8:07:26 PM

Congratulations Chauncey Billups
It was a long time coming. I know a Denver Recreation Supervisor that I'm sure is tickled pink that the Pistons won. I'm smiling too, Harry.
8:01:38 PM

Denver November 2004 Election
Mike Miles is taking the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to task over their lukewarm support, according to the Denver Post [June 16, 2004, "Miles miffed at party"]. From the article, "First, the nation's top Democratic Party officials underestimated the little- known educator from Colorado Springs. Then, when Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar got into the race in March, they tried to bully former U.S. Army Ranger Miles out of the race. Now, they are simply ignoring Miles, who won the most votes at last month's Democratic State Assembly. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee - a group of sitting U.S. senators that offers fundraising help and campaign advice - refuses to acknowledge that Miles is in the race. The committee's website proclaims Salazar as the party's nominee who will face the Republican winner, either businessman Pete Coors or former congressman Bob Schaffer."
Here's a report about the Catholic Bishop's retreat from the Denver Post [June 16, 2004, "Forum hears report on Catholics, politics"]. From the article, "More than 250 bishops convening in private at an Arapahoe County hotel received a status report from a task force of bishops examining how to deal with Catholic politicians whose public stands clash with key church teachings. The subject has taken on heightened relevance with the presidential candidacy of Democrat John Kerry, a Catholic who backs legalized abortion in conflict with church teaching...On Tuesday, the Virginia- based American Life League unveiled an ad to run in today's USA Today calling on bishops to enforce church law and take steps to deny the Eucharist to Catholic politicians...An hour later, the Chicago-based Catholic reform group Call to Action staged a news conference calling for bishops to emphasize not just abortion but a range of Catholic social teachings on peace and justice, the death penalty and other issues."
Update: Colorado Luis: "Bob Schaffer seems bent on convincing any possible remaining Log Cabin Republicans that they are not welcome in the party."
5:50:28 AM

Colorado Water
Good news? "Unusually warm temperatures this summer could be a sign that the drought is ready to ease, meteorologist John Henz told officials at a joint meeting of the state's drought and flood task forces Tuesday...warm temperatures predicted in the eastern Pacific over the next two months could mean that an El Niño is on the way. An El Niño is an atmospheric disruption created by warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures in the Pacific that deliver moisture to the United States. A multiyear El Niño would produce the turnaround in the weather that many parched Western states are hoping for, he said. Prolonged El Niños come every seven to 15 years. The 1990s, which blessed Colorado with ample snow and rain, had two consecutive El Niños lasting from 1991 through 1998, Henz said." [Denver Post, June 16, 2004, "Expert: Drought may let up"].
Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News [June 16, 2004, "Drought's grip may ease, official says"].
5:45:25 AM

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