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Thursday, August 23, 2007
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The Colorado River District is hosting a seminar, Water: Fueling the Future, about water and oil and gas development on September 14th. Sounds like a hoot. Here's the link to the registration form [pdf]. From their website, "Energy development in the Rockies, water needs for production, water rights, water supply, produced waters, and more."
"colorado water"
9:26:55 PM 
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Science Blog: "A compelling new study from the September issue of the Journal of Modern History reviews historical evidence, including documents and gravesites, suggesting that homosexual civil unions may have existed six centuries ago in France. The article is the latest from the ongoing 'Contemporary Issues in Historical Perspective' series, which explores the intersection between historical knowledge and current affairs. Commonly used rationales in support of gay marriage and gay civil unions avoid historical arguments. However, as Allan A. Tulchin (Shippensburg University) reveals in his forthcoming article, a strong historical precedent exists for homosexual civil unions."
"2008 pres"
9:10:02 PM
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Welcome to Pottersville: "Matthew Brady is dead and gone." Thanks to Andrew Sullivan for the link.
The Van Der Galiën Gazette: "The parallels between the Iraq and Vietnam wars are valid in at least some areas, including the selection of the wars and the process of withdrawal. The lessons derived from these similarities are not, however, one-sided clubs usable against only one group in the usual American political games of self-absorbed political combat. Rather, the Vietnam experience carries hard lessons for both "neocons" and anti-war protesters -- lessons which, if not learned, will carry an even higher cost in Iraqi lives than has already been paid."
Thanks to The Moderate Voice for the link.
Captain's Quarters: "The latest National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq has leaked out of Washington this afternoon, and it consists of an update to the official January NIE. According to the most complete republication of the unclassified portion, it tells us little that has not already been known from the political debate over the direction of the war."
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6:02:48 PM
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Captain's Quarters: "The Congressional Black Caucus and Fox News finally surrendered to reality and canceled the presidential debate scheduled for September 23rd. Most of the Democratic candidates refused to attend, claiming that Fox was so biased that they couldn't endorse it by appearing on their network."
Bill Maher (via The Right's Field): "...I would like to see the cross-dresser and the Mormon run together."
Josh Marshall: "Recently Barack Obama caught hell from across the political spectrum when he said he'd authorize attacks on high-level terrorists in Pakistan even without approval from the Pakistani government. But now, according to documents obtained by the AP, it seems rules of engagement from 2004 authorized Army Rangers units to undertake cross-border raids into Pakistan in pursuit of suspected terrorists."
The Western Democrat is touting a Richardson/Napolitano ticket for the Democrats in 2008. If the Democrats hold their 2004 states and win Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada they'll be smiling on inauguration day in 2009.
"2008 pres"
5:54:01 PM
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From The Rocky Mountain News, "A plan by two Colorado lawmakers to create a guest worker program and open an employment office in Mexico must overcome a number of legal roadblocks, immigration attorneys and business leaders said Wednesday. For starters, the U.S. government would have to approve the plan. And the Mexican outpost could quickly become ensnared in thorny issues surrounding U.S. immigration law. States are not allowed to pass legislation that may interfere or impact federal immigration laws, said Donna Lipinski, an immigration attorney for the American Immigration Lawyers Association in Washington...
"Sen. Abel Tapia, D-Pueblo, and Rep. Marsha Looper, R-Calhan, are considering introducing legislation that would allow the recruitment in Mexico of seasonal workers for Colorado farms and other industries such as construction, ski resorts, restaurants and hotels."
"2008 pres"
7:15:04 AM
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Garfield County is wrestling with new regulations for oil and gas development. They're getting help from other groups in the county, according to The Glenwood Springs Post Independent. From the article:
Garfield County's Planning & Zoning Commission tonight will consider whether to pursue ground-breaking regulations applying to oil and gas development. This may be the first time both the industry and the Grand Valley Citizens Alliance have agreed they want oil and gas regulations in the county's land use code, GVCA organizer Patrick Barker said Wednesday. But the two entities are at odds over just what those regulations should be. The industry submitted its proposal after the state Supreme Court in June declined to review a challenge of oil and gas regulations imposed by Gunnison County. Barker said that ruling helped clarify whether counties can regulate the industry as long as the rules don't conflict with state regulations.
The GVCA fears that Garfield County now may adopt the industry proposal rather than undertaking a process to obtain input from a broad range of people and create rules that better consider the interests of county residents. "Garfield County has a golden opportunity to address residents' concerns on oil and gas drilling and offer them an extra layer of protection over state law," GVCA president Liz Chandler said in a news release Wednesday. The group believes some of the conflicts between residents and gas developers could be eased if wells and open waste pits had to be located farther from homes. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission allows wells as close as 150 feet from a home. The GVCA also would like to see buffer zones required between oil and gas operations and bodies of water, and wants regulations addressing site security and emergency preparedness and response and limiting noise and visual impacts. Barker worries that some planning commission members may not have read the full industry proposal, yet could be inclined to approve it as the panel seeks to complete work on a comprehensive rewrite of its land use code.
More Coyote Gulch coverage here.
"colorado water"
6:16:08 AM
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