We have been at war since 1980

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Sunday March 22, 2009 · 12:56 PM PDT

2009/03/22 · 12:56

It is time to recognize the fact that Grover Norquist and his cabal declared class warfare in 1980, and the last 28 years have seen the free market ideologues slowly destroy the middle class and transfer the majority of the nations wealth to the top 2%.

The vast majority of Americans have been screwed over for the last 28 years, and whenever we start to fight back, we are accused of starting class warfare and being jealous of the kingmakers' genius. They take the risk, they have the brains, and they should be rewarded for their willingness to put it all on the line. They deserve to receive compensation equal to 100 times a union autoworker's lifetime compensation ever year. They deserve to have expense account greater than a family of fours food budget for the year. You see they make the economy go and they are willing to take the big risks. The deserve the rewards.

Kenevan McConnon

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Wednesday November 12, 2008 · 2:27 PM PST

2008/11/12 · 14:27

Senator Salazar is the Colorado version of Senator Lieberman.

He supported the nomination of Alberto Gonzales.
He was part of the Gang of 14 that helped get Alito on the Supreme Court.
He supported the Bankruptcy Bill
He supported the Military Commissions Act
He supported the '07 FISA bill
He supported Telecom Amnesty

Now, he is working to help Lieberman maintain his position in the Democratic Caucus as Chair of the Homeland Security Committee. I confirmed the rumors with his office 20 minutes ago. He is actively working for Senator Lieberman.

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Should Salazar have a challenger in 2010?

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Should Salazar have a challenger in 2010?

Hell yes!

73 votes

Yes!

11 votes

He has six months to straighten out and fly right

26 votes

Leave him alone, he votes with the Democrats most of the time

37 votes

Elk and Treehuggers: A Father's Day Story

Kenevan McConnon

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Monday June 16, 2008 · 3:04 PM PDT

2008/06/16 · 15:04

My 15 year old son and I spent Father's Day scouting the area where we are going to hunt elk this year. We got to the trail head at 7:00AM, and got out out bows and our day packs. We had thumper tips on our arrows so we could practice shooting stumps as we worked through woods looking for elk sign and a potential site for our camp. I had been pouring over maps since the Winter and after we got word that we had drawn a license on the 10th, I had decided that this would be the best possible way to spend Father's day.

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Hunting is

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Hunting is

a good way to get high quality meat

38 votes

a barbaric way to get high quality meat

1 vote

disgusting and wrong

4 votes

I'm giving mine to the ACLU

Kenevan McConnon

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Saturday May 03, 2008 · 3:07 PM PDT

2008/05/03 · 15:07

My dad and I were talking about it, and we decided the best use of the rebate check was to send it straight to the ACLU. It will stimulate the economy and protect the Constitution at the same time. They'll buy paper, underpay their lawyers and pay their rent and fight BushCO and his criminal family.

The best part is the reaction you get from Repugs when you tell them how your going to spend your rebate check.

Kenevan McConnon

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Saturday January 26, 2008 · 7:32 AM PST

2008/01/26 · 07:32

We have are having a session in Colorado where the Republicans have literally lost their collective minds related to Sportsmen's issues. Read about what is going on in Colorado, call your Senator and House Representative and find out what is happening in your neck of the woods. These issues are easy coalition builders between environmentalists, recreational businesses and Sportsmen. We filled a meeting room at the Capitol full to overflowing and managed to corner a couple of these Repugs and even though their attitude and answers pissed me off to no end, I recognize a political opportunity when I see one.

I went to the Sportsmen's Caucus at the Colorado Capitol on January 24th. Currently the Republicans are playing games with Sportsmen's issues. They think they have the Sportsmen's vote locked up and what they do won't hurt them at the ballot box; I want to make them pay for their hubris. The next Sportsmen's Caucus is February 20th for Colorado. When does your Sportsmen's caucus meet?

The issues we are dealing with in Colorado include Off Road Vehicle Regulation, Internet Hunting, wasting meat, water, easements and habitat preservation. What's happening in your neck of the woods?

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Kenevan McConnon

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Friday December 07, 2007 · 7:06 AM PST

2007/12/07 · 07:06

Everybody is patting themselves on the back. Representative John Hall had a recommended diary touting Victory on the Energy Bill. SusanG frontpaged the Houses' passage of the bill in Democrats Pass House Energy Bill, 235-181. Most comments were supportive of the bill, but one headline was missing:

THE ROAN PLATEAU GETS SCREWED!

The contraversy is big news here. Both the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News are covering the Roan provisions specifically, and I'm sure outdoor columnist Ed Dentry is going to be breathing fire next week.

Every Democratic member of the Colorado delegation is against this provision and 20 state legislators have sent a letter to Governor Ritter to stop the rape of the Roan Plateau.

Kenevan McConnon

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Thursday December 06, 2007 · 6:29 AM PST

2007/12/06 · 06:29

I've been talking about the Roan Plateau, hunting, fishing and the extractive industries since'05. Well, I thought we were out of the woods when we won the house and the Senate in '06. I thought there was no way that a Democratic controlled Congress would go against Rep. Salazar (D-CO CD3), Senator Salazar, and Mark Udall (D-CO CD2).

I guess this is the way Pelosi and Reid lead.

WASHINGTON — Legislation that would have barred surface drilling on Colorado's Roan Plateau and limited oil-shale development in the state was left out of a major energy package poised to pass the House today.
The fight over the Roan now shifts to the Senate, where Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., says he will seek a one-year moratorium on Roan drilling. But his effort is unlikely to happen until after the new year.
Meanwhile, a political slugfest erupted Wednesday over questions about the 3,500-foot mesa in northwestern Colorado and the motivations for protecting it.

More below the fold.

Kenevan McConnon

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Wednesday November 14, 2007 · 4:31 AM PST

2007/11/14 · 04:31

I am only going to hunt next year with a bow and a revolver; I was in the gun shop picking up a Smith and Wesson Performance Center .44 with a 7.5 inch barrel and 4X Leopold Scope. I also grabbed a variety of ammo. My 15 year old son and I had a successful hunt this year(an elk and an antelope), and I might as well start preparing for next year now.

While I was waiting to mount and bore sight my scope, a lively discussion began concerning the Constitution, Ron Paul's appearance on Jay Leno, Dennis Kucinich's Cheney impeachment resolution, and how if Hillary is elected the sun might stop rising.

Kenevan McConnon

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Thursday November 08, 2007 · 8:41 AM PST

2007/11/08 · 08:41

I have written a couple of times about the tangible ways that the Republic Party's ties to the extraction industry will start costing them votes. Things have are hitting critical mass this season. The votes are there for the taking if Democrats in the wild west court the hook and bullet crowd. This article by Rocky Mountain News Hunting and Fishing Columnist Ed Gentry from November 2, 2007 titled Real anti-hunters finally are being exposed boils it down.

The stove was searing. Sportsmen, conservation groups and Granby residents were outraged by BLM's plans to lease 31,000 acres in Grand County, including land around Hot Sulphur Springs, to gas drillers.

Last week, the agency fielded a volcanic eruption of protests over plans to develop prime elk and deer wintering habitat at the headwaters of the Colorado River. In less than a week, BLM actually heard the shouting and flinched. It withdrew all of Grand County from a lease sale scheduled for Thursday.

Can the Democrats in the Rocky Mountain West craft a message that speaks to the people. Can we tie the Republicans and the scares on our land together?

Kenevan McConnon

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Thursday November 01, 2007 · 5:15 AM PDT

2007/11/01 · 05:15

The Democratic Party has perfected the victim's response. With painful regularity, the Democrats will be outmaneuvered, smeared, and generally worked over by BushCO and the Republicans. After it's all over they will whine about how the facts and the law were on their side, but they just couldn't stop the Republican juggernaut. If the media had done their job, if the FBI wasn't corrupt, if, if, if. It doesn't matter if Democrats control the House and the Senate. It doesn't matter if we have the Presidency, the Republicans are going to work over whatever Democrats they can get their hands on and the Democrats will continue to look for some authority to save their ass. The problem is that they are "the authorities." A story about gay bashing illustrates my point and the solution.

Kenevan McConnon

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Thursday October 25, 2007 · 12:16 PM PDT

2007/10/25 · 12:16

Big Game Hunting season starts in Colorado with Archery at the end of August and runs to the end of September. Muzzle loaders get a week long season mid-September and the first rifle seasons get started the second week of October and runs through middle of January. I hunt for Elk, Mule Deer, and Antelope. Here's a picture of part of the area I hunted for Elk and Deer this year.

During the course of scouting my hunting grounds, archery hunting and finally rifle hunting, I had quite a few experiences that capture the beauty and tension in the wild places of Colorado.

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Do you eat meat?

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Do you eat meat?

I eat whatever store bought meat I can afford

43 votes

I only eat organic meat

9 votes

I only eat fish and/or chicken

8 votes

I am a veggie

11 votes

I only eat what I kill

5 votes

I hunt and eat store bought

30 votes

Down at the Gun Shop: Impeach both the bastards

Kenevan McConnon

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Friday July 13, 2007 · 2:53 PM PDT

2007/07/13 · 14:53

I'm leaving to go camping, but I thought the folks that have been following the changes in the customers' attitudes down at the gunshop would be intrested to know that the concensus of the six white men at the gunshop today is that the best handgun round is a either .45 ACP or the .38 Super and the best rifle round is either a 150 grain .308 or 155 grain .30 06. In addition, we ALL agreed that President Bush and Vice president Cheney are bastards, they both need to be impeached, and Democrats are bunch of gutless pukes for not getting the job done.

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