Arizona and Texas will become the next Battleground States

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Saturday November 03, 2012 · 9:51 AM PDT

2012/11/03 · 09:51

Currently, the estimated Latino vote in the national elections is 10% of the electorate. It is the fastest growing electorate in the U.S. It is also the fastest growing population according to the Census Bureau.

In Arizona:
2000-2010 Growth in Latino Eligible Voters was 72%.(7.2 % yearly average growth)
Total Latino Eligible Voters: 1,061,000
Latino Portion of State Electorate: 20.0%
Percent Voting GOP Among Latinos: 16%

With a growth rate of 7.2% per year in 2 years (2014), the Latino Portion of the State Electorate will jump to 29% and become a 5+ % Democratic state!

Texas on the other hand will take 5-6 years at 3.8% yearly growth to become a breakeven battleground state.

2000-2010 Growth in Latino Eligible Voters: 38%
Total Latino Eligible Voters: 4,376,000
Latino Portion of State Electorate: 26.6%
Percent Voting GOP Among Latinos: 23% (national average. Florida maxes at 31% )

Here is the source of stats and predictions with a fun interactive map for all you stats freaks out there.

HT to GreenChileDem, LatinoKos and Latino Decisions for the links.

Join me below the orange Concha for more.

Brahman Colorado

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Thursday November 01, 2012 · 9:47 PM PDT

2012/11/01 · 21:47

This video interview from Wednesday, August 8, 2007 12:00 am is straight from the X files. I love digging up all these gems from the past. They are relevant in explaining how far from reality this current presidential candidate is and what he places his faith in.. Romney makes Huckabee and Santorum look mainstream.

I whole-hardheartedly disagree with the campaign and media memes of discussing a candidate's religion as unacceptable or off limits. It is the very essence of political discourse in American society and politics. Especially Republican politics. Mormonism is the Scientology of Christianity and Christianity has evolved into some pretty weird categories as of late itself.

Understanding the secretive esoteric world of bizarro that encompasses Mormondom is key to an informed voting public.

Enjoy.

"Christ appears in Jerusalem, splits the Mount of Olives to stop the war that's coming in to kill all the Jews--our church believes that," he explained. "That's where the coming in glory of Christ occurs. We also believe that over the thousand years that follows, in the Millennium, he will reign from two places. The law will come forward from one place--from Missouri--and the other will be in Jerusalem."

whew... and the queen of hearts will bake cherry tarts.

Mormons, however, today tout what they believe is the actual site of the ancient Garden of Eden in Independence, Mo. That is where they believe the lost 10 tribes of Israel will gather and build the great city of Zion before the Second Coming of Christ, and from where the Lord will govern during a 1,000-year reign known as the Millennium.
The 10th of 13 articles of faith handed down by Mormon prophet Joseph Smith says, "We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem in Kansas City) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisaical glory."
The Mormon Church's Doctrine and Covenants[scripture] say in 1831, after he had traveled to Missouri, the Lord revealed to Joseph Smith that the New Jerusalem prophesied by John the Revelator will be built in the Western Hemisphere and will coexist with the old Jerusalem.

H/T to jjray for flushing this out today. I found it to be incredibly relevant for All Saint's Day... and latter day saints in particular.

Read the first part here.

Brahman Colorado

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Monday October 29, 2012 · 6:44 PM PDT

2012/10/29 · 18:44

I hope that I am not accused of Mormon-bashing or any other sleight for publishing this diary. It is a partial reconstruct of of a diary that I wrote 4 years ago. As a former Mormon and 3rd cousin to Mitt Romney it is my intent to inform the DKOS community of the extremism and secrecy that has plagued the Mormon Church from it's inception. The secrecy of Mitt Romney and his dog whistles to the religious right on religion is misleading at best and downright misinformed by choice or lying at worst.

Speaking at the George Bush Presidential Library on 6th December 2007; Gov. Mitt Romney addressed the American people about his views on religious liberty, our country's grand tradition of religious tolerance and how faith would inform his presidency. It laid the cornerstone to win the Presidency and signal to the religious right of their common belief in a Christianist America.

It is a cause for great concern.

Colorado Early Voting- A Statistical Comparison to 2008

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Saturday October 27, 2012 · 8:08 AM PDT

2012/10/27 · 08:08

I've noticed that early voting numbers are up in the first week of Colorado for Republicans, Democrats and Independents. If votes cast on Election Day decided the 2008 election, McCain would have won in Florida, Colorado, North Carolina and Iowa. But Obama won those states with an overwhelming early vote advantage, gained by mobilizing not only committed voters but also non-habitual voters with Internet ads, e-mail and text messages and person-to-person home visits and phone calls.

In Colorado, 78 percent of the votes were cast early.

First we must look at the total county votes of 2008 of 2,422,236 when Obama won the vote 1,288,633 to 1,073,629 for a basis in the surge of Democrats that took place in the second week of early voting in 2008. Denver, Boulder, Jefferson, Arapahoe, Broomfield and Adams comprised the Democratic majority vote in the Metro area, Pueblo County in southern Colorado and Larimer (Ft. Collins).

Douglas (suburban Denver next to C.S.), El Paso,Fremont,Teller(Colorado Springs) Mesa, Delta, Montrose (Grand Junction area) and Weld (Greeley) are the larger Republican counties.

Pitkin County is Aspen, Eagle is Vail, Summit is Breckenridge which are heavily Democratic Mountain Ski towns.

Below the fold is a comparison of 2008 1st week and 2012 1st week. Voting is up 626,097 for 2012 compared to 481,684 for 2008. Notice the Democratic counties were lagging at this point in 2008 also. I will call it the 2nd week Democratic surge.

The surge is coming!

So don't fret Kossacks. All the stoners have yet to find their way to the polls to legalize Marijuana next week to put us over the top. ( If they don't f***ing space it out!)

Brahman Colorado

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Sunday December 12, 2010 · 5:15 PM PST

2010/12/12 · 17:15

In the lull of the aftermath of the European revolutionary anti-austerity protests of September and October; the workers of Ireland, France, UK, Greece, Spain, Iceland and elsewhere were protesting by hitting the streets in mass protests by the millions. Here, at the end of the year, we ponder all that has transpired during this global Great Recession continuing into 2011 with it's curious mantra of "austerity".

Workers are fighting "austerity" on the backs of wage workers around the globe. Zombie Banksters, Prime Ministers, parliaments, congresses and Presidents openly and brazenly roll back social programs for the masses while transferring public resources and cutting taxes to the super-rich all over the world in the name of "Jobs". It's a revolution in Spanish, French, English, Italian,Greek and 100's of other languages.

Austerity is not limited to the U.S. and it is not orchestrated solely by America's President. In fact, Austerity is discussed almost universally at dinner tables around the world.

It is a global concern for the workers of the world. Incidently, we are not the only ones who are angry or mad as hell.

The Uber-rich are super-angry too!

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Brahman Colorado

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Sunday August 22, 2010 · 7:55 PM PDT

2010/08/22 · 19:55

The ninth-century Buddhist master Lin Chi is supposed to have said, "If you meet the Buddha on the road... kill him."

Harsh words indeed.
Maybe not.

But for those of us who are armchair students of the Buddha, we are given to this understanding; Buddhism is very much like a science and not a religion. The scientific hypothesis being:

focused attention in the prescribed way (meditation), and engaging in or avoiding certain behaviors (ethics), will bear the promised result (wisdom and psychological well-being) for its adherents.

For this reason, the Buddha also taught his disciples to cultivate devotional and reverential habits of mind. Thus, devotion is not a "corruption" of Buddhism, but an expression of it.
Of course, devotion requires an object. If Buddha was not a god, why bow to Buddha- like figures?.
Many Zen masters state that when one bows to the Buddha , one bows to oneself.
What do they mean? How do you understand it? Who are you? Where do you find the self? Am I a narcissist now that I inadvertantly bow to myself?

Working with those questions is not a corruption of Buddhism; it is Buddhism.

Brahman Colorado

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Wednesday August 11, 2010 · 1:34 PM PDT

2010/08/11 · 13:34

The history of Liberalism in America has always been a double edged sword. A split personality that pits establishment Liberalism from on High with its adherents and sycophants versus Liberalism from below in the form of grassroots coalitions of leftists and common folks.
Conservatives are now developing their own political dichotomy with the Tea Party activists and establishment Corporate conservatives. Conservatives from on high and conservatives from below... what a concept! There isn’t much history or inspiration for Conservatives from below. The Confederacy? McCarthyism? George Wallace blocking the schoolhouse doors? Mission Accomplished? Glenn Beck ?

I know. Ronald Reagan!

And in the great Colorado gubernatorial tradition of quasi-plagiarism, I give you this reworked and rehashed article from Todd Chretien, editor at socialist.org. I think it is relevant to what is happening lately.

Brahman Colorado

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Friday July 23, 2010 · 6:48 PM PDT

2010/07/23 · 18:48

I know it’s the middle of NN10 in Las Vegas, but on Saturday July 31st , 2010 from 3-9 p.m when you all get back or are in transit or stayed home glued to your computer all summer; we will be partying with all the bloggers, commenters, lurkers, from Colorado and neighboring environs at the 5th annual Garden and Pootie Party.
Woo frickin’ Hoo! Get off of your hinnies , get out of the house, come drink some beer, eat some grub and come enjoy our western homemade hospitality.

This is a shot of forget me nots which have been blooming since April.

Brahman Colorado

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Friday April 30, 2010 · 3:57 PM PDT

2010/04/30 · 15:57

The Arizona legislature passed House bill 2281 on Thursday April 29th 2010 on a vote of 32 to 26.

Already passed by the Senate, the bill is on the desk of Governor Jan Brewer for her signature.

Less than a week after passing HB 1070, a law that has been denounced as racist and ethnic profiling, the Arizona legislature has declared ethnic studies programs to be "chauvinistic".

Brahman Colorado

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Friday March 05, 2010 · 8:24 PM PST

2010/03/05 · 20:24

2 Medical marijuana bills are wending their way through the Colorado Legislature this week.

cannabis-greenhouse

Senate Bill 109 would bar doctors from writing recommendations inside dispensaries that sell medical marijuana and requires a full physical exam before recommending marijuana for patients. Critics claim that government officials with no formal medical training are demonizing and second-guessing private confidential decisions of trained physicians who advise patients and prescribe marijuana as a medical treatment to patients. Marijuana advocates say government should not interfere with private medical decisions in respect to doctors and patients.

It is obvious that the courts will have to weigh in to stop all the Reefer madness.

Brahman Colorado

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Friday December 25, 2009 · 11:55 AM PST

2009/12/25 · 11:55

I really wanted to rant because I'm sick with a cold on Christmas.(bah Humbug or bah flubug) ...sniff...

I decided to respond after reading Binger's diary here.

President Obama and Democrats need to begin to hear from those of us who are boots in the streets too. We are the Democrats who blog, become delegates, volunteer, get elected locally, smooze with candidates and send money.

We are activists in every sense of the word (Chris Matthews are you listening?)

and Daily Kos is my home page where I go for information and discussion. ( and a heated argument or two).

Brahman Colorado

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Sunday October 25, 2009 · 9:53 AM PDT

2009/10/25 · 09:53

Wachovia calls me twice everyday for 10 months to harass me into paying my mortgage on an investment home in California. Usually I just ignore them and let it go to voicemail, but last week they called during the Bronco game.

I let them have it. How dare they call during a Bronco game! I told them to go F*** themselves.... nobody calls during a Monday Night Broncos game in Denver.

We just want Wachovia to give us reasonable terms on our mortgage, it was predatory to begin with. It's an ARM negative amortization loan that they've added $50,000 interest over the last 10 years onto.

Don’t forget lenders made incredible amounts of money by using irresponsible practices to issue and service these loans. That greed led to the foreclosure crisis we’re in today. Allowing lenders to continue foreclosing on home after home, destroying our neighborhoods and our economy hurts us all.

I stopped paying the mortgage last January. I was tired of losing money.

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