FYI to readers: I will be blogging from the proceedings at tomorrow's Colorado Republican State Convention in Broomfield. Among other activities, the GOP will nominate Bob Schaffer as the candidate for U.S. Senate, adopt a state platform, and entertain a guest speech from former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Other confirmed bloggers: Slapstick Politics and Night Twister. Stay tuned. … [Read more...]
Now Liveblogging at The Minority Report
At the invitation of Night Twister, I am switching over to join him and others live-blogging the State GOP Convention at The Minority Report. … [Read more...]
Three Days ‘Til Samsphere
Only three days remain until Samsphere reaches Denver. Whether you've been blogging for years or just want to figure out how to get started, this is the place to be. If you live in the Denver area and have a chance to make it on Saturday, register now before the last few spots fill up. … [Read more...]
Samsphere: Pro-Freedom Bloggers’ Shot Heard ‘Round Colorado
It's April 19, and I'm hanging out at a Denver bloggers convention sponsored by a group named after one of the Founding generation's most vocal patriots. The coincidence? It was 233 years ago today that a band of ragtag patriots on Lexington Green fired the "shot heard 'round the world" that eventually defeated the army of the world's most powerful empire. (Pictures up at Slapstick Politics, who beat me to the idea.) And here today in Denver is a band of ragtag pro-freedom bloggers, ready to counter the heavily-funded Left-wing statists who are working to turn Colorado blue. … [Read more...]
Who’s at Samsphere Denver?
I forgot to recap the Samsphere Denver established blogger participants, and now it's small-group discussion time. Here's the whole list of bloggers, with those in my group highlighted in bold:CONFIRMED BLOGGERS Anthony Surace at Rocky Mountain Right Denise Mund at Colorado Charter Schools Brian Schwartz at Wakalix John Martin at The Drunkablog Ray Thomas at The Thoma$ Report Randy Ketner at Night Twister Ben DeGrow at Mount Virtus Michael Sandoval at Slapstick Politics Ross Kaminsky at Rossputin Jon Caldara at The Cauldron Brad Jones at Face the State David Harsanyi at David Harsanyi Jeff Goldstein at Protein Wisdom Patrick Sperry at Conservative Libertarian Outpost Bob Ball at The Daily Blogster Marty Neilson at Colorado … [Read more...]
Samsphere Denver Liveblog Part II
Blogger Protection Act of 2008
Over at Craig Sprout's Montana Politics site, Congressman Denny Rehberg explains why the Blogger Protection Act of 2008 is needed:Exempting Internet speech from FEC regulation was right thing to do, but the fight isn’t over. As easily as this rule was created in 2006, it can be removed by a new Administration. That’s why the Blogger Protection Act is necessary. It’s critical my House colleagues and I move quickly in making this protection permanent. This is something all bloggers can get behind, regardless of their political and philosophical orientation. … [Read more...]
Setting the Record Straight
I saw this post from The Colorado Index earlier in the week. Busy at the time, I just shook my head and moved on. But when Rossputin - the subject of the post - brought it to my attention again, I decided it was worthy of a quick response. A watcher is entitled to his opinions and to the manner of delivering those opinions, but a couple factual corrections are in order: 1. A watcher wrote: "'Blogger Extraordinaire' Ross Kaminsky - the self promoter who admits he doesn't read conservative Colorado blogs...." Fact: The implication behind the use of "Blogger Extraordinaire," which was used twice in this post, was that it was a title Ross chose for himself. In fact, it was the Samsphere promoters who devised and used the label. To my … [Read more...]
Thanks, Sam!
The official business of Samsphere Denver is over. Thanks to the Sam Adams Alliance for putting on a great event, the repercussions of which may be felt in Colorado for a long time to come. The Left won't be sleeping so well tonight. … [Read more...]
Sharing Samsphere Link Love
Promoted with more updates: El Presidente has posted some key video excerpts, and (under imaginary threat of compulsion) here is a post written by one of Jon Caldara's minions. Follow-ups on Samsphere Denver: - Brad Jones' Buzz at Face The State - Bob Agard - Randy Ketner, Night Twister If you were at Samsphere Denver and posted on the topic, but I overlooked you, please drop an email or a comment with a link to your post, and I'll put it up. … [Read more...]