Denver Open Acupuncture
a sliding scale community acupuncture clinic
1345 East 22nd Avenue
Denver, CO 80205
303-837-8166 email
Jennifer Gross, L.Ac., M.Ac.O.M.
(and his ads are annoying too :-p - promoted by johne)
Over the decades I have lived in Colorado there was one example of determination and success that I proudly talked about. That story was of Jake Jabs and his furniture stores. What a story, starting from scratch, building up an empire, losing it all, then starting over to once again be successful.
What was a great story has now turned into a failure. A man who worked hard to build his empire by selling to working men and women has now turned around and he is trying to destroy the very livelihood of working men and women. The man who used his family to sell his products to working families has now shown himself to be incapable of understanding working families need for living wages and benefits. A man who had nothing now wants to ensure that working men and women will never have anything.
This formerly successful man is now the face and voice of the attack on working men, women and their families. How can someone who has gone through what was a great life now turn his back on those wanting to do the same? He is shameless in taking peoples money and using it to destroy their working lives. He is now just someone trying to make Colorado into the minimum wage state, a state without benefits for people working for a living.
It is beyond me why this man in his declining years is trying to drive working men and women away from his stores. This is hard to understand. His legacy was set, until now. Now, his legacy is not one of success for a working man, it is a failure to support and help working men, women and their families.
We must stand up and make sure this man and his other supporters do not destroy what has taken years of hard work for men and women to achieve in Colorado. Vote NO on 47 to keep him away from your wages and benefits. Vote NO on 47 to tell the big national corporations that Colorado working men and women are better than minimum wage servants. Tell your family, friends and neighbors to VOTE NO on 47 that their livelihood rests on NO on 47.
I don't have the time to write a long diary about today being U.S. Constitution Day, but a couple people at Kos have done it for me. See these two diaries:
We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.
(Some great shots of the protests - promoted by johne)
The first amendment to the constitution in the Bill of Rights states very clearly the rights of American citizens. It has always stood as our first and most guiding principle.
" Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. "
On Sunday August 24th, 2008, anti-war demonstrators gathered in various parts of Denver to protest the war.
Several small groups converged from different parts of the city at the State Capitol building in Denver to hear speeches, listen to some hip hop and provide a loyal opposition to the status quo.
The following pictures were sent to me by my photographer friend, Paul Winner. All images are his copyrighted materials. He gave me permission to post a few of the amazing images he shot that were missed by the main stream media.
I've known these kids since they were little. What a cool shot!
It's very sad to see such a promising congressman as Ed Perlmutter and such a promising congressman and senatorial candidate as Mark Udall sell out their constituents, their constitution, and their country, but that is exactly what they have done. Ed Perlmutter along with Mark Udall voted to allow retroactive immunity to the telecoms who knowingly and willingly aided and abetted the criminal actions of the Bush Administration as it illegally wiretapped and spied on it's own citizens.
The erosion of our Constitutional Rights often occurs incrementally and under the radar. You may be amazed (or horrified) about how many civil rights and liberties you have actually lost. Many of the erosions of our rights have been buried in Executive Orders and Acts presented as positive social legislation. It is the Power and Prerogative of the People to defend and insist on saving and restoring our Constitutional Rights in a democracy.
We are talking about core American notions of justice in a democracy:
1st Amd Speech Rights
1st Amd Freedom of Religion
4th Amd Protection Against Unreasonable Search & Seizure
Due Process Right to be Advised of Charges
Right to Speedy trial by Peers
Right to Counsel in Criminal Charges
Privacy Rights from Government Intrusion
8th Amd Prohibition Against Cruel & Unusual Punishment
For these reasons I am posting an announcement I received below that may be of interest to those of you (from either or no party) interested in your Constitutional Rights.
We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.
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