The Con Man attacks those who would attack Michelle Obama for saying: "For the first time in my adult life, I'm proud of my country"--and he decries the false, faux patriots who believe slavish devotion to the government equals patriotism.
Click here for the complete "Con Games with Michael Conniff for Tuesday May 20, 2008.
Add comment May 20th, 2008
When you talk to American citizens rather than politically correct editors, publishers, TV producers and talk show hosts, you get to the heart of the matter. As illegal alien migration and mass legal immigration rage into this country like a “Human Katrina”, every American citizen pays financially. Other costs include cultural destruction, linguistic chaos, educational breakdown, incarceration and medical consequences.
Continue Reading 2 comments May 19th, 2008
Aspen Community Theatre is offering a free dance workshop hosted by Marisa Post, the director and choreographer for Aspen Community Theatre’s fall musical, Chicago. Synonymous with the show Chicago is the name of its brilliant director and choreographer Bob Fosse. Highly stylized, this dance class will explore the essential ingredients in the choreography of Fosse, including his dance roots in vaudeville, burlesque and jazz. The workshop will include a film history of vaudeville and burlesque, a session on how to follow choreography, culminating in a dance class designed to pull it all together. This class is perfect for actors, singers and dancers of all experience levels.
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Aspen Center for Integral Health comes to "Con Games" to talk about their summer speaker series delving into the connection between the mind and the body--and what the brain thinks about all this.
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The creation of Israel 60 years ago as a sanctuary for the Jewish people is cause for celebration. Israel is a successful nation, which has contributed much to science and technology. It’s fully capable of defending itself with the fourth strongest military in the world. But Israel is still in jeopardy.
Continue Reading Add comment May 14th, 2008
For far too long, conservatives have made political hay with the notion that they are the party of ideas and the party of values—even as they’ve held a far too timid opposition at bay for having neither.
Enough, already.
The free ride is over: conservatives have not had a new idea since The Gipper left office, and it’s about time we saw their “values” for what they really are—anti-American.
Continue Reading 53 comments May 12th, 2008
My mom was born in a tent (some accounts I’ve heard say it was a cabin) near Estes Park, Colorado on an August night in 1936. My grandfather was a laborer during what must have been the construction of Trail Ridge Road from the Alpine Visitor Center to Grand Lake. It is one of the cruel realities of surviving your elders that you come up with questions you can never have answered.
When I was a much younger man, in that netherworld between high school and life, I went to work in the coal mines. Yes, back in the day, there were coal mines, and some of them were in Pitkin County. But I digress.
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The Con Man draws a line in the sand for conservatives who continue to act as if liberals have no values; and for liberals who run away from the debate. Also: John McCain has to answer about voting AGAINST equal pay for equal work for women.
Click here for the complete "Con Games with Michael Conniff" for Tuesday May 6, 2006.
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It’s all action-focused, forcefulness. I’ve changed a lot since then. There are so many different ways to go about being fulfilled. I grew up in a home with very competitive athletes. My sister is a professional windsurfer, my brother is on the U.S. Sailing team, an Olympic athlete. I didn’t perform at that level. So that’s all I knew. How to go about it all the way.
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Belly Up, Monday, April 21st at 7:00 pm:
Shelby Lynne:
David McMillin:
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