Red, white and cowboy
On this Fourth Of July I will make an exception and offer a song from the modern era of country music. Apparently, the Fourth of July Tea Partiers believe that "The Albuquerque group plans to show off its numbers today with an event that organizers hope can draw more than 10,000 people."
The last event was closer to [...]
Happy Birthday USA! Happy 4th everyone. Be Safe and Have fun! Look for me in the Rio Rancho July 4th Parade! The Undersheriff , Robert Garcia will be at Santa Fe's Pancake Breakfast on the Plaza.
Updated to include audio soundbites.With candidates increasingly getting people connected to their campaigns through the use of social media, it is no surprise to see the mayoral campaign of former New Mexico Senate President Pro Tem Richard Romero turn to an Albuquerque-based social network to solicit ideas to help improve public safety.
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Sarah Palin broke onto the scene suddenly and surprisingly last fall. Eventually her ticket went down in flames, losing by more than [...]
"Every citizen has, or" [...]
On Saturday, July 18, at Noon, the Albuquerque Chapter of the United Nations Association-USA (see website) will present an opportunity to hear from New Mexicans who have lived in and worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan and Central Asia. They will tell of their experiences and their views of the [...]
SANTA FE -- The Pentagon plans to shut down the proud New Mexico Air National Guard. The fighter pilots of the Air Guard have served the nation honorably in wars since the 1950s.
But as methods of warfare have changed, fighter planes are no longer needed [...]
“Party labels are really relatively meaningless these days,” Adam Kokesh tells SFR, which is part of the reason he hasn’t named his party affiliation in his race to replace US Rep. Ben Ray Lujan in New Mexico’s Third Congressional District.
He may not have a party label, [...]
Young people in force at the April 15 Las Cruces Tea Party. (Photo by Heath Haussamen)
WASHINGTON –While South Carolina’s political establishment wrestles with the fate of Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), Ron [...]
Councilor Michael Cadigan, candidate for reelection
Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan is taking heat from his two District 5 challengers for planning a public safety postcard initiative using both city funds and a city employee to do the leg work.
The postcards, which have yet to [...]
If memory serves, Goethe sees romance as a form of insanity in his classic “The Sorrows of Young Werther.” Surely though, we can sympathize with the lover who loses his or her head over that idealized other and lives in a state of ecstatic joy, [...]
Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard Romero sent out an e-mail to supporters yesterday in honor of the upcoming 4th of July holiday (it’s tomorrow, have you bought your fireworks yet?).
In it, he hit incumbent mayor Martin Chavez again — this time on the issue of term limits.
One of the [...]
This headline greeted me on the Albuquerque Journal’s Web site yesterday: State’s fasted growing city? Cuba.
Ahh, another story about the Rainbow gathering, I told myself, referring to that annual event that where thousands of folks converge for a week to live in an intentional community.
Rainbow gatherings are unique [...]
In 2010, the GOP is looking for a sort of a comeback, with statewide positions up for election including the big prize, that of governor. But, as [...]
© 2009 by Michael Swickard, Ph.D.
The most ironic outcome of our revolution was it later resulted in freedom for the descendants of English soldiers who tried to keep us enslaved to their King. Even with our freedom example, it took many years for the English [...]
New Mexico Secretary of State Mary Herrera said Wednesday that she was “optimistic” that the computer systems in her office that enable database searches and Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings via her Web site would be back online Thursday.
As of the publication of this posting, the [...]
In it, he hit incumbent mayor Martin Chavez again -- this time on the issue of term limits.One of the' [...]
The draft minutes for the last District Relations Committee
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