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Just like Boulder city Council US House Votes to End Money for NPR, and Senate Passes Spending Bill
Mar 18th
Readers of the Daily Camera overwhelmingly supported the end of free speech in Boulder. It is now coming to an end in the US house and Senate. this is a sad day for boulder and America
from NY Times: WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to cut off financing for National Public Radio, with Democrats and Republican fiercely divided over both the content of the bill and how it was brought to the floor.
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Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, praised the spending measure and said that over 10 years, $10 billion in cuts over all would amount to $140 billion in savings.
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SENATE VOTE 44
Passes Stopgap Budget
HOUSE VOTE 192
Approves Ban on NPR Funding
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Across the Rotunda, the Senate approved a short-term spending measure passed earlier in the week by the House that would keep the government financed through April 8. Members of both parties and chambers said the move, which once again averted a government shutdown, should be the last of its kind. The measure, which cut spending by $6 billion for this fiscal year, passed the Senate 87 to 13, with nine Republicans, three Democrats and an independent voting in dissent.
As in the House, some of the Senate’s more conservative members voted against the spending measure, known as a continuing resolution, arguing that its cuts were insufficient. Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, offered his own plan, which he said would balance the federal budget in five years by eliminating the departments of education and energy, among other measures.
Senate Republican leaders backed the stopgap measure, praising the $6 billion in cuts that came on top of $4 billion in reductions contained in the current budget bill, which expires Friday. Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, said that over 10 years, the $10 billion in cuts would amount to $140 billion in savings. “All in all, a good day’s work,” he said.
But Senator Daniel K. Inouye, the Hawaii Democrat who is chairman of the Appropriations Committee, said the continued cutting was bound to harm federal agencies. “How much more can we cut before we have no funds to pay employees to monitor our borders and ports?” he asked. “How much more before we have to cancel the construction of dams, bridges, highways, levees, sewers and transit projects and throw thousands of private sector workers onto the street?”
The NPR bill, sponsored by Representative Doug Lamborn, Republican of Colorado, would mean that stations could not buy programming from NPR or any other source using the $22 million they get from the federal government.
“The time has come for us to claw back this money,” said Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee.
This was the second time that the House has moved to defund NPR; a rider was attached to a short-term spending bill passed last month by the House but rejected by the Senate. Thursday’s measure, which House Republicans rushed to the floor before a one-week recess begins, passed 228 to 192 ; all the Democrats who were there and seven Republicans voted against it and one Republican, Representative Justin Amash, voted present.
The bill, should the Senate even bring it to the floor, is almost certain to fail in that chamber. Democrats control the Senate, where members of both parties have expressed skepticism about cutting off NPR because it remains popular among many of their constituents.
The organization, in the crosshairs of Republican lawmakers for years, came under intense fire recently with the release of a video that showed one of its fund-raising executives criticizing members of the Tea Party, and the hasty firing of the commentator Juan Williams for remarks he made on Fox News about Muslims.
Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the Republican majority leader, said recently that the revelations of the video, made by a conservative advocate who posed as a potential donor to the entity “makes clear that taxpayer dollars should no longer be appropriated to NPR.”
Democrats said it was politics, not fiscal austerity, that drove the bill. “Why are we wasting valuable floor time on an ideological battle?” said Representative Louise Slaughter of New York.
The House debated the bill, and the procedure by which it was brought to the floor, for several hours Thursday. Republicans argued that NPR should be able to sustain itself through private donations, and Democrats countered that the cut would have negligible impact on debt reduction or the nation’s fiscal problems. They also accused Republicans of ignoring joblessness in lieu of attacking “Car Talk” and picking on Elmo.
Mr. Lamborn said that while he personally enjoyed NPR, “I have long believed it can stand on its own.” He added in a speech on the floor, “I want NPR to grow on its own, I want to see it thrive. Just remove taxpayers from the equation.”
Democrats objected to how the bill was brought to the floor. On Wednesday, the House Rules Committee held an emergency hearing to expedite the bill, and it went to the floor under a so-called closed rule, which does not allow for amendments, counter to the promise of more openness made by Speaker John A. Boehner. Republicans pointed out that the content of the seven-page bill had already been debated when it was part of the larger spending bill.
NPR expressed grave concern in a statement today about the impact of the bill on the entire public radio system, saying it was a direct effort to weaken it that would ultimately choke local stations’ ability to serve their audiences.
“At a time when other news organizations are cutting back and the voices of pundits are drowning out fact-based reporting and thoughtful analysis, NPR and public radio stations are delivering in-depth news and information respectfully and with civility,” Joyce Slocum, interim chief executive officer of NPR, said. “It would be a tragedy for America to lose this national treasure.”
Carl Hulse contributed reporting.
22 Boom TV schedule February 25-March 5 Boulder County Comcast BV22
Feb 25th
Monday | 22 Boom 12 | 1:03:35 AM |
Tuesday | 22 Boom 12 | 2:33:35 AM |
Tuesday | 22 Boom 13 | 2:52:41 AM |
Friday | 22 Boom 6 | 2:52:31 AM |
Friday | 22 Boom 7 | 3:05:15 AM |
Monday | 22Boom_10 | 12:46:15 AM |
Tuesday | 22Boom_10 | 2:16:15 AM |
Sunday | 22Boom_28 | 12:59:25 AM |
Wednesday | 22Boom_28 | 10:30:18 PM |
Friday | 22Boom_28 | 9:00:00 PM |
Saturday | 22Boom_28 | 9:00:00 PM |
Sunday | 22Boom_AcademyAwards | 3:30:20 PM |
Sunday | 22Boom_AcademyAwards | 10:30:00 PM |
Tuesday | 22Boom_AcademyAwards | 11:28:18 AM |
Sunday | 22Boom-23 | 1:51:43 AM |
Sunday | 22Boom24- | 1:27:26 AM |
Friday | 22BOOM4 | 2:30:28 AM |
Friday | 22Boom5 | 2:40:26 AM |
Friday | 22Boom8 | 3:24:42 AM |
Monday | 22Boom9 | 12:30:00 AM |
Tuesday | 22Boom9 | 2:00:00 AM |
Friday | 22Boom9 | 3:43:28 AM |
Sunday | 22BoomBIFF-1 | 11:26:19 PM |
Tuesday | 22BoomBIFF-1 | 9:33:38 PM |
Friday | 22BoomBIFF-1 | 11:00:00 PM |
Saturday | 22BoomBIFF-1 | 11:00:00 PM |
Monday | 22BoomBIFF-2 | 12:00:00 AM |
Tuesday | 22BoomBIFF-2 | 10:01:44 PM |
Friday | 22BoomBIFF-2 | 11:28:06 PM |
Saturday | 22BoomBIFF-2 | 11:28:06 PM |
Sunday | 22BoomGrammys | 10:58:01 PM |
Tuesday | 22BoomGrammys | 11:00:00 AM |
Tuesday | 22BoomGrammys | 10:27:59 PM |
Wednesday | 22BoomGrammys | 9:00:00 PM |
Friday | 22BoomGrammys | 9:28:01 PM |
Sunday | 22BoomValentines | 10:29:08 AM |
Monday | 22BoomValentines | 10:28:07 AM |
Monday | 22BoomValentines | 4:30:11 PM |
Tuesday | 22BoomValentines | 11:56:19 AM |
Friday | 22BoomValentines | 9:30:50 AM |
Friday | 22BoomValentines | 5:30:57 PM |
You can see all 22Booms on on Boulder channel One
Upcoming events and RMPJC Meetings at Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center Boulder Colorado HUGE list:
Feb 25th
Saturday, February 26 BOULDER Protect the Clean Air Act Rally at 1 pm at the Municipal Building, corner of Broadway and Canyon. The purpose is to draw attention to the attacks happening in Congress on the Clean Air Act, the E.P.A. and their authority to regulate carbon pollution. Local experts, activists and leaders will speak.
Saturday, February. 26 DENVER Solidarity march with public employees in Wisconsin who are trying to preserve their right to organize unions. At 12 noon at the State Capitol, 1313 Sherman.
Saturday and Sunday Feb. 26 and 27 BOULDER Our Local Economy in Transition. This two-day conference explores the most pressing issues that we face as a community. 9-5pm at the Millennium Harvest House; $50 in advance; $60 at the door. More info: http://www.transitioncolorado.org
Sunday Feb. 27 BOULDER Left Hand Movie Night! Showing of Michael Moore’s documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story” at 7 p.m. at Left Hand Books, 1200 Pearl Street in Boulder (Bdwy and Pearl in basement). Free. Everyone welcome
Monday, February 28 DENVER The Colorado Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee will hear testimony on the Colorado Senate Bill 168 which establishes the Colorado Health Care Cooperative, a health care system owned by all residents of Colorado which would ensure that access to quality, affordable heath care for all Coloradans and would control health care costs. For summary of the bill, go to ) 1:30 to 5 PM in the Colorado Capitol Building, Old Supreme Court Chambers (2nd Floor). Rally on the West Steps of the Colorado Capitol from 11:30 AM to 12:10 PM. The rally will include speakers, music and street theater. Want to testify or be a health care speaker? Prepare at a Special Workshop for Health Care Speakers and Senate Committee Hearing Speakers Saturday, February 26th – Noon to 3 PM Location: The Kirk of Bonnie Brae. More info: 303-277-8306 email: info@HealthCareForAllColorado.org or dick@healthcareforallcolorado.org
Tuesday, March 1 BOULDER Boulder Municipal Court Judge Linda Cooke will report to the Boulder City Council on the state of the court. Please come to the public comment section of the Council meeting at 6 p.m. (get there by 5:30 p.m. to sign up) and ask the council to rescind the city’s homeless “camping” ordinance and to fund programs to ensure everyone has a place to sleep year round in Boulder. The Council is located in the Municipal Building at Canyon and Broadway.
Thursday March 3 BOULDER Trial of homeless person for “camping”. Jury selection starts at 9 a.m. and testimony begins around 10:30 a.m. Interesting and a good support for homeless and their cause to stop ticketing people for sleeping out doors when they don’t have a home. At the Municipal Court at 6th and Canyon.
Thursday, March 3 BOULDER “Art, Science and Rocky Flats”, a presentation by Denver artist Barbara Donachy & Metro State Chemistry Prof. Niels Schonbeck continues the Rocky Flats Nuclear Guardianship series, 7:30 PM, Thursday, March 3, at Naropa University’s Nalanda Campus, 6287 Arapahoe at 63rd St, Boulder Info: http://www.rockyflatsguardianship.org.
Friday, March 4, BOULDER Award-winning journalist Amy Goodman, host of the daily, grassroots, global, radio/TV news hour Democracy Now will speak on the role of independent media in promoting social justice at 7pm at the University of Colorado, MATH 100, 2300 Colorado Avenue.. Free and open to University of Colorado at Boulder students; $5 for community members.
Friday, March 4 BOULDER “American Muslims and Citizenship”, Lecture by Professor Abdullami Ahmad An-Na’im of Emory Law School. Ahmad An-Na’im is the author of “Islam and the Secular State” and teaches courses in international law, human rights and Islamic law. At 4 p.m. at the Canyon Theater, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. www.boulderlibrary.org 303-441-4941. Free.
Saturday, March 5 and Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12 BOULDER The Peace and Social Justice Committee of the Boulder Friends Meeting presents Mary’s Joy, a dramatic reading of a new play about Mary Dyer, hanged in Boston June 1, 1660 for being a Quaker. At the Friends Meeting House, 1825 Upland Ave March 5 at 2pm; March 11&12 at 7pm, Donations benefit the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center and Universal Arts Boulder. Seating Extremely Limited – no late seating WARNING! SOME MATERIAL MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AUDIENCES – Discretion Advised Details:universalartsboulder.wordpress.com
Sunday March 6 BOULDER Veterans for Peace meeting will be feature Dr. Leroy Moore who will give us an update on what’s happening at Rocky Flats, as well as “A Call to Guardianship” which is a series of lectures and workshops over the next 4 months. At the Arborwood Condominiums Clubhouse at 3250 O’Neal Circle. Potluck dinner at 6pm, speaker at 7.
March 6, BOULDER “9/11 WTC Debate: Collapse by Fire? or Explosive Controlled Demolition” Richard Gage, AIA, 23-year architect in the Bay Area and founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth will debate Chris Mohr, Denver investigative journalist. The question: What brought down the three World Trade Center skyscrapers? 5 pm at the University of Colorado at Boulder, UMC room 235.
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Sunday, March 6 -Tuesday March 8 BOULDER/ DENVER Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh will speak in Denver and Boulder as part of his North America tour to promote his recent book, titled “Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment.”. A long-time peace and justice activist, he teaches in Bethlehem University in the occupied West Bank. His book provides a comprehensive overview of Palestinian resistance going back to the beginning of the Zionist project in the 19th century until today.
Qumsiyeh events In BOULDER on Monday, March 7
“Popular Resistance in Palestine and the Arab World: Winds of Change,” lecture at the University of Colorado, Boulder (Eaton Humanities Building, Room 250), 4-6 pm. o
Book signing, Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl Street (Boulder Mall), 7 pm
Qumsiyeh events In DENVER March 6-8:
Sunday, March 6, Lecture at Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia at Montview Boulevard, Park Hill, Denver. Sponsored by Sabeel. 3-5 pm.
Monday, March 7, University of Colorado at Denver Auraria campus, Tivoli 320C. 12:30-2:00 pm.
Tuesday, March 8, University of Denver, Korbel School, Cyber Cafe. 6-8 pm.
Tuesday, March 8, LeRoy Moore speaks on Rocky Flats: Local Hazard Forever, Best Western Lodge, Nederland. 6 PM meal of soup and bread; 7 PM presentation (come for both or only for the presentation). Sponsored by Mountain Forum of Nederland.
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Sunday, March 13 BOULDER Potluck for Peace This is a fun and informal social event for people who are bringing peace into the world. Come meet others in our community who care about peace, like you do; 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm; Boulder Mennonite Faith Community 3910 Table Mesa Drive, Bring a dish of your choice that feeds 8 people. Bring a plate, utensils, cup and drink Event will be held rain or shine. Wheelchair Accessible. RSVP: By March 10th. Please send an email to smalloy@indra.net Questions? 303-588-4452 Please indicate how many people are coming with you. Sponsored by Bldr. Co. Peace Group, RMPJC & Vets For Peace. Please bring your own reusable table service & dish/food in a washable/reusable container. Donations for facility rental welcome.
Sunday, March 13 BOULDER “My Experience with Immigration Policy” with Journalist, Author and First Lady of Colorado. Thorpe is the author of “Just Like Us”,. At the UU Church of Boulder at 5001 Pennsylvania Avenue at 7 p.m. Free.
Sunday, March 20 BOULDER Jacqueline Muller, long time Boulder resident who went to the city of Hebron, Palestine in 2008 and participated in the activities of Library on Wheels for Nonviolence and Peace, will show her documentary film about young people exploring gender and social issues as well as nonviolent methods to deal with conflict on 9 am, First Congregational Church Corner of Pine and Broadway.
April 8 WASHINGTON D.C. Pentagon Action for Peace: A Call to action by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance. Contact info:Joyfirst5@gmail.com
Wednesday, April 13 BOULDER Our U.S. Courts, part of the Boulder Public Library Court Series, Main Branch Boulder Library, Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. 7 p.m. Info: elturkg@boulderlibrary.org or 303-441-4941.
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RMPJC COLLECTIVE MEETINGS:
The RMPJC invites you to help create a more peaceful, just and sustainable world by joining one of our collectives or by volunteering in our office. Our collectives discuss issues and take action at the local, state and national levels.
Economy/International Collective meets the first and third Mondays at 7 p.m. at RMPJC.
Middle East Collective meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7 p.m. at RMPJC.
Move to Amend meets the 2nd Wednesday at 7 p.m. at RMPJC. This group is working to get a City Council resolution passed that would support amending the U.S. Constitution to say that corporations are not persons and are not entitled to the rights of persons.
Citizens for Pesticide Reform meets as needed and works extensively by email. Contact Betty @ (303) 444-6981 for meeting info and how to get involved.
Everybody Eats. Call Dave Georgis for details 303 499-2175.
Nuclear Nexus. Call Judith Mohling (303) 447-9635 for meeting info and how to get involved.
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Other groups the RMPJC works with:
Homeless Organized for More Equality. Every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. in the administrative building of the First Congregational Church at Pine and Broadway, 3rd floor.
Lafayette/Louisville Peace and Justice Group Next meeting: Sunday, Feb.27, 1-2:30 p.m. at the Cannon Mine Coffee Company at 210 S. Public Road in Lafayette.
For more information on RMPJC, call us at 303-444-6981 or visit our website at www.rmpjc.org or link with our facebook page at our website.
RMPJC is located at 3970 Broadway, Suite 105, Boulder. From Quince and Broadway go east and take a right into the second driveway into the shopping center.
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Carolyn Bninski
RMPJC
303-444-6981x2
Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?-Martin Luther King