Auspicion was a great Denver-area rock band. Apparently the band broke up sometime in 2002. Up until that time, Auspicion had an EP of songs available for download from their website. That website died about the time the band broke up. However, I was able to find a website that has one of their songs for download.
Click on the link up there and look for “Nothin’ I Can’t Get Over.” You can either listen to the song online (via Windows Media Player, YUCKY) or download the MP3 (highly recommended).
I do have the entire EP; if you’re interested in it, lemme know. But in the mean time, download this song! It’s a great tune; I’m listening to it right now!
More depressing news regarding education today: Apparently, Colorado schools rank very nationally for integrating Hispanic students. This is a very personal subject for me, because I am Hispanic. It could effect my son Colin.
This story seems strange to me. Colorado has a massive Hispanic population. While we are still a minority, there are an awful lot of Hispanic people living here. So how can it be that “Colorado is now near the bottom third of all states for integrating Hispanic students?”
Okay, things are getting very strange here in Colorado. Last week, there was the report that Colorado legislators are trying to pass a resolution condemning diversity training and the liberal bias on Colorado college campuses. Now there’s a report of a web site launched to solicit and consolidate complaints about liberal professors. The website was launched by the College Republicans at CU, a group of conservative republican students.
Those across the hall don’t agree with this, of course. Travis Leiker - president of the College Democrats at CU - had a great quote: “‘I think the conservative students who feel there is a bias are more afraid of hearing points of view different from their own,’ he said.”
Between the proposed comdemnation of diversity training and the new pseudo-black list website, it would appear that conservatives are waging a war against liberal thought on Colorado college campuses. Aren’t all opinions and viewpoints supposed to be welcomed on college campuses?
At first glimpse, the story that reportssales tax at the Park Meadows shopping center might increase probably sounds pretty disheartening to shoppers. It’s already pretty expensive to shop at Park Meadows as it is, since shoppers seem willing to pay a premium to shop at the massive mall. However, there needs to be a little perspective given here. The story reports that hike would “raise the current tax from 4 percent to 4.6 percent.”
4.6 percent sales tax is still a bargain in the metro area. Most of the other major malls have to charge much more than 4.6%.
I find this story very bizzare. Two African-American women are suing Southwest Airlines over a rhyme that a flight attendant said on a flight.The rhyme in question was: “‘Eenie, meenie, minie moe; pick a seat, we gotta go.’” The women say that this is a racist rhyme, and that they felt “humiliated and degrated” because a flight attendant said this rhyme over the intercom.
First off, I fail to see the racist part of this rhyme. Sure, there’s a version of the rhyme that contains a very racist statement. But that wasn’t the version that the flight attendant said. And most rhymes have a racist version, as well as a mysoginistic version and a homophobic version. Does this mean that all rhymes are racist?
I am a pretty PC guy. I believe that we need to do whatever we can to make sure that people or groups are not offended by what we say. But I don’t see anything wrong with what the flight attendant said. I think this story should be filed under “Frivolous Lawsuits.”
The Denver Channel has a story about an interesting proposal to help out the homeless here in Denver: build a tent city downtown. Randle Loeb - who is homeless himself - submitted a proposal for a downtown Denver tent city to the new Homeless Commission.
Loeb points out this is not a permanent solution. “‘We see this as an alternative for people to have safe, sanitary shelter. It’s an alternative, not forever.’” The idea is that the tent city would provide shelter for the homeless, who could then concentrate on finding jobs and a permanent place to live. However, there is one problem: “the area’s residents would need access to showers and drinking water.”
As can be expected, public opinion about this proposal has not been positive.
