Year: 2009

Denver Colorado, August 6 2009  –  by EL MARCO This was the scene when I arrived at Stout Street Clinic in downtown Denver. Nancy Pelosi is to pay a visit to the clinic within the hour. About 200 people opposed to Obama’s healthcare agenda braved the mile high Denver sun and high temperatures to show…

This is the scene that enthralled a young photographer on his first expedition from Canada to New York City in 1975. In the center left foreground is the 21 story Flatiron Building. I already knew of it from the photographs of Edward Stieglitz from 1903. It was one the first skyscrapers ever built, and for…

The Politics of Nihilism at the Denver Art Museum  –  by EL MARCO  Driving through downtown Denver the other day I spotted a number of Denver Art Museum banners like the one above. I recognized this style of art. It appeared to be a major effort by the Museum and I wondered from which angle they were approaching the…

Did you come to Boulder, Colorado for a good education or a good party?  Have your folks paid the University of Colorado $38,000 a year for out of state tuition or $19,000 a year for in-state or illegal alien tuition?  Did your parents hope to give their little angel the opportunity to improve themselves for a happy successful…

Today – Tax Day – many…ordinary, decent, Obama-fearing folk have gathered at Tea Party events in 500 locations across the US to protest against rising taxes and the ever increasing role of Big Government in their lives.       -James Delingpole   Telegraph, U.K.    How has the Obama machine responded? Well, funnily enough,…

WARD CHURCHILL, HITLER, AL-HUSSEINI, ARAFAT and the Terrorists of September 11  As Ward Churchill’s lawsuit against the University of Colorado ends its second week, followers of Churchill gear up for a rally of support. El Marco takes a look at Churchill’s supporters, and at the followers of Adolf Eichmann who attacked America on 9/11. Yes,…

“Professor” Ward Churchill is suing The University of Colorado, accusing the school of violating his free speech rights. The jury trial began today in Denver. His argument is that he is being persecuted for his political beliefs. In 2007 the University of Colorado’s Governing Board found that he plagiarized, lied, falsified historical data and generally…