January 29th, 2008
Posted by Bridie at 4:43 pm
Pass the popcorn! We loved this quirky, heartfelt comedy (with a great title), now out on DVD.
Making its premiere at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival, Blue State stars Breckin Meyer (Garfield, Road Trip) as impassioned liberal, John Logue, who finds himself in a state of the blues after watching Bush’s victorious re-election and must now face up to a promise he made on the eve of election… to pick up and move to Canada. After interviewing a number of potential co-travelers for his road trip, he meets Chloe Hamon (Academy Award® winner Anna Paquin, The Piano) who seems like the perfect travel companion: quirky, agreeable …and attractive. But after a stop along the way at the home of John’s radical parents, shocking revelations about Chloe’s secret past and a series of misguided events at the “Marry-a-Canadian†headquarters, John and Chloe develop an intimate bond as they are forced to question the true meaning of their convictions, identities and values.
Order from Amazon today.
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January 28th, 2008
Posted by Drew at 5:54 pm
…on charges of war crimes, perjury, and obstruction of justice. Vermont is the only state President Bush hasn’t visited since he was first elected in 2001.
Brattleboro residents will vote at town meeting on whether President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should be indicted and arrested for war crimes, perjury or obstruction of justice if they ever step foot in Vermont.
The Brattleboro Select Board voted 3-2 Friday to put the controversial item on the Town Meeting Day warning.
According to Town Clerk Annette Cappy, organizers of the Bush-Cheney issue gathered enough signatures, and it was up to the Select Board whether Brattleboro voters would consider the issue in March.
Cappy said residents will get to vote on the matter by paper balloting March 4.
Kurt Daims, 54, of Brattleboro, the organizer of the petition drive, said Friday the debate to get the issue on the ballot was a good one. Opposition to the vote focused on whether the town had any power to endorse the matter.
“It is an advisory thing,” said Daims, a retired prototype machinist and stay-at-home dad of three daughters.
So far, Vermont is the only state Bush hasn’t visited since he became president in 2001.
Daims said the most grievous crime committed by Bush and Cheney was perjury — lying to Congress and U.S. citizens about the basis of a war in Iraq.
He said the latest count showed a total of 600,000 people have died in the war.
Daims also said he believed Bush and Cheney were also guilty of espionage for spying on American people and obstruction of justice, for the politically generated firings of U.S. attorneys.
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January 28th, 2008
Posted by Alex Payson at 10:24 am
In the next couple weeks there are two exciting lecture/discussions to check out at our store.
This Thursday January 31st at 7PM there will be a lecture by Paul Tieger, founder and CEO of SpeedReading People.
Mr. Tieger will be discussing “The X factor in the 2008 Presidential election”, examining the personality types of the various leading candidates and how it affects their campaign for the presidency.
Then on February 6th at 730PM we are holding the rescheduled lecture by the Green Grease Monkeys. They will be talking about converting cars to run off of waste veggie oil. We are expecting a good crowd for this event so show up early!
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January 19th, 2008
Posted by Administrator at 7:12 pm
Blue State Coffee is proud to offer its patrons a free film screening every Monday as part of our new Movie Monday Series!
Every Monday at 7:30 we will screen a movie that ties into the particular theme or genre of that month.
This Monday we will be screening Miyazaki’s anime great, Spirited Away
February’s Schedule will be posted soon, so stay tuned!
We are currently taking suggestions for our March theme, so feel free to shoot us your recommendations!
See you there!
-BSC Movie Monday Crew
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January 15th, 2008
Posted by Alex Payson at 8:02 am
I was made aware of this neat little website yesterday. All you do is put in your name, address, and email and it will check to make sure that you are not only registered, but registered at your current address. (You can uncheck the box that allows them to send you emails if you are trying to keep your email inbox less cluttered).
And just in case you are not already registered to vote- you can have the forms mailed to you courtesy of Rock the Vote.
Happy voting, and may the 2008 elections be Blue!
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January 7th, 2008
Posted by Administrator at 8:40 pm
New Hampshire!!! New Hampshire!!! New Hampshire!!!
Look at these polls!
Dems
Repubs
It seems as though tomorrow’s results won’t be too much of a surprise. Of course NH is famous for not going along with it’s own polling information. Independents through and through. LIVE FREE OR DIE!
On the national stage however, everything is up for grabs and this is particularly exciting.
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