The World, According To Me

• LDS Marketing FAIL

  Hey, Max Hall! Your football career may be coming to an end, but looks like there may be an opening in Church Advertising for ya!
  
  You see, the LDS Church buys a lot of advertising space, and has been increasing the amount of it they buy on the internet.
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:35pm EST
  

• Carol of the Bells on Kazoo

  Of all the talented people I have been blessed to come across in my life, one of the most talented is easily Marshall McDonald, whom I first met in High School. He is seen at the right in this video:
  
  
  
  This was at last year's annual Christmas [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:50pm EST
  

• The Cult of In-and-Out

  As you may know, the first two locations of In-a-Cult Burger on the Wasatch Front opened last week to long lines.
  
  Much like what happened when Krappy Kreme Donuts opened in Orem.
  
  Well, I've wondered what is so good about In-a-Cult. Is it their never-frozen beef? Well, Wendy's [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:54pm EST
  

• The Cult of In-and-Out

  As you may know, the first two locations of In-a-Cult Burger on the Wasatch Front opened last week to long lines.
  
  Much like what happened when Krappy Kreme Donuts opened in Orem.
  
  Well, I've wondered what is so good about In-a-Cult. Is it their never-frozen beef? Well, Wendy's [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:54pm EST
  

• War and Peace vs Health Care Bill myth

  Listen to most Republicans talk about the current health care bills, and you'd think the only thing they have against it is that it's too long. In fact, some (Like Senator Hatch) claim that it's longer than War and Peace.
  
  Well, the double-spaced, printed large enough for Senators to' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:15pm EST
  

• Challenger #1 for Matheson

  Tribune:
  
  Dave Glissmeyer, a reform-minded independent with homes in Salt Lake City and St. George, has filed to run against Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson for Utah's 2nd Congressional seat.
  
  "People do a lot of complaining about government doing too much or not enough," Glissmeyer told The [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:12am EST
  

• Muppets do Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody

  One of my favorite songs.....
  
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 1:16pm EST
  

• If Search and Rescue worked like American health care

  Several days ago, two men who were hiking in the mountains got themselves into a sticky situation and were rescued. However, imagine how things would be different if Search and Rescue worked like our healthcare system:
  
  D: 911, what is your emergency?
  
  V: Yeah, my buddy and [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:25pm EST
  

• If Search and Rescue worked like American health care

  Several days ago, two men who were hiking in the mountains got themselves into a sticky situation and were rescued. However, imagine how things would be different if Search and Rescue worked like our healthcare system:
  
  D: 911, what is your emergency?
  
  V: Yeah, my buddy and [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:25pm EST
  

• Check out this week's City Weekly

  I haven't gotten a chance to grab one yet (it's hitting newsstands as I type), but I go quoted in this week's City Weekly:
  
  Democratic Party delegate Bob Aagard, of Holladay, thinks a liberal primary challenger for Matheson would be good for the party because it would force' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:58pm EST
  

• Why Pete Ashdown isn't running for Matheson's Seat

  Last Spring, when Jon Huntsman was nominated to be the Ambassador to China, and Jim Matheson was non-committal with whether or not he would run for Governor in 2010, I made a list of people who could run for Jim's seat. It was basically a list of every Democrat I [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:50am EST
  

• South Park's Eric Cartman Channels Glenn Beck

  The President wants to Kill Smurfs!? Something must be done!
  
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:17pm EST
  

• Every Vote is Important -- Just Ask PG

  Add this to the list of reasons why it's important to vote:
  
  Close election results became dead even last night when absentee ballots were counted during the Pleasant Grove City Council work session. Incumbent Lee Jensen and challenger Milton Fugal have each received 1895 votes.
  
  After' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:23am EST
  

• FoxNews FactChecks Sarah Palin

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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:22pm EST
  

• Veteran's Day

  
  
  This is a picture of my great-grandfather's grave. He served in both WWI and WWII. The Armistice with Germany that ended the First World War was signed on my Great-Grandmother's26th birthday. Three of their five sons also served in WWII. The other two were too [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:15pm EST
  

• Quote of the Week -- from JM Bell

  Bell does it again. Takes something I wanted to say, and says it better:
  
  See, when you run for, and serve in, an elected office – of any kind – I get to make fun of you, especially if I think you’re an asshat. You volunteered to commented [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:14pm EST
  

• Jim Matheson -- Honoring Veterans

  From the e-mail box:
  
  Dear Friends,
  
  We can never say thank you enough to our men and women in uniform--both active duty and veterans. Veterans Day is a time to pause and to reflect on the sacrifices made by our troops.
  
  General Douglas MacArthur said, "The soldier," [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:53pm EST
  

• LDS Church to Issue Comment on Non-Discrimination

  And, from the sounds of it, Paul Mero and company aren't gonna like it....
  
  from KTVX:
  
  Numerous sources are now telling ABC 4 that the LDS Church is poised to extend an olive branch of sorts to the gay community.
  
  These sources say the Church' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:19pm EST
  

• Utah's Most Wasteful Pork Project is in Downtown SLC

  Yep. It's the eventually-named Orrin G Hatch Expansion to the Frank E Moss Federal Courthouse.
  
  The Damages?
  
  And now, nearly a year later, Port O' Call has been torn down and the lot is standing idle waiting for federal money to build it.
  
  Documents obtained by [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:04am EST
  

• A Challenge for Matheson is a Good Thing -- for Matheson

  That's right, contrary to "popular" belief, a challenger to Jim Matheson will help him. I believe this for two reasons:
  
  1) It will move him further to the left. He doesn't have to go to the extreme that Bob Bennett is going to, but just throw the liberals a [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:33am EST
  

• Honest Question to Utah Demcrats

  Really, it's a two-part question, wherein both questions are similar yet different.
  
  1) Is there anything that I'm currently getting with Jim Matheson as my "representative" that I couldn't get with a Republican in his seat?
  2) Is there anything Democrats living in the 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:08pm EST
  

• A Warning To Potential Matheson Challengers

  A few months ago, I got a phone call from a friend I have met through politics. He wanted to ask me a few questions about something.
  
  Specifically, he wanted to know the process for filing as a Democrat to run against Jim Matheson.
  
  I unloaded my knowledge [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:25am EST
  

• GOP Congresscritter Grandstands by Butchering Pledge of Allegiance

  (h/t JM Bell)
  
  
  
  Well, can you blame him? After all the pledge was written by a Socialist.
  
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:45pm EST
  

• BYU Profs to Legislature: Global Warming is real

  Why do BYU Professors hate America?
  
  (via KSL)
  
  PROVO, Utah (AP) -- A group of scientists from conservative Brigham Young University has criticized state lawmakers over their recent handling of the climate change issue.
  
  The 18 scientists rebuked legislators in a letter sent Oct. 26, [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:57pm EST
  

• McCoy for Congress?

  I realize that this is probably idle chatter, and that he has almost no chance of winning in the general, but I like it (click to enlarge):
  
  
  
  The reasons I like it:
  
  1) I have always liked and admired Senator McCoy.
  2) It [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 7:08pm EST
  

• McCoy for Congress?

  I realize that this is probably idle chatter, and that he has almost no chance of winning in the general, but I like it (click to enlarge):
  
  
  
  The reasons I like it:
  
  1) I have always liked and admired Senator McCoy.
  2) It [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 7:08pm EST
  

• Remembering Nov 4, 2008

  In 1992, I remember watching the election returns with my map of the United States that had been printed in the newspaper,coloring the states red and blue depending on how Dan Rather told me the states had voted.
  
  I was 13.
  
  In 2000, I voted for the first [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:39pm EST
  

• Shurtleff Out --What does it mean for the other competitors?

  With Attorney General Mark Shurleff suspending his campaign for US Senate to deal with family matters surrounding his daughter's depression, what does it mean for the other people in the race?
  
  Sen Bob Bennett (R)
  
  In the eyes of many, this boiled down to a two-person race --' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:25am EST
  

• BREAKING: Shurtleff Suspends Campaign

  Triibune:
  
  Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff on Wednesday dropped out of his campaign for U.S. Senate, saying he needed to focus on looking after his daughter's health concerns.
  
  "This announcement comes with sorrow because I want to serve my country and I do believe both political'" [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:54am EST
  

• War on Christmas, er, FOX

  Remember a few years ago when we fought the War on Christmas? We all lined up, took sides, and then had a fight until January, when a War on Christmas truce was declared until next Christmas season.
  
  It was a war made up and perpetuated by Fox News.
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 11:38am EST