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[...]edited by: David Miller,
Utah Editor
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[...]Cites “unintended consequences”.
Great decision.
(this is that crazy video game bill in case you don’t remember)
[...]The Internet push back
[...]At yesterday’s press conference…
It was disheartening to hear Senate Majority Leader Killpack attempt to twice talk over and drown out
the only question that really mattered yesterday:
“What does the Senate President have to say to the gay community?”
I would love to also hear Majority Leader Killpack speak to how his party [...]
The gay community and its supporters came to the Legislature this year in good faith.
As citizens, they presented, debated, and lost with respect and grace.
It was hard to watch such a respectful group of people slandered and maligned by Senator Buttars. But we expect such things from him.
It was [...]
He says he has nothing to apologize for
and those who also believe that no gay has any morals… or that they are like radical “Moslems”
aggressively defend him.
But perhaps you don’t know what’s actually in the interview.
Perhaps you are unaware of the way Senator Buttars talked so flippantly… even boastfully… of [...]
Tomorrow (Fri) at 9:30am
The Utah Senate will tell us how they plan to deal with the Senator Buttars thing.
[...]None of us were present at the interview.
Senator Buttars claims he was given the authority to approve the content that featured him.
I don’t know how that changed the content of the interview. Had the promise not been made, would Senator Buttars have acted differently?
Who knows.
The true mystery to me is [...]
“We knew he would do this”
“He’s never been a real Republican”
This is how nervous Utah Conservatives will sidestep the gay rights issue.
By dismissing Governor Huntsman.
Too bad.
“Attention. This is an emergency broadcast. All is well in the school… my authority as principal is total.” - Principal Skinner just before a teacher [...]
I’m guest hosting The Doug Wright Show tomorrow morning (Monday).
Tune in at 9am.
KSL 102.7FM and 1160AM
[...]Here’s the only acceptable formula for an hour of talk on illegal immigration:
-Angry rant about how illegal immigrants are lawbreakers
-Angry rant on how they do not deserve any “rights or privileges”
-Angry rant on how many problems “they” cause
If you do not follow this formula, you get angry emails [...]
This is by no means a full list.
It’s actually not even close to a full list.
I just got very, very bored with it.
I still think it proves my point:Â Congressman Chaffetz has every other Freshman jealous.
A brief expansion of this previous post… prompted by some writing at Death Knell.
The efforts to coerce “Civil Discourse” are unnecessary.
Let people hang themselves with their words. They can be sued… or they can lose access or credibility. Let them hang themselves.
When Utah’s political elite push the “Civil [...]
The Senate Judicial Committee made the first big mistake of the 2009 Session.
Members of the 2009 Committee:
You’re all reasonable men. There’s still time to be on the right side of this one.
[...]They don’t have to lift a finger.
They just have to stand next to the Governor’s budget.
All the work is done for them.
[...]I think I’m changing my mind on Mark Walker.
What if…
WHAT IF…
he’s right about what happened?
[...]Gifts to legislators are bribes and should be banned completely.
That observation earned me many accusations of “incivility”. Too much. Too harsh. Offensive.
I do not support the current efforts of Utah’s political elite to set rules for public debate.
Our public discourse is governed by free speech law that is [...]
But he is obligated to tell us which of our Legislative leaders guaranteed him the money to pay Richard Ellis.
Or maybe he learned the lessons of Chicago… er, I mean Sandy… all too well:
Keep your mouth shut.
[...]Which is hilarious considering the desperate rhetoric by conservatives against the cowardly “present” vote.
For the record… I think his present vote was just fine.
[...]In President Obama’s speech, he delivered the final response to the oft heard argument that President Bush kept us safe from another terrorist attack.
we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure [...]
Attorney General Mark Shurtleff just dropped this on Twitter:
[...]Just got a text from Jenna Elfman (Darhma & Greg:) “Hi! Jenna Elfman here! I look forward to meeting you and speaking with you tonight!”
HOWEVER
If these cars fail to materialize…
I will personally lead the mob that will ransack and burn the GM building.
[...]I don’t know how I could have missed this:
But I did…
Thanks to Robert “Harvey Milk” Jones for pointing out this great column via facebook.
All you Faceboogers can find me here.
[...]Tim DeChristopher is late… and doesn’t have enough money.
How did our energy debate get to this point? How did it get to be dominated by Sarah Palin and Tim DeChristopher?
My new energy plan:
Put Tim DeChristopher in a room with Palin and the “Drill here, drill now” posse
and let them [...]
Another wealthy producer. Another drug sentence. This one involving the smuggling of cocaine.
John Forte, fourteen years on federal cocaine charges.
More than 1 in 100 American adults are in prison.
I can understand why Senator Hatch may not want to push this issue beyond cashing in favors for a privileged [...]
When wealthy record producer Dallas Austin was caught smuggling drugs into Dubai,
Senator Orrin Hatch was the ‘go to guy’.
When Hatch won Austin’s release, the Senator defended his actions by declaring his opposition to mandatory minimum drug sentencing. (in Dubai?… whatever)
I personally placed a call to Senator Orrin Hatch’s office, [...]
These are not all predictions, but they are comments I find…
Facebook:
“preparing mentally. Trying not to get my hopes too high, but confident the Utes can play with anybody”
“is already planning how to spend the $100 he will win on Utah’s humiliation”
Twitter:
“Utah over ‘Bama tomorrow! Go Utah!”- Jason Chaffetz
“Boarding a flight [...]
Fun to see a local topic on Politico
Second time in as many weeks… roughly.
[...]As a citizen of Utah, I ask an investigation be opened into Senator Orrin Hatch’s involvement in the pardon of John Forte.
John Forte is a well known successful musician and producer who recently publicly said of Senator Hatch:
“I am looking forward to putting our creative minds together in the studio, [...]
Call this number:Â (801) 524-4380
Tell him you’re rich and famous. And that you promise to never do it again.
[...]NEWS RELEASE
Equality Utah asks for collaboration and objects to acts of violence
For Immediate Release
Let’s work together to build a better society
“Equality Utah understands the pain and frustration of many citizens in California, Utah and around the country regarding the passage of California Proposition 8. We see much of this frustration [...]
Will Governor Huntsman try for the big job?
Jonathan Martin at Politico.com thinks he might…
and has several reasons why he might succeed.
[...]What if our policy was to build as many monuments as we could.
In other words…
yes to the Ten Commandments
yes to the Seven Aphorisms
yes to any number of other monuments. They could make our parks very, very cool places.
We could sit down and come up with reasonable guidelines so [...]
1. Hire Tetris Group lobbyists.
2. Hire Love Communications.
3. Get Horiuchi on board. Have Dolan call him. Get a check ready.
4. Tell everyone you don’t want any public money.
5. Take the public money through extortion. Have Greg Curtis call the new House Speaker Clark for direction on [...]
“We’re not asking for monies from the county or the state or anywhere else,”
That’s Sandy Mayor Tom Dolan speaking about the broadway “style” theater he covets.
I might give his line a moment’s pause… if this were the first time ever dealing with this Mayor.
I guess since he already decided [...]
republicanforareason.com is the place where Republicans can begin remaking their party.
Let me show you the tea leaves…
The new successful Republican Party will be:
Pro business
Pro limited government
Pro life
Pro gun
Pro family
Pro gay
[...]Equality Utah Press Release
***************
Throughout the recent election cycle, the LDS Church has demonstrated its willingness to participate in political issues by asking its members to do all they can do, including donating their means and their time, to support California’s Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution and eliminated same-sex [...]
From today’s Deseret News:
“I am not worried at all. I have no involvement with anything in this situation, whether I get dragged before the grand jury or not,” the speaker said, adding he did not believe the proceedings are “an indictment on the House.”
Mr. Speaker… you are wrong.
The Walker [...]
We need good ethics because they protect our process…
it’s about process. All we have is the process.
The ethics investigation called for this week is not about process… it is about a specific election result.
Call me when there’s something to investigate.
[...]I guess it’s a fine line between “courageous statesman fighting for ethics”
and
“partisan hack”.
Rep. Phil Riesen needs to think long and hard about which he wants to be.
My recommendation:
Attorney General Mark Shurtleff should not waste his time with this.
[...]Translation:
THROUGH YOUR COURAGE AND YOUR GREAT DEEDS YOU WILL BE ETERNALLY IMMORTAL
Senator Orrin Hatch wakes up from his nap…
and suddenly realizes Democrats control Congress.
Drop your fake outrage, you skinny tird.
You’re a partisan hack, and your insulting editorial proves it. Democrats aren’t the problem…
YOU ARE THE PROBLEM!
[...]I think it’s significant the Treasurer bribery scandal originates in Sandy.
Sandy is the new Chicago.
[...]Join the struggle against warrantless wiretapping and other abuses by the Federal Government.
[...]It is time our Utah values of respect for the United States Constitution, liberty, and a just and free America are defended once again.
Log Cabin Applauds U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Second Amendment Rights
“This is an excellent decision for all Americans—gay and straight,” said Log Cabin Republicans President Patrick Sammon. “We’re grateful the U.S. Supreme Court re-affirmed the constitutional right for all Americans to own a gun.
Until recently… honestly analyzing public schools, their teachers, and administrators
was never done in polite society…
Those days are over. Finally.
Read the Tribune’s take on the two ‘myths’ perpetuated by public schools
and the Deseret News talk about how “common sense and education haven’t always gone hand in hand”
Bravo to both [...]
Reading the ongoing debate over at Steve Urquhart’s…
comparison’s are being made to the gay marriage decision in California and the voucher saga in Utah.
Majority rule. Them’s the breaks.
There are some things, however, the majority can not do. That’s where the courts step in.
Of gay marriage, Steve said “most Utahns [...]
Sandy City’s ad campaign is right.
This is all there is to us as a community. I thought we were more.
Better.
More better.
But elections never lie.
Only voters lie.
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Viagra high blood pressure
Coumarin
Permax
[...]
Big night tonight.
Got this via email:
Since now I know your program Supports Rocky Anderson and his protests against Pres. Bush, I will now stop listening to your program and I am now compiling a list of the sponsors that advertise on your show and I will be contacting them [...]
People chase “normal”. We want to be “normal”. “Regular”.
For many in our community, being recognized as indistinguishable from any other person or family in any other city is the absolute greatest compliment.
Which is why polygamists have such a hard time when they allow themselves to be seen.
We hate polygamists because [...]
Reasons polygmists are bad (according to Utahn listeners)
“They” keep their religious services private and therefore they can’t be trusted. (point out the caller’s own religion keeps some services private and you get a very weak “well that’s different”)
“They” enslave their children by indoctrinating them in a restrictive religion. (point out [...]
Yesterday I had an epipheny… Live on the air.
Those who are the most aggressive toward polygamist, who hate them the most
and are the most ready with horrible allegations and offensive stereotypes,
are the most insecure about their own religion.
Almost immediately after I made the observation, I got a text from a [...]
Texas is dismantling the FLDS Church. They have no intention of allowing the organization to survive no matter the outcome of any criminal investigation.
Evidence:
*Censoring of FLDS scripture.
*Demanding that mothers take classes, learn skills, and become financially independent as a condition of custody.
[...]Salt Lake City – Mayor Ralph Becker will hold a press conference tomorrow at 11:15 a.m. at Tony Caputo’s Market and Deli to announce a major development in the City’s ongoing economic development work.
Mayor Becker will be joined [...]
Governor Huntsman to Sign Bill to Increase Government Transparency
Sutherland Institute Releases New Research Showing Potential Savings from New Law
Salt Lake City, UT – May 9, 2008 – Based on research conducted by the Sutherland Institute, Utah taxpayers could potentially see a yearly savings in excess of $100,000 once SB [...]
From the Energy Solutions press release:
EnergySolutions also announced that it has offered to self-impose a limit on international material equal to 5 percent of the remaining capacity at its Clive disposal facility.
Then at the bottom of the page is LITERALLY the fine print:
There are a number of important factors [...]
Editorial from The Deseret Morning News
Editorial from The Salt Lake Tribune
The Tribune hit one out of the park with this great paragraph:
So far, we have seen an informal indictment of an entire community, something for which we find no authority in the Constitution, compounded by an absence of [...]
The Texas Raids: The Alamo Defenders Circled Around Sarah Shooting at A Metaphor
[...]The best part of the game was Toronto’s crowd.
It reminded me a lot of the first season at RES
I miss that atmosphere.
I think most people do.
[...][...]“Is Curtis afraid that other branches of government will provide checks and balances to the Legislature? Isn’t that how it’s supposed to work?”
A friend of mine ran into DC United when they arrived in Salt Lake City for their 4-0 beating.
He saw them eating “burgers and shakes”
and (being English) told them that they’d be dropped from the EPL if they were ever caught doing that in England before a match.
I’m sure [...]
All this has given me an opportunity to reset my RSL clock.
I was among the first with a season ticket in my hand.
Section 37.
I want to go back. To that time.
Call me a sellout, but my new line is this:
Business will always exploit whatever opportunities they can find. The [...]
Becker to Offer Ski Salt Lake Super Pass if Houston Wins Series
SALT LAKE CITY – Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker is confident the Utah Jazz will win the first round of the NBA playoffs against [...]
Snow Lion wins Utah Business of the Year. (well they should, anyway)
It’s a company Utah can be proud of.
Snow Lion Expeditions Invites U.S. National Security Advisor on Fall Journey to Nepal and Tibet
(Salt Lake City, Utah – April 15, 2008). Utah-based adventure travel company Snow [...]
Here’s a screenshot of the hacked RSLFM.com.
It’s pretty typical.
One word jumps out:
LOYALTY
It’s fake loyalty, really.
It’s little more than a group of fans who have been conned into running interference for political corruption.
And now they’re committing crimes to show their loyalty.
[...]Doesn’t surprise me. The RSL culture that has sprung up is paranoid and vindictive.
Many independent minded RSL fans still have a concussion from the beating they took for opposing the RSL/ Sandy deal.
It reminds me a lot of the Iraq War.
SUPPORT THE TROOPS!
And that’s pretty much [...]
It is the best INDEPENDENT source for Real Salt Lake junkies like me.
Freaky.
But not surprising.
RSL culture is paranoid and vindictive.
[...]Maybe the ads are right. Maybe Sandy is the heart of the Wasatch.
Sandy Mayor Tom Dolan’s pathetic misdirection over the “new downtown” talk fits in nicely
with the way House Speaker Greg Curtis told us all with a straight face that he wouldn’t act on Sandy’s behalf re: the stadium.
So in [...]
Tom Dolan bragged he was building a “new downtown”
then after the borderline criminal drama of the soccer stadium Dolan said he wasn’t really trying to build a “new downtown”.
Now today he unveils a “new downtown”.
[...]
Read about it here.
