One Utah

I was getting ready to post part two of my review of Bill Scher’s Wait!  Don’t Move to Canada when I saw this gem in USAToday.  The headline Abstinence message goes beyond teens describes what is yet another salvo in the right’s culture war on all things.  The money quote:
Wade Horn, assistant secretary for children […]

Rep. Jim Matheson: In favor of real-life arbitrary arrest and torture of Americans but against fictional computer games like Grand Theft Auto.
LaVar Christensen: If the Democrats regain control of Congress they will surrender to terrorists, cause rising gas prices and falling moral standards, and even bring back the “hated death tax.” (We’ll be lucky […]

I’ve been keeping and eye on the issues with voting machines and Diebold here in Utah and around the country for the past couple of years. With all the problems that have been cropping up on Diebold, and with California de-certifying the machines there, I’ve been trying to find a way to add an additional […]

The British government recently released a new report by Sir Nicholas Stern, former chief economist for the World Bank, which affirmed the urgent need to address global climate change. The report is of particular interest as “the first major contribution to the global warming debate by an economist, rather than an environmental scientist.”
In the press […]

I’m not a lawyer- that’s Ed Firmage’s territory – so I may be completely wrong.  But, I think Griswold v. Connecticut is a more important decision than Roe v. Wade.
In Griswold, the Supreme Court held that citizens have a right to privacy.  Griswold was the basis for Roe and Lawrence (striking down state sodomy laws).  […]

Here on October 4 I predicted that the USA would be in position to attack Iran before this year’s election, with two carrier strike groups and a Marine expeditionary strike group. The Bush administration has been reported to be seriously contemplating war with Iran to bring about regime change, for example in a New […]

Bill Scher is one of my favorite bloggers – his site www.liberaloasis.com - is consistently one of the best, most insightful around. LO follows a consistent pattern that I appreciate – it combines Lakoffian framing with hard-headed policy and refusal to knuckle under to Conservative bullies.
So, I’ve been waiting to get time to dig […]

Karl Rove was willing to do whatever it took to get his man elected as far back as 1968, according to schoolmates at Olympus High School in Utah. Article.
GOP wizard Karl Rove has been crowing this week that, despite discouraging poll numbers, his party will hold on to both the House and Senate in the […]

Thanks OneGoodMove .org

As the caption mentions, people were drummed out of the military for this and now we call them ‘patriots’.
Vice President Dick Cheney has confirmed that U.S. interrogators subjected captured senior al-Qaida suspects to a controversial interrogation technique called “water-boarding,” which creates a sensation of drowning.
Cheney indicated that the Bush administration doesn’t regard water-boarding as torture […]

Just once, I’d like to hear a politician say, “I don’t know the answer to that question. But if I am elected, I will have access to the worlds top experts in that field, and they will help me figure out the right answer.”
To that end, the greatest skill a leader can possess is the […]

Christian Burridge gave Chris Cannon an ass whoopin’ on KSL, Tuesday I think.
Part I - Part II - Part II
This is the one where Cannon says no one in Utah is on minimum wage and if they are they need to go back to school and get a better job. You can watch just that […]

Crooks and Liars has last nights David Letterman Show with Bill O’Reilly
David Letterman didn’t try to hide the fact last night that he just plain doesn’t like Bill O’Reilly. He wasted no time bashing FOX News and doing what few people can do — ridiculing O’Reillys ratings

Does anyone know if anyone or any Utah-based organization is endorsing Cannon? I checked his website and its just Bush, Sensenbrenner and the NRA.
What about the Governor, Hatch, Bennet? Anyone? Help me?

In 1964 I was a moderate Republican and I was heart-broken that Romney, Rockefeller (whom I supported), and Scranton were were not only defeated, but intentionally savaged, about like politics today, by members of their own party. I feared Goldwater. I later learned what a splendid man he was. I think he would have been […]

Article here. Video here.
Rep. Chris Cannon has served five terms in Congress with little to show for it. It’s time for a change.
His opponent in the 3rd Congressional District, Democrat Christian Burridge, is an articulate young attorney who practices consumer law. A former college debate champion, he has both a passion for advocacy and […]

Yep, you heard it here first. Its hard appreciate how mean and hateful Chris Cannon really is, but the more you listen to him, the more it sinks in.

I really want to be nice and talk about how great Burridge is, but then I am overwhelmed with anger toward this Cannon guy. I […]

Historical memory is both individual and community based.  Historical memory is nothing more than knowing where we as a community come from, what we’ve done before, what we’ve learned from that doing.  Historical memory is also personal – the story of our families and how they fit into history.
My great aunts – Effie, Alice and […]

Mitt Romney’s relations with the Mormon Church come at a bad time for Mr. Romney. Just after a respected poll indicated that 38% of American voters would not vote for a Mormon for President, Mitt’s people crossed the church/state wall in an embarrassing incursion. Mitt is an able man […]