One Utah

I have a relative who ran a successful small business for many years.  At one point, this relative was struggling in the business and asked me what I thought should/could be done.  After a couple hours of talking, I said, “You know, you keep saying ‘This is tax deductible’, and ‘That saves me money on [...]

Hat tip to atrios. 
According to a CBS poll out yesterday, George W. Bush has a 28% approval rating.  Historically the only president to get into that range is (drum roll please) . . .
Richard M. Nixon. 
Nixon was at 24% when he resigned.
For historical comparison:
His job approval is also far below those of other modern two-term [...]

Flicking through the channels tonight on the idiot box, I caught the nuclear bomb explosion in Valencia, CA on some “hot” new FOX program called 24 (I think) but landed on a PBS program about John and Abigail Adams, Jefferson, and the beginning of the American Revolution.
And it occurred to me our embarrassingly patriotic Milblogger [...]

This appeared in my email box today as part of a mass emailing (portions of it are omitted):
Standard of Liberty Foundation

Dear Friends,
Protect Minors from Gay Clubs in Schools
The Utah legislature is taking up a bill about gay clubs in schools. Tomorrow, Tuesday, January, 23, 2006, the Utah House Education committee will be meeting to consider [...]

…and a little angry.

In an e-mail reply dated Jan 17th, to an earnest Park City constituent, Senator Allen Christensen (Morgan,Summit,Weber) replied;
First, no, I do not believe all the hype about humans causing global warming, if in fact it exists.
Second, No, I’m not your Senator. That would be Senator Ross Romero.
Lastly, [...]

34 years ago today the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade.  In honor of that, a number of feminist bloggers have declared today Blog For Choice Day and encouraged people to discuss their reasons for being prochoice.  For a complete list or participants visit here, at Bushvcoice.com.
Elizabeth Anne Wood has a great post discussing her reasons for [...]

From Carrie Ulrich on Democracy for Utah:

From the Utah Democratic Party:
While Democrats were hard at work making significant and needed changes in the halls of Congress, Utah Representatives Cannon and Bishop were petulantly voting against the interests of the American citizens and the clear wishes of their Utah constituents. Instead, they are lending their [...]

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Part II
Watch all the conference speakers.
Don’t worry, help is one the way; The Digital Universe Foundation coming soon.

Right-wing Fox News talking head and blogger Michelle Malkin, as blogged here previously, recently went to Baghdad for four whole days sponsored by the New York Post. She wanted to prove that the Associated Press (AP) reports of sectarian violence in the Iraqi capital two months ago were wrong and based on mere rumor [...]

20 U.S. service members killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least 20 American service personnel were killed in military operations Saturday in one of the deadliest days for U.S. forces since the
Iraq war began, and authorities also announced two U.S. combat deaths from the previous day.
The day’s worst loss came from the crash of a [...]

Several years ago, before I ever knew what a weblog was, I spent occasional Saturdays writing about things I thought were important. Now I’m a blog junkie, but that’s another story…
Cliff’s recent post entitled “The Day the Republican Monster Died” got me thinking–if this is truly the case, that the monster that the Republican party [...]

After 45 Senate Republicans tried to block the Senate ethics lobbying reform bill, all ‘flopped’ back and the bill passed 96-2.
But not before they committed mass suicide by recording a vote against ethics reform before they voted for it as if taking a poison pill.
When the ‘pubs’ tried to attach the shit-stained presidential line item [...]