I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH MARIA RECHSTEINER IN HER FINE LETTER OF MAY 31,”MORMONISM ISN’T EXTREME.” SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, P. A 12. A CULT, AS THEY SAY, IS SOMEONE ELSE’S RELIGON. BUT I’M SURE SHE KNOWS AND DIDN’T HAVE THE SPACE OR TIME TO REMEMBER IN PRINT THAT MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE IS STILL […]
The Salt Lake Tribune today, March 31, reveals that Pax Bushica intends to stay, as all colonial imperialists intend (see, Germany’s 1000-year Reich), forever. See, “Bush Pushes long-term role to aid Iraq stability.” In other words, we want their oil, forever. What do we not get about international criminals, serial-killers in our name, […]
I am not a fan of reality TV. Most of it strikes me as mindnumbingly bad. It’s therefore with some shame that I admit I love NBC’s The Biggest Loser. What I like about Biggest Loser is the show’s willingness to talk honesty about food, fitness, obesity, and health. Right now, Style TV is showing […]
Thomas Friedman, admired by me for several decades (his wife too, and his wife continuing to be right long after Thomas went wrong), has now been consistently wrong about the Middle East since 9/11. He bats a thousand, negatively, in now warning about Iran (Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday May 3l, 2007). The drums […]
I’m thinking about matters of sexuality this week. Yesterday I pondered American attitudes about nudity, today, connected to that, I’m thinking about intimacy, and of course, family.
For obvious reasons, most people think sexual intercourse should include emotional intimacy (at least they seem to). Objections to one night stands as often as not rests on the […]
I’m chronically off topic today.
An experience I had this weekend at the gym has me thinking about American attitudes toward nudity and the body.
I don’t think it’s radical or unexpected to say that Americans don’t deal well with the human body - in its variety and similarity. Americans tend to respond strongly to nudity - […]
One of the most far-reaching, prescient and effective decisions ever made by the US Government was the creation of the national park system. You can explore the national parks at nps.gov - one of the better, more user friendly sites in the Federal government. National Parks represent a radical and important protection of the commons - the […]
The last time I took my Impeach Bush sign out a couple of weeks ago, the first person I ran into stopped her car to say she was with me all the way. She said she knew four languages and would be deployed, against her wishes, to Iraq in 2008. I told her I would […]
I’m mostly a pacifist with the intent for peace, but every so often my warrior side comes out looking for a fight. Particularly when I run into men of power who support policies that oppress others – and then I cut loose. Like the time I ran into Mormon apostle Russell M. Nelson. We were […]
What is verschaerfte Vernehmung? It translates as “aggravated interrogation”, or one could say “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Verschaerfte Vernehmung is the euphemism for torture coined by the Gestapo during World War II.
Normally, I think Nazi analogies are over the top. In this case, I have to make an exception. There are serious […]
Like many people, I’m mad as hell at a Democratic Congress giving the Chimperor his blank check to blow shit up in Iraq. Kevin Drum provides the best analysis I’ve read.
. . . it depends on Democrats making a positive case for withdrawal. Not just that the war is unwinnable, or that it’s costing too […]
From Yesterday’s Rose Garden press conference with President Bush (emphasis added):
Martha Raddatz, ABC News: Thank you, Mr. President. You say you want nothing short of victory, that leaving Iraq would be catastrophic; you once again mentioned al Qaeda. Does that mean that you are willing to leave American troops there, no matter what the Iraqi […]
Originally published as “The End of [Burning in Hell]“on Simple Utah Mormon Politics.
Once again my paradigm has been challenged, and I suspect it has moved a bit. Actually, there are several things that I agree with in Sam Harris’ book, The End of Faith.
It is very easy for any religious adherent (the German word […]
Forget the last election and all the promises made by Democrats. President Bush is getting a blank check for continuing the occupation of Iraq, thanks to a craven congressional leadership and some parliamentary sleight of hand. For the Iraq supplemental to fail, 20 Democrats were needed to vote “no” on the rule, but […]
Other folks have fairly effectively tackled the SF Chronicle quoting right wing hatemonger Paul Cameron without pointing out Cameron’s long and somewhat colorful history as a fraud, charlatan, and professional anti-gay bigot.
Usually lost in such circumstances is the way in which the traditional media has completely absorbed the right wing claim of liberal bias - […]
crossposted at utahucc.org.
Sunday was the last session of Our Whole Lives, Grades 7-9. Since November, 15 participants and three trainers have had 27, 90 minute sessions. Our Whole Lives is comprehensive, life span sexuality education - dedicated to the core values of
Self Worth
Sexual Health
Responsibility
Justice & Inclusivity
Throughout the class, which covers the language of sexuality, basic […]
Senator Russ Feingold, writing on the DailyKos site:
This situation is a collapse for Democrats…. First Americans had to put up with a Republican Congress that did nothing, and now we are faced with a Democratic Congress that is giving the President exactly what he wants – continuing his failed policy and leaving our troops […]
While the formidable Jane Stillwater is waiting to get approval for a second embed in Iraq a next month, she is blogging about her trip to Afghanistan a year ago. Oh, and she’s writing a book. Jane’s unpretentious, no-bull style of writing really stands out. Other (mostly right-wing) bloggers have gone to […]
Friday night, Utah Now commentator Bill Allred spent his time talking about the blogosphere. Allred’s essential assertion was the same tired “I’m a traditional, trained media person” criticism of the blogosphere - namely that bloggers aren’t real journalists and are somehow usurping the rightful territory of the trained journalist. Well guess what - bloggers don’t […]
You want to know what I fucking hate about the family friendly enforcers here in the US who scream the roof down at every dirty word uttered in public? Their sociopathic silence concerning the violence our “liberation” of Iraq has unleashed and the violence in the name of religion coming out of Iran or the […]
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