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Senator Robert Bennett used his opportunity to speak yesterday about election integrity to recount silly stories about “voter fraud.” Something the present administration has been trying to trump up to their advantage if it becomes a feasible way to prove an election was stolen from them. Bob was a loyal soldier when he said these [...]

At the cnn youtube debate, Obama was asked if he would be willing to meet with the leaders of Iran, Syria, North Korea, Venezuala and Cuba and he responded by saying, absolutely, yes, he would be willing to meet with them, adding:
the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them — which [...]

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has written a letter to Senator Hillary Clinton in which he confirms that “planning is indeed taking place” at the Department of Defense for withdrawal from Iraq.
Talking Points Memo has a copy of the letter and a response from Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines. The Gates letter comes in the wake [...]

As I understand it, if you work for the Federal Government in Utah, your Internet connection filters out YouTube, so you’ll have to wait until you get home tonight. Sorry.

Ok. So there’s no proof this is George W. Bush of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, but it ain’t no Kalashnikov toting Jihadist, or some long-haired hippie in Berkley.
Whatever. It just a good thing Utah Senator Hatch’s flag protection amendment didn’t pass cause this would be a crime in Utah.
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Thanks to OneUtah reader [...]

Today, in a speech at Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina, President Bush continued to claim that American forces in Iraq are primarily fighting Al Qaeda terrorists. After making an unusually detailed series of false and misleading statements, he concluded:
I’ve explained the connection between al Qaida and its Iraqi affiliate. I presented intelligence [...]

Friday night I volunteered with Crossroads Urban Center to work the food drive at the main Library’s Midnight Muggle Madness Harry Potter release party. There were entire families that arrived in costume (including one man dressed as Viktor Krum). I was struck by a number of families that were obviously dirt poor and [...]

From author Ron Glasser on HuffPo, accusing the Bush administration of discouraging the awarding of medals earned in combat:
Each month we lose on average a battalion of soldiers, half of those killed or severely wounded. There is an astonishing amount of courage, bravery and commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan that has gone unrecognized and unappreciated [...]

According to a new American Research Group poll, just 25% of Americans approve of the way President Bush is handling his job as president and 71% disapprove. These are record lows for the survey.
When it comes to Bush’s handling of the economy, 23% approve and 73% disapprove.
President Bush is now within the margin of error [...]

In a weird bit of synchornicity, Holly Mullen has a post about FDR at her place this morning and last night, I reread his Four Freedoms speech.  Holly writes:
I’m aching to know more about the man whose name in my childhood home was almost on par with Jesus, followed by Jack Kennedy. I’d love to [...]

During our invasion of Iraq back in 2003, I wondered why the Iraqis didn’t demolish bridges on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to delay the advancing Americans. Our commanders were careful to keep the enemy guessing about exactly which bridges we intended to cross, but why not blow them all? I suppose lack [...]