One Utah

Pastor Dan, at Street Prophets tells a story similar to my own (though the dates are different):
I do share the fundamental bloggers’ critique of how we got ourselves in this position. It’s a three-legged stool: irresponsible and sometimes downright sinister Republican policies caused much of our trouble. But those policies benefitted from a docile media […]

Via Michelle Malkin Is An Idiot:
Commenters on Michelle Malkin’s blog are making assassination threats against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad will arrive in New York on Sunday to attend the meeting of the UN General Assembly.

This comment was still on Malkin’s site today:

On September 19th, 2007 at 6:20 pm, shooter said:
1-Cheytak M200 […]

I’ve been suffering a bout of the dream gombu this week and so I’m behind on posting on issues I’ve wanted to tackle.
I hit the streets again for Ralph Becker.  I should have been at home getting over the Dread gombu, but I want to get this guy elected. 
We walked in Rose Park and I […]

No. This has been another edition of easy answers to simple questions.

Things get pretty angry here at One Utah. Heck- that’s one of the reasons I read and write for it. But anger can be a positive influence. It motivates many of us into taking immediate action- even if it’s just out of self-defense. Here in Utah, we have a serious problem that needs to be […]

Few people get the opportunity the Patraeus had to speak the truth and put an end to this sick political, economically motivated war which has killed at LEAST 750,000 Iraqis.  Oh well. Fuck You Patraeus.  You suck!
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In case you missed it. Word has it, the phrase was first coined by troops serving in Iraq.

Problem […]

…And the cannot, will not, and must not die.
The YouTube videos of the incident at Florida State University  (posted below) are well over a million views and still smokin’.

The anger and frustration over this incident is not pretty. But, at this point, it is as it should be.
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For now, I’m not endorsing anyone for City Council 4.  
In the past, Nancy Saxton has been effective ally on the City Council for progressive issues and causes.  Luke Garrott is unknown to me but seems to be in the right place on issues.
I think the money side of the race is looking bad for Saxton.
As of 8/30/07, Luke Garrott had […]

This is a sensitive subject, which I have stayed away from up to now. But it’s important, and as far as I know it wasn’t mentioned at last week’s congressional hearings on the Iraq occupation. General Petraeus announced plans to reduce American troop presence by five combat brigades across the country by next […]

Nancy Saxton’s Salt Lake City Council District seat looks vulnerable to me.  Luke Garrott looks like  a strong campaigner who could unseat Saxton come November 6.
Luke’s developed a smart, straightforward platform:

Inclusive Government: Hearing & Respecting the Diversity of District 4
Smart Transportation and Environmental Sustainability
Historical Preservation:  Beauty, Balance, Affordability
A Vibrant Downtown:  Bold, Innovative Ideas for Main St. […]

Update II: I’ve seen enough. Here’s a video from before the one below. The Pinkerton Rent-a-cops MUST BE PUNISHED!

As the cops grab the kid, Kerry says, “That alright. Let me answer the question.”

This is outrageous!

A University of Florida […]

Author Madeleine L’Engle died last week - I read about it but couldn’t bring myself to blog about it.
From her obit.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial gift may be made to Crosswicks Foundation, Ltd, 924 West End Ave, apt 95, New York, New York, 10025. This is just an option, and we encourage you to […]

If you read today’s headlines, there was another deadly incident in Baghdad involving the mercenary security firm Blackwater USA. At least 11 Iraqi civilians were reported killed and 13 wounded.
Iraq’s Interior Ministry says it has suspended Blackwater’s license to operate around the country. But Blackwater doesn’t have a license, and doesn’t need one […]

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld famously remarked in November 2003, “We don’t do body counts on other people.” At the time, I thought he was just trying to avoid comparing the Iraq fiasco with the Vietnam fiasco. But perhaps the Pentagon just doesn’t want to know what we have done to the […]

If you’ve read George Lakoff, you realize that  framing isn’t creating marketing slogans.  Framing is a way of connecting arguments and ideas with language.  To work effectively, framing requires the speaker have mastered the intellectual components of the argument and be able to articulate them.  Framing requires moving from simply articulating them to creating language […]

Blogging the Mayoral Forum I did my best to correctly record the information as the candidates were speaking without editorializing or twisting their words. I was trying to capture the essence of what they were saying - if they used a particular phrase or word that jumped out at me, I made certain to […]

Warning. The following video are not for the pollyannish.
I used to respect the hell out of our troops, all of them. I guess I was being naive.
In the process of writing the post below this one, I spent some time looking for video’s that support the thesis of the post. Much to my disappointment, […]

This has been the bloodiest summer for U.S. forces in Iraq since the war began and Iraqi civilian deaths in Anbar have risen under the “Surge.” These are facts the media distorts every time they repeat one of the half-truths dripped from General Betray Us like slobber from one of Pavlov’s dogs.
Listening to all the […]

What about a commission on housing with authority? 
Becker:  We may need a commission to do it, but this is a new proposal for me.  In the past, was on a board with authority to make decisions and a also to advise the council and that was 15 years ago.  SRO’s - single room occupancy - needs […]