One Utah

h/t Troy Williams
Lets be honest. The LDS church should lose their tax-exempt status by the most conservative reading of the law.
Lets also be clear the preponderance of modern, good Mormons, though silent, are not proud of the LDS church’s intrusion into the lives people, families, and the rights of all Americans.

Ed Firmage has spoken [...]

A disturbing report. Hate crimes reported in Utah jumped from 35 in 2006 to 55 in 2007. See SL Trib and KSL.
Nationwide, hate crimes reported were down about 1 percent. But in Utah they are up a whopping 80 percent. Some of this may be accounted for by increased willingness to [...]

From MSNBC:
Plot to kill Obama is foiled.
A plot by two Neo-Nazi skinheads to assassinate Barack Obama and kill dozens of other African Americans has been foiled, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said Monday.
Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., and Paul Schlesselman, 18, of West Helena, Ark., were charged Friday with making threats against [...]

Imagine the first generation of kids who will grow up in America where racism was some stupid thing from the ole’ days.
Imagine trying to explain racism to this kid. I get goose bumps.
Just watch.

With McCain standing right beside him Former Army Staff Sergeant David Bellavia, in his introduction of Jogn McCain said: “You can have your Tiger Woods, we’ve got Senator McCain.”
..and McCain chuckled.
There is little left to say. No one could have convinced me that in this day and age, a presidential candidate (even a Republican) [...]

Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s crazy ass claim that there are anti-American members of Congress, raving lunatics claiming Obama is Satan’s candidate for President, raving right wing loonies assuring us that the economic crash is the fault of poor people who want to own houses, right wing columnist claiming in all apparent seriousness that Barack Obama is [...]

The greatest thing about America is the melting pot thing. Anyone who doesn’t get that is America’s enemy.
h/t America’s Blog

How interesting that the self-admitted racist, who also appears to be an anti-Semite, parroted John McCain’s message about media bias. I just find it interesting that John McCain’s and Sarah Palin’s hate is now leading [...]

Update: Allow me to poach a moment. I signed this petition an hour ago. It was at 10k signers. Its up to 18k already. “Tell Congress to censure Rep. Bachmann.” - Cliff
Watch Chris Mathews lead this wingnut crank from Minnesota not only to the mudhole, but in it up to her neck and [...]

In the “Are you fucking kidding me?” file, we find today’s commentary from the house organ of the American Family Association. This woman didn’t invent the crazy, she has however perfected it.
This election long ago ceased to be a partisan battle between Republicans and Democrats. It really isn’t a contest over big and small [...]

Conservatives are already preparing a post-election narrative (no surprise here - as 2004 starting looking like Kerry couldn’t pull it off, progressives began preparing a post-election narrative).
By all indications - the presidential race aside - this is shaping up to be a bad year for Republicans and conservatives. Current polling suggest Dems could emerge [...]

Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin, what if things were switched around?
Ponder the following:

What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage, including a three month old infant and an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter?
What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of [...]

I’ve criticized Andrew Sullivan as a political commentator. He’s a very bright person but somehow it took him a long long time to realize that American conservatives are nothing like the British Tories he grew up admiring. George W. Bush is not Margaret Thatcher. Sullivan, however, is offering some of the most [...]