One Utah

This is another one of these stories that mysteriously do not appear on the front page, or any page, of the newspaper. I even made a comment on Salt Lake Tribune TV critic Vince Horiuchi’s blog. Nothing. The only place this was reported: a one-sentence notice on my monthly cable bill that [...]

A new site has popped up in the Blogosphere:
Save Me From My Senator - Chris Buttars Scares Me.
It was started as a result of dire frustration by a constituent of his. It’s chock full of really useful information, including
101 Reasons to Get Rid of Chris Buttars, Tools for Citizens to use in the Fight, [...]

I used to say Crocs were a joke gay people were playing on straight people, then I saw gay people wearing them. Please, just stop - it’s in everyone’s best interest.

According to Paul Mero, responding to my suggestion that Planned Parenthood simply provides kids with a more informed version of what they would otherwise get from their peers at LDS Youth Conference (Ed Firmage, Jr. Says, August 1, 2008, 3:49 PM), 1) the only thing keeping the world’s goat population safe from human sexual predators [...]

At “Camp Justice” in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the U.S. military is currently conducting the first American war crimes trial since World War II — of Salim Hamdan, a citizen of Yemen and a former driver for Osama bin Laden.
To call this proceeding a kangaroo court would run the risk of insulting marsupials everywhere.
From Glenn [...]

From the London Daily Mail:
“American author Kathleen Parker’s courageous thesis is that initially, through extreme feminism, then via its craven implementation into society, women have demonised men and trivialised their contribution, especially to family life.
“I say courageous because, in the eyes of many women and of the liberal establishment, suggesting men have had a [...]

Planned Parenthood is perhaps the most despicable cause on Earth, in my admittedly jaded opinion. If you champion PP, then follow this link:
 http://www.takecaredownthere.org/#/watch…
If, after viewing the messages, you still champion PP, I would LOVE to hear why?

From Think Progress:
This morning, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) held a press conference to express their “pleasure” about President Bush’s statement this morning regarding what he described as “encouraging news from Iraq” and “the success of the surge.”

Warning! - malarkey levels unsafe for logical comprehension:
LIEBERMAN: That’s why Senator Graham and I [...]

My pick for the day is Jeffrey Feldman’s article at Frameshop.
Here’s the money quote:
In a healthy civic body, an engaged citizen is someone who learns and analyzes information, examines problems, and formulates solutions. In a poisoned civic body, an engaged citizen is someone who offers opinions, expresses disdain for different opinions, and gathers [...]

PZ Myers reports receiving:
somewhere well above 12,000 hate mail messages from religious people, mostly Catholic; two reasonable messages from Catholics who said that while they are unshaken in their faith, they approve of my opposition to cracker idolatry; and zero comments of any kind from admitted Muslims.

Sam Harris, in The End of Faith [...]

According to Rocky Anderson, in this radio interview on the Peter B. Collins show, “The New York Times” didn’t even cover last weeks, (albeit disguised), impeachment hearing, and the “Washington Post” published it’s second snarky article by Dana Milbanks about representative John Conyer’s attempts to cast light on the war crimes of the Bush administration [...]

President Bush now wants a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. I assumed you would read this while sitting, otherwise I apologize and I’ll give you a moment to get up off the floor…

“Kilroy was here”

Remember when anyone who favored withdrawal was accused of wanting to “surrender,” and betray the troops?
Senator [...]