One Utah

Via Raw Story: Early this morning, commuters nationwide were delighted to find out that while they were sleeping, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had come to an end. If, that is, they happened to read a “special edition” of today’s New York Times.

The paper, post-dated July 4, 2009, was allegedly printed by the [...]

Approximately 330,000 people voted in the County (out of 883,000 statewide). McCain won Salt Lake County by a mere 1883 votes. If two extra people per precinct in Salt Lake County had voted Obama, Obama would have carried Salt Lake County by 95 votes. Given some other results at the county level, [...]

In an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Siobhan Gorman speculates that President Obama’s advisers will urge him to stick with disastrous and counterproductive Bush administration policies such as widespread illegal surveillance and torture. Apparently, these so-called “pragmatic” advisers have somehow missed noticing the abject failure of the so-called Global War of Terror and [...]

In an interview on Tuesday, President George Bush spoke about regrets he has about his presidency. He said he regretted speaking in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner just one month into the Iraq war. He said he regrets saying things like “Bring ‘em on” and “Dead or alive”.
Well those are [...]

When historians write about measures like Utah’s Amendment 3 and California’s Proposition 8, they will no doubt see these measures as exemplars of George W. Bush era politics - entirely symbolic measures who actual passage benefitted no one, harmed many, and served only to divide the electorate.
Look at it this way - outlawing same sex [...]

This week, the New York Times published leaked information about Special Operations Forces and CIA raids in Syria, Pakistan, Somalia and elsewhere. These raids targeted “suspected militants” in the hope of degrading the capabilities of al-Qaeda and other groups in “15 to 20 countries.”
Recent “covert” operations included a September 3 air assault into Pakistan [...]

The Supreme Court will hear a case regarding display of religious monuments, and the case is centered right here in Utah. But you might be surprised at what a group wants to display in a Pleasant Grove park.
The New York Times calls it possibly the most important free speech decision of the [...]

Boy we really dodged a bullet. Though she may still have her eye on a senate seat.
Palin blames Bush policies for GOP defeat
WASILLA, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, amid speculation she’ll run for president in four years, blamed Bush administration policies for the defeat last week of the GOP ticket and prayed she [...]

If you’re on Facebook, you can sign up for the big party, because we’ve all been awaiting this ever since he got “elected” the first time.
Event Info Type: Party - Goodbye Party
Network: Global
Time and Place Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Time: 11:55am - 12:05pm
Location: Everywhere in the world
City/Town: Washington, DC
This event has 376,496 confirmed guests

So [...]

A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey finds that President George W. Bush now has a 76 percent disapproval rating, making him by far the most deeply unpopular President in the history of polling.

“No other president’s disapproval rating has gone higher than 70 percent. Bush has managed to do that three times so far this year,” [...]

The US is facing an economic Gordian Knot.
Robert Reich describes it:
Wall Street is paralyzed at the moment because the bursting of the housing and other asset bubbles means that lenders are fearful that creditors won’t repay loans. But even if credit were flowing, those loans wouldn’t save jobs. Businesses want to borrow now only to [...]