One Utah

I know it is scary but the State Legislature has more impact on your life than almost any other level of government. City government is largely about performing effective tasks of city management and planning. But our state legislature is hugely important - it has the power to create policies that effect each [...]

I’m not in the habit of quoting at length from other blogs, but I haven’t got the ability to say this any better. The following is straight from CTuttle on the excellent site Main and Central.
“I’d like to indulge in a little exercise, let’s take a gander at several news reports on the same [...]

What a pleasant surprise to wake up to. Arguably one of the most shameless and despicable Republicans in modern history has been unceremoniously sent packing.
We’ve done our best over the years to hurt soon-to-be-FORMER Congressman Chris Cannon, but never in my wildest dreams did I imagine Utah republicans would do the deed themselves.
But did [...]

They’ll be going back underground soon.
I found this while looking for a better version of the Artur Davis/McClellan session.
Watch the white racist squirm like a stuck pig.

Rep Artur Davis Questions John Tanner In Judiciary Hearing
WOW! I just Googled John Tanner racist.
Did I mention I HATE RACISTS?

Thanks Leo for the tip. Personally, I see no place for pure libertarianism on this planet. Its light began to fade when the transcontinental railroad opened.
Nevertheless, this article speaks to the danger of the current Republican response to the SCOTUS case. Bad decision they say…as would have Hitler.
From the Future of Freedom [...]

Sometimes others say it better than I. I’d like to add one more culprit…OK, about fifty million culprits; every uninformed idiot that voted for him the second time too.
Sorry, Mr. President, But Your Legacy Is More Awful Than You Think
Posted June 11, 2008 | 04:57 PM (EST)
h/t Huffington Post
Rest assured, Mr. President, that [...]

I rarely republish an entire post here. What with hyperlinkage technology in’all.
h/t Firedog Lake.

So, last week I explained — remarkably politely, I thought — why I think it is perfectly all right to say “fuck” when you are treating with sociopaths who sincerely believe that the war in Iraq [...]

The NRA together with its more gullible members present a propaganda force as effective as any in these times.
One of their favorite canards is the claim that the murder rate in Australia has gone up since a gun buyback program initiated in 1997.
This claim is not only unfounded based upon the only statistics available, but [...]

By now, of course, all but the inexplicable few understand that Bush and his cronies are gigantic liars.
Perhaps more egregious is the complicity of so many right-wing Senators and members of Congress. I don’t exclude democrats either. Our very own Jim Matheson played along as well.
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes [...]

Last night was the annual meeting of the Coalition of Religious Communities (CORC).  The Coalition represents 20+ denominations thoughout Utah.  Members of CORC work on a broad array of social justice issues, primarily issues of economic justice - although we were also one of the leading groups supporting effective hate crimes legislation.  CORC’s leadership is drawn [...]

This moment in the political history of the United States is profound and unique for many reasons. A bankrupt and immoral administration is paving the way for a new administration to be led by (a) a warrior intending to carry out his predecessor’s agenda, more competently, but especially then with more disastrous consequences for the [...]

I’ve just heard the finest sermon or speech I’ve ever heard in my life, given by The Reverend Jeremiah Wright. I’m old enough to have heard great speakers. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt after a shaky start in that venue; Hugh B. Brown, Harry Truman standing on the platform of the caboose in [...]