When I was a kid, one of the few toys I ever really wanted was a Super Soaker – a real Super Soaker with the backpack that held an obscene amount of water to truly drench anyone who dare challenge me to water fight. Well, I never did get that Super Soaker, I got whatever [...]
Archive for the ‘2010 Election’ Category
Meet the Candidates: Vincent Marcus, Libertarian for Senate District 21
Vincent Marcus is the Libertarian Party candidate for Senate District 21. His opponents are Sarah Schofield (D) and Jerry Stevenson (R) (incumbent). His website is votemarcus.com, at the time of publishing, no Facebook fan page or Twitter account was provided. He can be contacted via email at vince@votemarcus.com. Here are Vincent’s answers to my absurd questions: 1) How [...]
No on Amendment A – Joint Resolution Regarding Secret Ballot
Amendment A is a solution to a problem that does not exist, and it has the added benefit of possibly harming our state. Amendment A sounds nice enough – hell, it even sounds like it is un-democratic to vote against it. Its language is simple: Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to specify that elections [...]
Philpot = Palin
If the signs popping up state that “Matheson = Pelosi” then, by extension Morgan Philpot = far right simpleton and quitter Sarah Palin. Palin, after all, endorsed Philpot yesterday. Logical stretch? Perhaps, but the people touting that Matheson is a lapdog for Speaker Nancy Pelosi are using just as much logic to come to their conclusion. [...]
Meet the Candidates: Jake Shannon, Libertarian for U.S. House District 3
Jake Shannon is running as the Libertarian candidate in U.S. House District 3. His opponents are Jason Chaffetz (R) (incumbent), Karen Hyer (D), Joseph Puente (U), and Douglas Sligting (C). His website is www.jakeshannonforcongress.com, his Facebook fan page can be found here, and no Twitter account was provided. He can be contacted at Vote@JakeShannon2010.com. Here are Jake’s answers to [...]
Matheson is Pelosi’s Lap Dog? Hardly
I must admit that I was rather entertained when, earlier this week, the right wing bloggers went so far as to call Representative Jim Matheson a “lap dog.” for Speaker of thr House, Nancy Pelosi. This, coming on the heals of the ever-so-clever “Matheson=Pelosi” lawn signs that have popped up over the past week shows that [...]
Waiting for the Leaking Dam to Burst
Herbert’s Crony Contracts scandal is about to break… It was revealed today that Utah Department of Transportation changed the rules to conveniently allow the firm which contributed the most to Governor Herbert’s election campaign to win the lucrative $1.1 billion I-15 Core project in Utah County. To quote the Tribune: ”(T)he Selection Recommendation Committee, made up of [...]
The Heaping Herbert Contradictions and the Coming Scapegoat
As the campaign contribution controversy for Governor Herbert continues into its third day, more and more interesting contradictions seem to be popping up. Mark Twain said it best: “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” Well, it seems the Herbert administration and campaign staff are having a bit of a lapse [...]
Is Governor Herbert Inept or Corrupt?
Governor Herbert, in an attempt to blast Peter Corroon about slinging mud in the campaign, held a press conference yesterday to discuss the allegations that campaign contributions led to favorable business deals for various companies around the state. The press confrence…did not go well. You see, it was revealed that the state paid $13 million [...]
Mike Lee on Social Security…
Did you all catch this little gem? Turns out that Mike Lee wants to make people pay into Social Security and not receive any benefits. At the same time he says that the Constitution does not give Congress the right to create “entitlement programs.” Well, I would just like to point to the Preamble (yes, [...]