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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Stupidity’ Category
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, [...]
An Honest Question to the Far Right
I have been thinking about the recent uproar surrounding the immigration debate and the anger being generated by the far right about how them illegals are ruining the country – I am looking at you tea-baggers. But, sometimes in the same hate-filled rants, they tout how the free market is the savior of all our [...]
Utah’s Image Problem
Utah as an image problem. For far too long, our state has been viewed as a backwater hole where religious fundamentalism and the problems associated with it rule the day. As a native Utahn, I know that this is not the case, and I don’t know how many times I have heard visitors confide in [...]
How to Lose Friends and Damage People
It is rare that I use my blog as a forum to personally question the motives of a private individual, but I have grown tired of the actions of a few individuals associated with a particular, now defunct, campaign. One person, in particular, has gone out of their way to attack people and organizations I [...]
Running for office? Keep it local.
Please note, if you are running for office and you decide to do a robo-call as part of your campaign, please make sure that the area code on the number calling me is from Utah – a certain candidate up for election tomorrow has now placed four calls to me from a 202 area code. [...]
How to Reduce Utah’s Budget – Drop Legislative Research
I do believe that I have come up with a true cost cutter for the state of Utah – eliminate the Office of Legislative Research and General Council as it is clearly an office that is not used by wise and insightful legislature. For those of you who do not know that LRGC is, don’t [...]
Why I love America Forever
Primer: America Forever is a hateful organization that is lacking in facts and grammar – like all radical groups should be. I can see several bald face lies and paradoxical statements (trying to prevent civil war by taking up arms), and interesting conclusions – Closing down NASA (sub note, is NASA closed down?) will lead [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 462 – Criminal Homicide and Abortion Revisions, C. Wimmer
Want proof that HB 12 was a bad bill? Well just ask the bills sponsor, Representative Carl Wimmer (R-Herriman-District 52) who is also sponsoring HB 462 – Criminal Homicide and Abortion Revisions. Now HB 12 was the act of a zealot who could not think beyond sending a message to the arch-conservatives out there that [...]
We don’t need no stinkin’ education
I understand why some of you may not have noticed my “Legislator Grievances” section of this blog – it has had a couple of complaints on my part, but I have not really advertised it. So, with the legislative session underway on Monday, I feel I should officially open it up with none other than [...]