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 [...]
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Rep. Sandstrom gleefully wants to make Utah look even more backward
You may or may not be following the debate currently taking place in our own back yard. Arizona just passed sweeping immigration legislation that has ruffled a few feathers (to put it mildly). The most controversial provision allows law enforcement to question any individual about their immigration status, regardless of why the officer initially wished [...]
How to Kill our Republic – Part II
In what is, by far, the most disrespectful act I have ever seen towards any President – Representative Joe Wilson’s shouting of “You Lie!” at President Obama as he addressed the nation in the halls of Congress: This only goes further the point I made in my last post regarding the slow death being brought [...]
Jason Chaffetz is Apparently Unaware of the Constitution
Representative Chaffetz, I really don’t want to keep picking on you, but sometimes you deserve to be called on things. You see, Representative Chaffetz is co-sponsoring a bill that would restrict birthright citizenship to the children where at least one parent is already a citizen. In other words the children of illegal immigrants would not [...]
Happy 233rd Birthday America!
American patriotism is not the vanguard of one political philosophy or party, indeed American patriotism can be defined by its utter indefinability. This is because, like the rest of our nation, patriotism is an amalgamation of many ideas and people with only one defining attribute at its core: the love of the nation that allows [...]
Full body scans and Civil Liberties
Never let it be said that I don’t give credit where credit is due. I applaud Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz for his bill banning full body scans as a primary means of airport security. The bill passed the House yesterday but faces tough opposition from his own party members in the Senate. For those of [...]
Chaffetz Continues his Hypocrisy – and why Republicans are Falling Apart
So, a short while ago, I wrote a post regarding Representative Jason Chaffetz’s blatant hypocrisy regarding his mantra against big government in community affairs while simultaneously using his power as a member of Congress (read “big government”) to try and overrule D.C.’s recent recognition of gay marriage. Now, I am not stupid, I know that, [...]
The Hypocrisy of Jason Chaffetz
It should come as no surprise that Jason Chaffetz is opposed to the recent action by Washington DC to recognize gay marriages in the district. After all, being the Republican Representative of one of the most conservative districts in the nation will create results such as this with not so much as a bat of [...]
Don’t get too Happy About Spectors’ Switch
So, for the two of you who have not heard, Senator Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania recently switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat. The political ramifications of this is that when (not if, conservatives) Al Franken of Minnesota is officially made the Senator from that state, the body will consist of 60 Democrats and [...]
YDA: WTF?!
Many of you know that I am involved with the Young Democrats of Utah – an origination near and dear to my heart. That being said, our parent organization, the Young Democrats of America, are very good at being Democrats – that is loosing everything when there is no plausible way for them to do [...]
