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THE UTAH AMICUS: News Release: Granato Encouraged by Poll Results, Utahns' Desire for Change

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:15:00 -0500

Granato Encouraged by Poll Results, Utahns' Desire for Change

SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Senate candidate Sam Granato said he is encouraged by the results of a recent Deseret News/KSL-TV poll indicating Utah voters are ready for a new representation in Washington.

Fifty-eight' [...]

Weber County Forum: Majority House Whip Dee: Utah GOP Will Buck the Standard-Examiner, Defend the Constitution by Opposing Ethics Reform

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:38:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Too funny: Legislative "leadership" defends mooching free meals and Jazz tickets; wraps itself in the Constitution

Although Weber County political red-meat news is more than a mite slow this autumnal Wednesday in all of the northern Utah print media (believe us, we spent hours googling this morning), one of [...]

Pursuit of Liberty: A Fundamental Difference Between Conservatives and Progressives

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:10:15 -0500

photo credit: Marcin Porwit

Late in October a comment by Jason sparked my brain to recognize a subtle but fundamental difference between conservatives and progressives. Perhaps it should have been obvious simply by comparing the definitions for “conservative” and “progressive” but the implications [...]

Wasatch Watcher: Keepin' it real... or something

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:03:00 -0500

Something strange happened here at SideTrack HQ about 10 days ago. In the middle of the holiday prep and finishing up of last minute work, the well of witty rejoinders and insight-without-compare I'm sure you all come here for just, kinda, dried up.

Everyone said, at the end of' [...]

The SideTrack: Keepin' it real... or something

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:03:00 -0500

Connor's Conundrums: Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:43:03 -0500

Number of comments: 14

The following article was first published at sgtdanger.com, the blog of my friend Drew Dangerfield, a non-commissioned officer in the Army currently deployed in Afghanistan.

photo credit: Truthout.org

An officer fighting in Afghanistan submitted a letter to the highest ranking defense official over the war, which [...]

UtahSenateDemocrats.org: Thanks, Senator McCoy

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:35:05 -0500

by Senator Patricia Jones
Senate Minority Leader

Our caucus member Senator Scott McCoy has resigned his senate seat effective this coming Friday, December 4, 2009.

Speaking on behalf of the Utah Senate Democrat Caucus, [...]

Utah State Democratic Party: Once again, Senator Hatch proves he will say anything to prevent reform

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:33:00 -0500

This morning (December 2, 2009) on FOX News, Senator Hatch stated if health care reform passes the language in the legislation "could be used against Catholic hospitals and other religious hospitals, other groups that do not believe in abortion, which may cause actions of discrimination..." This is completely false. If [...]

Sausage Grinder: Special Edition Wednesday Cup o' Joe

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:26:00 -0500

• As mentioned on the Grinder yesterday, Morgan Philpot is going to run against Jim Matheson in Utah's 2nd District. (He says "still thinking," but the buzz is that it's all over but the filing.) Philpot is talking the talk with the GOP base, and [...]

Holly On The Hill: Tiger, Tiger, Tiger

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:23:21 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Amazing – I can actually blog about something besides politics. So – here is one more famous guy that just can’t keep his pants zipped. Since voicemails have now been released where he tells his alleged mistress that his wife went through his phone and might be calling and would [...]

The Senate Site: Don't believe everything you hear

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:21:00 -0500

By Chris Buttars
Utah State Senator, District 10

Contrary to recent reports by the media, I am not considering co-sponsoring any of the "common ground" legislation brought forth by Equality Utah or it’s supporters.

I will continue to defend traditional marriage. I am totally committed to preserve [...]

Politics Elevated: Climategate Isn’t Just About 1 or 2 E-Mails

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:38:29 -0500

If you listen to the US mainstream media, you’d think that the ClimateGate scandal is about 1 or 2 emails. It’s about far more than that. It’s about conspiracy. It’s about intimidation. It’s about intentionally falsifying the data with the help of computer programs. You’ve heard only [...]

One Utah: World AIDS Day 2009

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:22:07 -0500

Today is World AIDS Day and I’ve been thinking all day and can’t think of a single thing to say. Not a damn thing.

Suffice to say that too many people have died of AIDS too many people have gotten preventable infections, and too god damn people are still in denial [...]

One Utah: Climategate is About Much More than 1 or 2 E-Mails

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:05:03 -0500

The World, According To Me: Bob to Smack Forehead

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:20:00 -0500

See what I did there? I titled a blog post about US Senate Candidate Cherilyn Eagar trying to imply she was going to be closer to Sarah Palin than the rest of us by using a play on her last name. Cute, huh?

Apparently, the Eagar campaign thought so. [...]

THE UTAH AMICUS: President Obama on the Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:14:00 -0500

President Obama outlines his strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. December 1, 2009 (Public Domain). [...]

Utah State Democratic Party: President Obama on the Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:12:00 -0500

President Obama outlines his strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. December 1, 2009 (Public Domain). [...]

Simple Utah Mormon Politics: Climategate Isn't Just About 1 or 2 E-Mails

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:09:00 -0500

If you listen to the US mainstream media, you'd think that the ClimateGate scandal is about 1 or 2 emails. It's about far more than that. It's about conspiracy. It's about intimidation. It's about intentionally falsifying the data with the help of computer programs. You've heard [...]

Weber County Forum: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Returns to Utah

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 8
Will Mr. Kennedy will find the time to take another short trip "up north" to revisit the "Leshemville" River Project site?

It's deja vu all over again. Do you all remember back in 2007, when Robert Kennedy, Jr. visited Ogden, with erstwhile Ogden moneyman/developer Gadi Leshem in [...]

Reach Upward: The Fed: A Study In Political-Financial Mischief

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:37:00 -0500

In October 2008, this WSJ op-ed by celebrated economist John Steele Gordon was published extolling the virtues of a strong central bank. As the economy was reacting to the bursting of the housing bubble, Gordon opined that, thanks to our nation’s central bank, “the present crisis will at [...]