The Absolute Worst that Utah Has to Offer
On Monday the nation was presented with Obama’s “populist vision” for how federal spending should shape up for the 2013 fiscal year. Residing on the one end of the spectrum (the region that I like to call ‘reality’), the 2013 budget included $850B for job creation in the form of job programs and infrastructure spending, [...]
There was a bit of hubbub recently when the American Research Group released a poll saying more Michiganites would vote for Rick Santorum than for Mitt Romney. The problem is, CBS News (among others, likely) don’t really know how polls work or what “margin of error” means. The survey had a 4-point margin of error, meaning that [...]
At this year’s CPAC, Utah Senator Mike Lee took the opportunity to further remind the nation that he’s a bigoted dimwit. When asked if he supported the proposed ENDA (the Employment Non-Discrimination Act), Lee said he didn’t and argued that it, along with child labor laws, FEMA, the FDA, and poverty programs, would be unconstitutional [...]
It’s been a few days of hot legislator on legislator action up at the capitol. Since that phrase makes us want to burn out our retinas, we thought we’d recap the action as it stands so you don’t have to get your hands (or anything else) dirty. What’s been killed? HB322, a bill that would’ve [...]
House Lawmakers narrowly defeated HB 210 on Monday after spending most of the day talking about it, with the final tally of 39-36 defeating the legislation. The contested legislation would have created a permanent trust fund for the state, where annual severance revenues from the sale of non-renewable resources would be deposited. Severance revenues are [...]
Because I hate myself, I recently read this article titled: Why Mitt Romney Needs To Talk Openly About His Mormon Faith. To summarize the author’s point, Romney needs to realize religion is going to be part of this election and pussy responses like “I’m not a theologian” and “I don’t speak for my church” simply aren’t good [...]
So ask anyone frothing at the mouth about Comrade Obama (including Newt Gingrich, who missed his last round of rabies shots) “what person has run up the deficit the most,” and you’ll probably hear the answer “Obama!” Math simple even enough for Glenn Beck to draw up on his chalkboard, would show that the deficit [...]
After much discussion, SB51, the statewide anti-discrimination in employment and housing bill put forward by Ben McAdams has been killed in committee after lawmakers ignored pleas from business leaders and polls showing support from their constituents. The proposed law would have enacted statewide restrictions on employers’ ability to fire someone for being gay, and would [...]
Our local out-of-touch multi-bazillionaire Mittens Romney recently said this: I’m not concerned about the very poor. Taken out of context, it’s bad. Put into context, it’s only slightly less bad: I’m in this race because I care about Americans. I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs [...]
This heart-string-pulling article ran in the Deseret News a few days ago about a young family getting a dog. Here’s the summary: A family with two kids gets a dog, but the dog gravitates toward one child and not the other. The other child feels left out and demands his own dog; the parents don’t [...]