Mike Huckabee, I mean.
The fact that he's even considered a possible running mate is scary. After McCain's great performance over the weekend, he should continue the trend and distance himself from this idiot.
Bountiful City Council has standards:
BOUNTIFUL - If that tribal tattoo peeks out of your collar, don't bother applying to work for Bountiful City.
The City Council has voted to ban new employees from sporting head, face, neck or hand tattoos - currently tattooed staffers are exempt from the new rule.
Officials in this Davis County municipality said the ban - which also requires male workers to take out any piercings - didn't arise from previous incidents, but rather is "anticipatory and preventative" as trends change.
"We want people to look professionally . . . so people will feel comfortable interacting with our employees," said City Manager Tom Hardy.
From the Deseret News:
Mitt Romney's chances of becoming John McCain's vice presidential running mate are strong enough that the Democratic National Committee launched a full-scale attack on him Thursday.
It introduced a Web site section to knock him and sponsored a nationwide conference call for reporters to listen as Romney was verbally flogged by politicians from Massachusetts and Michigan -- two of the three states that Romney has called home. The other state, of course, is Utah, but no politicians from it joined the attack initially but did later in the day.
"He is the most intellectually inconsistent politician in the history of politics," Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said of former Massachusetts Gov. Romney. "I have never seen anyone so completely without any commitment to any particular principle and so willing to say whatever he thinks will help him win the next election."
Has the DNC done this for any other potentials? Yes. All of them in fact, but Romney was just added yesterday fore some reason or another. The conference call was to boost it.
Er.. Well, at least this guy thinks so:
If Bennion Spencer wasn't the Democratic candidate in Utah's 3rd Congressional District, he'd be working on publishing a book he wrote about how Jesus might vote -- and he recently said he thinks the son of God would vote for him.
"I think he would," Spencer told The Tribune, although he later backed away and said he couldn't say for sure how Jesus would vote.
He said the book he has written looks at Jesus' deeds and teachings to try to discern the policies he might support. It is due out in October. Spencer said he thinks the Bush tax cuts hurt families and Jesus would oppose making them permanent, and that he would support a "very compassionate" immigration program.
And I'm sure he's been thinking about this a long time and that it has nothing, nothing, to do with his campaign. Right.
Our good friend Joshua Sharf wins his primary challenge. Congratulations, Josh. Now the uphill fight really starts!
Things have been hectic and interesting around La Casa Sabin. All the changes related to my job have been stressful enough and we added to the chaos by staining the deck, adding a misting system to the back patio, the garden and hosting various yard parties. What has truly kept my attention the last 6 or 7 weeks however, has been the preparation work getting my son into the military.
Yes, this morning, Josh shipped out for basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, MO to attend the engineering school as a 21B, Combat Engineer.
Being former Army myself, I'm proud of him for choosing this branch and he was gracious enough at dinner last night to inform me that I was his biggest inspiration, a thought that makes me teary eyed even now. He's matured quite a bit going through this process and it goes without saying that the maturing will be continued by his Drill SGTs.
Please keep him in your thoughts.
Today's Heller decision and Tuesday's sweeping out the door of Congressman Cannon give me cause for hope and give incumbents heartburn.
There is still some common sense in this country despite the efforts to eliminate it.
More:
I've been listening to a lot of commentary on the radio and on Fox News about this decision and I think people are looking at the constitution from the wrong perspective. the Framers had just rebeled against a tyranical government and the constitution practically oozes that sentiment, especially the Bill of Rights. What they were afraid of most was the government becoming to powerful and imposing itself on the citizens rights, just like what the left. All of the limitations within the constitution are not on the people, but on the government.
In one of Tom Clancy's books that I read some years ago, he described the differences in the perception of laws between Russia and the U.S. He said, and I'm paraphrasing here: In Russia, if there isn't a sign specifically allowing something, then it's forbidden. In the U.S., if there isn't a sign specifically prohibiting something, then it's allowed.
That is the fundamental view of the constitution. If the document doesn't specifically speak to what the Government can do, then the government is forbidden from doing it. It really is that simple.
Do it here. I did.
Lot's of buzz about a Romney VP slot.
I know I was busy, but Romney was here Wednesday hosting a fnd raiser at his Deer Valley home for the McCain run. The President was in attendance and I hear that it was an intimate affair that only cost prospective donors 70 large a couple. Oh, what I could do with 70 grand!
Want to know where I've been the last few weeks. We've been working in the yard and planting the garden.
So far the yard is coming in nicely:
This is looking back toward the house. I rebuilt the floor of the greenhouse last weekend and we're going to repaint it this weekend. We tested both spray and brush on paint to see which is easier.
This is looking back toward the house from the garden entrance.
55 different tomato plants
3 different types of cucumbers and the fence that will support them.
Now that everything is established and growing, I think it's fair to say that regular blogging my continue. Then again, maybe not.
This just makes me ill. I don't know what the editors were thinking allowing this moral equivalent crap on the editorial pages:
Since I was born in the Netherlands and lived there as a teen during World War II, I am perhaps one of the few surviving witnesses who can recall the arrest of Jewish residents in my neighborhood and subsequent deportation, while my parents put their life on the line in hiding members of a Jewish family.
If those involved in the daring campaign of hiding Jewish residents to keep them from being deported to concentration camps could observe the current conditions in Israeli-occupied Palestine they would call the "celebration" a tragedy.
The irony of the current political situation is that the very imprisonment, restricted travel, property confiscation and destruction that the occupying German forces applied to the Jewish population during World War II the Israeli government now applies to the Palestinians.
I just have one observation, Mr. Roelofs. I don't remember the reason for restricted travel of the Jews in WWII being the fact that the jews were suicide bombing the Nazis.
The headline says it all: Shooter gers year in jail, then deportation to Pakistan
Funny that you never see anyone deported back to Mexico after their sentences are up despite the fact that a fair portion of those arrested on a day to day basis are illegally in the country from Mexico.
The "Them" in question is the editorial board for the Tribune. Seeing as it snowed yesterday, it can almost seem like hell has frozen over as I find myself in agreement with them:
The most charitable thing you can say about Obama is that he made a serious mistake by not denouncing sooner some of Wright's most extreme pronouncements. But it goes deeper than that. Obama either does not understand how offensive some of Wright's remarks are to most Americans, or he is willfully tone deaf. This, in turn, leads many Americans, rightly, to question the candidate's judgment, and his inability to meet head-on the first real crisis of his campaign.
Imagine... the truth spoken in a newspaper. Well done!
The latest census findings have been reported and anyone paying attention (or has found they need an English to Spanish dictionary just to order anything at a fast food joint) can tell you that the Latino population is on the rise:
Utah's population keeps showing more racial diversity, with blacks leading the way in percentage growth as a population last year and Latinos accounting for a quarter of the state's total growth, according to U.S. Census estimates released today.
There is even a handy graph:
Strangely, there was no May Day protest marches here in the Bee Hive state. Could it be the snow? Nah. The Trib says they're scared. Between the legislation passed last year and the apparent apathy of the populace, it seems to have protesters thinking twice. I can live with that.
It's Utah Law Day!
I get nervous when this kind of language is used, but I can attest that the state economy is strong and has been for some time:
Salt Lake City finds itself among the nation's most recession-proof cities, according to Forbes.com, the magazine's Web site.
The Utah capital comes in at No. 9. Oklahoma City is No. 1.
While cities across the country are facing tough times because of declining home prices, rising unemployment and contracting economies, Oklahoma City's trend has been the opposite, Forbes.com said.
Among the top 50 metro areas, Oklahoma City has seen falling unemployment, solid growth in the energy, agriculture and manufacturing sectors and possesses one of the strongest housing markets in the country, Forbes.com noted in its "America's Recession-Proof Cities" article.
San Antonio was ranked second on the list. Also in the top 10: Austin, Houston and Dallas, Texas; Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C.; San Jose, Calif.; Salt Lake City and Seattle.
Hot Air post's the video. I watched a bit of it and got the same impression that Ed got. He looks and sounds tired. The one thing I found really interesting was his comment about never having thought they would get this far, or words to that effect. Could he be prepping the masses for a big let down?
From Bloomberg News:
Average temperatures in areas such as California and France may drop over the next 10 years, influenced by colder flows in the North Atlantic, said a report today by the institution based in Kiel, Germany. Temperatures worldwide may stabilize in the period.
Not just the coasts, mind you. Want to see what I woke up to this morning?
Andrew Sullivan finally discovers that Wright is divisive.
When I listened to that Q & A this morning on my way into work, I had one thought: Reverend Wright just ended Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign. Period.
There is a great, above the fold in the print edition, story on Utah Jazz player Kyle Korver. He is the son of a minister and very grounded in his faith and it shows in how he carries himself and how he lives his life. These types of stories are not written every day, so please give it a read.
I've been staying out of this because I'm conflicted. I think that particular sect of the predominantly local religion is a perversion, but they still have rights, which upon reflection, have not only been violated, but ripped to shreds. I would love to see them go down, but not like this. Related thoughts here and the Deseret News has more here.
I've been paying attention to Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos and absorbing it almost by osmosis listening on my iPod while working in the yard. I just put up my outdoor speakers for the season (in case you're curious, it's these) and was looking for something rocking to play this afternoon when I stumbled across a cd I haven't listened to in almost 15 years. I was a junior in high school when this album came out and it has languished in the cd rack for many years but after seeing the title, Radio K.A.O.S, I had a nice chuckle and threw it in. It was nostalgic, to say the least, and after listening to it twice, I discovered some interesting parallels to Rush's Operation Chaos. While Waters attacks Reagan, Thatcher, nuclear war and all things technological, the songs could easily, with a couple of word changes here and there, be applied to today's war with the Democratic Party. The last song on the cd is especially apt. Titled "The Tide is Turning" it has a line that goes thusly:
Who is the strongest, who is the best
Who holds the aces the east of the west
This is the crap our children are learning
Brings to mind what is being taught in schools today, no? At the end of the song, there is a rousing male choir singing the chorus that brings to mind the Army choir rush played a few days back. Inspirational both, FWIW.
Jim at Thinking Right is at it again providing much needed contact with our deployed troops. When I was in Bosnia, we had Operation Dear Abby and we would occaisionally get bags of letters addressed to "Any Soldier" from schools, churches, community groups, etc. It was wonderful being on the receiving end of those and I'm sure the sailors and marines aboard the USS Russell, DDG-59, will be grateful for them, so please participate. I will be donating 4 bags of coffee to the cause.
It's that time of the year and our property takes up an enormous amount of time in preparation for the growing season. Just about every minute of daylight after work is taken advantage of, which is one of the reasons I haven't been blogging much. Couple that with I just haven't been interested in much else and you get online silence, broken today. I still worked outside until dark but hey, it's earth day as well as the PA primary.
Via Powerline, please check out this incredible report on the Index of leading environmental indicators 2008.
Regarding the Primary, illary pulled off an impressive win. I can't wait to download the podcast of Rush's show tomorrow gleefully rejoicing in the fruits of Operation Chaos. Oh how the media will attempt to spin this.
April 15th, 2008 and it's currently 39 and snowing at my home in Salt Lake City
That is all.
Today's editorial decries WY's undeterred killing of wolves now that they have been released from the Endangered Species List. (Here's a clue: WY has lots of Ranchers. Ranchers have lots of cattle. Wolves kill cattle. Do the math.) Check out the comments, they're quite enlightening.
Took some time off to visit with my parents but back in the groove after digging out of the work emails.
My good friend Joshua Sharf is in the race.
Now as soon as I can figure out MT4 enough to place it in the side bar, I will (and add the rest of the RMA stuff too.)
