Here is an interesting story from CBS news. Apparently gang culture is evident in the US Military, with American gang signs seen in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Jul
2007
Politics
15
Jul
2007
Democrats in congress: IT IS TIME TO LEAVE IRAQ.
Democrats and progressive Republicans need to heed the clear intent of the American public by ceasing funding of the war. Over 2/3 of Americans disagree with continuing the war. Democrats need to stall, fight, and quit anything that provides any power for Bush to continue the war.
03
Jun
2007
Watching Newt
I am watching Fox News Sunday and good old Newt is ripping on the president. While I don’t agree with many of his motives, he does bring up many valid points. More evidence that the Republican party is very fractured. I don’t think it matters who gets the GOP nomination, a Democrat will win in ’08.
05
May
2007
Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson PWNS Sean Hannity
It was a messy, nasty debate. At times I could barely stand to watch, because of the disorder. However, through the whole debate we saw a couple constant themes appear:
Rocky Anderson:Â Stuck to the facts, attacked the president based on his facts.
Sean Hannity:Â Attacked Rocky Anderson, called to “Support the Troops.” and avoided defending the president.
I wasn’t really surprised by the tone of the debate, however, I think Hannity may have been surprised by the veracity of the crowd. The crowd was surprisingly about equally divided between supporters and skeptics of the war in Iraq.
30
Apr
2007
The Mormons — PBS Frotline / American Experience
Tonight the wife and I watched part one of “The Mormons,” a PBS documentary about the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was a fairly interesting 2 hours that appeared to try to honestly be fair and balanced. My great question is what did actual mormons think about this documentary?
26
Apr
2007
Utah’s Attorney General is full of shit.
I am happy to see that Utah’s attorney general, Mark Shurtleff is in line with the Republican hacks who believe things are going well in Iraq. In a really useful speech the attorney general referred to Senate Majority leader as “Hezbolla Harry.” He also compared Mayor Rocky Anderson to World War II traitors. Thanks Mark Shurtleff for showing the close minded people of Utah that is it unpatriotic to see reality. You know the bible says something like thou shalt not kill, but I guess God is just a weak minded idiot who would gladly surrender to terrorists.
14
Mar
2007
US Politics get intereting.
It is awesome to see the government function now that Democrats are in power. Alberto Gonzales looks like he is sinking, as his department has flat out lied about its political firings. The senate also appears to be resuming the war debate, which is a very good thing! I want to see an official date for withdrawal from Iraq.
18
Feb
2007
Romney continues to flip flop.
Mitt Romney was on This Week giving a lenghty interview to George Stephanopoulos. I really want to like Mitt, but this interview painfully highlighted what an opourtunist Romney is. In the Business world opourtunists are rewarded, and I really think that is fine. In the political world we tend to want politicians who have personal integrity in their beliefs. Ronmney was supportive of abortion and gay rights in past senatorial campaigns. In my heart of hears, and this is a large assumption, Romney took a position during his Senate campaign that was against is personal beliefs. He did this because of clear political opourtunities for himself. Romney is genuinely honest about his position now, but he wasn’t then. He did as the businessmen do, take advantage of opourtunities. This is why Romney has recently joined the NRA. Romney: I so wanted to support you in at least a minor way, but I may pull you off of my short list.
Here is a conservative point of view.
11
Feb
2007
My 2008 Short List
Ok this list can change daily but here are my top 4 preferences for President in 08.
1. Barack Obama
2. John Edwards
3. Hillary Clinton
4. Chuck Hegel
5. Mitt Romney
You are probably asking, why is Mitt on the list. Sure he is a cultural conservative, however he is not an Evangelical cultural conservative. It would be very interesting to see how progressive a Mitt Romney presidency could be.
Chuck Hegel could leap frog Hillary Clinton on my list, but Chuck is still a long shot. I think we have a very real chance that Hillary will be the next president, despite all the Bill Clinton naysayers.
It will be nice to have an actual leader in charge of the country.
05
Feb
2007
The tables have changed.
Do you remember about … 6 months ago? All the Republicans talked about was having “straight up or down votes” in the senate. Now baby Republican Bitch Mitch McConnel and his minority cronies have voted to cut off debate on the Iraq War Resolution. Welcome to the world of hating up or down votes.
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