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Via Raw Story: Senator Orrin Hatch took to the floor yesterday to complain about President Obama’s citation of The Bible to justify progressive taxation. Speaking to a group of mostly-conservative politicians at the annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, the president proved that conservatives do not have a monopoly on using religion to advocate for [...]...
One Utah - 2:05 p.m. - 8 clicks 
On January 24, 2012 United Sates President, Barack Obama delivered the annual State of the Union address to the United States Congress. During his address, President Obama shared his perspective regarding the status of the nation and described his legislative agenda for the coming year. President Obama’s 2012 address is especially interesting as this speech [...]...
One Utah - 2:05 p.m.
So, I am just going to say it now and get it out of the way, watching Senator Casey Anderson (R-Cedar City, District 28) propose legislation is a bit like watching clowns continually come out of a car labeled “mind numbingly bad.” Just for kicks, you could even add the word “Express.” I have already told you Anderson’s brilliant idea to [...]...
Blue in Red Zion - 12:00 p.m. - 17 clicks
I don’t want you all to think that I am biased towards Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck (D – Salt Lake, District 24) simply because she happens to have ranked number 1 last year for best representing my interests…or because she just so happens to be my actual representative on the hill; but the honest truth is, I am [...]...
Blue in Red Zion - 8:06 a.m. - 18 clicks
Join us tomorrow tonight for a regular Drinking Liberally meeting. As always, we’ll be in the back room of the Piper Down beginning at 6:30. With the legislative session underway, the Florida primary and soccer riots in Egypt, we really need a few drinks! Don’t forget, on February 10th we’ll have Salt Lake County [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - Thu 9:28 p.m. - 9 clicks
It is rare when I agree with Representative Curtis (R – Clearfield, District 14); so on those rare occasions that I do, I feel it is worth noting. With HB 124, In-State Tuition for Veterans, Oda is saying in no uncertain terms, thank you, to the men and women who serve (or have honorably served) our country by offering [...]...
Blue in Red Zion - Thu 4:29 p.m.
There is always a cute dance that takes place at the start of every legislative session, where we get to see just how mean, crazy, out of touch, or (gasp dare I say it?) reasonable newly elected or appointed legislators are. Well, I am sorry to say that Representative Steve Eliason (R-Sandy, District 45) appears [...]...
Blue in Red Zion - Thu 1:24 p.m.
It’s one thing to read about it, and something else to see the Hollywood version. “Game Change” premieres on HBO March 10. Related Posts:OccupySLC Winter Campers COULD BE In Warm Beds Instead Watch as playlist. Poyce Healther Suker David Raphael Cordray Solomon Schneider Noel Song Martin Bammes Utah Stands! Diana Ross For The Supreme Court! [...]...
One Utah - Thu 12:41 p.m. - 10 clicks
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found, I’ve got a little list — I’ve got a little list Of society offenders who might well be underground, And who never would be missed — who never would be missed! –Gilbert & Sullivan, “The Mikado” Government figures provided to The Associated Press [...]...
One Utah - Thu 9:21 a.m.
The details are here. Related Posts:Gay Marriage recognized in D.C., IF . . . Washington D.C. council has voted to recognize gay marriages performed in states where those marriages are legal. This law must first ...Marriage Equality Comes to Washington DC And the WaPo editorializes powerfully, saying: Here as throughout the country, same-sex marriage remains [...]...
One Utah - Thu 9:21 a.m.
One of the reasons I have always liked Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck (D – Salt Lake, District 24), is that she has always fought to expand the rights of voters in Utah. She has been a strong advocate for modernizing our democracy while still holding true to is roots. I point to HB 119, Study of Signing Petitions [...]...
Blue in Red Zion - Thu 8:25 a.m. - 56 clicks
How do you think the support for Mitt Romney is going to turn out once Americans realize what a Mormon actually is? Related Posts:I (did) Like Mitt Romney Personally, I’ve given Romney the benefit of the doubt ever since he began eyeing a run for president. He’s smart ...Mitt Romney Flippin Mad [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/-G9hydflwEQ" width="400" [...]...
One Utah - Wed 8:03 p.m. - 11 clicks
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2012 The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Utah and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe storm during the period of November 30 to December 1, 2011. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local ...
Utah Amicus - Wed 3:28 p.m. - 14 clicks
Hat tip to Barry Ritholtz for this interesting article. Urban congestion exemplifies the larger problem of effectively coordinating individual decisions to use largely unpriced goods like roads. Drivers are adept at anticipating delays and factoring them into decisions on whether and when to hit the road. But, absent tolls, they are not compelled to factor [...]...
One Utah - Wed 3:28 p.m.
I must admit that I originally was not going to write about SB 107, Possession of Graffiti Paraphernalia for one main reason: I have very mixed feelings about the bill. However, after members of the online group Anonymous targeted (for some unknown reason) the Salt Lake City Police Department’s website in protest of this bill, I [...]...
Blue in Red Zion - Wed 3:01 p.m. - 25 clicks
What’s even crazier than Newton’s plan to make the Moon our 51st state? That’s easy. From Willard (“Mitt”) Romney’s Florida victory speech last night: My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity…. I will not just slow the growth of government. I will cut the spending of government. [...]...
One Utah - Wed 1:24 p.m.
The Koman for the Cure charity has given up on Planned Parenthood. The Koman charity says that the primary reason they are leaving Planned Parenthood twisting in the wind is because a woman hating republican asshole a conservative republican has launched an investigation/audit into Planned Parenthood. Unless you read the official version, which spits out [...]...
One Utah - Wed 1:24 p.m.
I have come to a conclusion: Representative John Dougall (R-American Fork, District 27) has no idea how cause and effect, prevention, or general common sense, works. Why else would he be proposing HB 298, Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Amendments? A bill that, based on his own arguments in the media, is a bad decision. HB 298 would eliminate the [...]...
Blue in Red Zion - Wed 1:01 p.m.
I am deeply concerned with the utter disdain Representative Kraig Powell (R-Heber City, District 54) is showing towards the citizens of Utah. I have already written about his desire to remove people from the voter file – and now I am sickened by his push to make policy making a closed door affair. Yes, Powell’s HB 226, Closed Meeting Amendments, [...]...
Blue in Red Zion - Wed 8:07 a.m. - 24 clicks
After reading up on HB 263, Unemployment Benefits for Military Spouse as proposed by Representative Lynn Hemingway (D – Salt Lake City, District 40), I was shocked to find out we needed a bill like this in the first place. Being the spouse of a serviceman or woman is a difficult one, often times meaning that you [...]...
Blue in Red Zion - Tue 4:04 p.m. - 43 clicks
For the first time, President Obama has officially acknowledged that the USA is waging war in Pakistan. It’s sometimes difficult to keep in mind that almost everything we know about drone strikes is based on anonymous sources. The U.S. government until now has refused to address the subject on the record. David Dayen on FDL: [...]...
One Utah - Tue 2:50 p.m.
This week on The LEFT Show … Words are said! Out Loud! Into Microphones! Jake, JC, Forrest and Jeff spend the show , lightly chatting the Space Program, Crazy Skirted GOP Candidates for Congress, trying to make Jake swear, chatting about ….. stuff, telling stories, and chatting. We still manage to cover Gingrich, Romney, Bachmann, West [...]...
JM Bell - Tue 2:02 p.m.
This time last year, Senator Wayne Niederhauser (R – Sandy, District 9) showed just how much disregard he has for local government sovereignty by proposing SB 243 – Historic Areas or Sites Amendments. Apparently, in the past year, Niederhauser realized just how draconian his law really was to begin with…but is still missing the point. Time to pull out [...]...
Blue in Red Zion - Tue 12:08 p.m.
@SavannahGuthrie is either really tall, or Matt Layer is teeny tiny #today # #25 – The LEFT Show – OF DOOM!: This week on The LEFT Show, Forrest and I are joined in… http://t.co/F0SM4YuT # #25 The LEFT Show http://t.co/l4NIzsZZ It's got #gingrich #romney #2012 #utdem #utpol #sundance and #gop @DemocratsDotOrg and #tcot # RT [...]...
JM Bell - Sun 4:44 p.m. - 2 clicks
What a fun night we had last week with Geeks Who Drink! Thanks to all who came out, Geeks Who Drink, and especially to our sponsors for the event, Salt Lake County Mayoral candidates Ross Romero and Ben McAdams and U.S. Senate candidate Pete Ashdown. Check out the Geeks Who Drink recap about halfway down [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - Jan 27 - 10 clicks
Utah’s lawmaker’s may be determining the fate of Daylight Savings time this legislative session. What do you think? ...
Utah Legislature Watch - Jan 25 - 7 clicks
This week… Our titanic trio turns its sights on Grant Morrison’s ellipsis-loaded-5-ton-turd, Action Comics #5, and nobody but Jon likes Krypto the Superdog. We give compliments to Avengers: The Children’s Crusade, Batwoman and especially Archie Comics for their GLAAD nominations. Bob’s question of the week blows our minds… literally. Boom! studios jumps on the license...
JM Bell - Jan 25
The Utah House Democrats have posted a survey for people to take on the 2012 Legislative Session. Please consider taking the survey! ...
Utah Legislature Watch - Jan 25 - 4 clicks
This week on The LEFT Show, Forrest and I are joined in studio by professional code monkey Misty Fowler to chat about all the goofy political goings on of the previous week. We visit the topic of Romney getting Newt-ered in South Carolina and how the GOP has taken ownership of infidelity as their own [...]...
JM Bell - Jan 24
@JimDabakis: Romney was born on 3rd base, but thinks he hit a triple. #utdem #utpol # At the #utdem Gala … Sen. Boxer just finished. Now @JimDabakis is racing for the finish. # @bwfaulkner – how long since that happened last? # @bwfaulkner- RT @EWErickson: Tonight SC will bring us one step closer to Jeb [...]...
JM Bell - Jan 22
WooHoo!!! The time has arrived for Geeks Who Drink to take over Drinking Liberally for a special trivia night just for us. We have taken over the entire bar for this event. They have decided we are safe enough to come out of the back room for a night. If we play nice enough. So [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - Jan 19
This week our triumphant trio discusses The Huntress and postulate if she’s really in the Earth 2 continuity? We discuss the next wave of the new 52s and cheer the end of Rob Leifield’s Hawk and Dove, only to find out he’s been given three new titles to draw… DC’s new logo looks like a [...]...
JM Bell - Jan 18
This is one of those stories that just makes you shake your head and ask, Has it really come to this? Climate change skepticism seeps into science classrooms Some states have introduced education standards requiring teachers to defend the denial of man-made global warming. by Neela Banerjee, Washington Bureau, LATimes -- Jan 16, 2012 Reporting from Washington -- A flash point has...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jan 17
Earlier today, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman dropped out of the Republican nomination race. I like to think this is a sign from the universe that if there is going to be a Jon-with-no-h president, it should be me. More likely it's because Huntsman had no money, no momentum, and virtually no support. Even Mormons have turned their back on him: They support Romney over Huntsm...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jan 16
This week on The LEFT Show, Jake and JC join Forrest and I in the studio to chat about everything BUT Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s not that we forgot – we were well aware what day it is, but, there is nothing we could possibly say about Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. that hasn’t already [...]...
JM Bell - Jan 16
Harry Reid is pretty fkn bland and Gregory is still a Bush stooge. Waste of Sunday air. #beatthepress # The problem with multi-terrebytes of storage is how long it takes to search and clean it. #1stworldproblems # Burn the witch "@BillCorbett: I dont like; following punctuation rules I''m a. rebel! man" # @Saintless – your [...]...
JM Bell - Jan 15
Now that a lot of redistricting maps at all levels-- Congress, State Legislatures, local-- are complete I thought it would be a good idea for the redistricting community here to work on getting the official maps into the tool of our choice-- Dave's Redistricting App. I started a GDocs folder to collect these maps, but I'll put the links to the maps themselves in this diary as well, and upd...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jan 14
For any who may be reading this series for the first time : this is a thought experiment where I try to see what would happen if the size of the House of Representatives were doubled to 870 members from 435. And yes, I know Republicans have the trifecta in Utah, and there's control in Nevada. This entire series is theoretical to begin with, gimme a break. Both of these states went from 3 to...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jan 13
Join us tomorrow night at 6:30pm for another night of Drinking Liberally. We’ll be talking about things like the New Hampshire primary, Salt Lake City being named the gayest city in the US by The Adocate, and plenty more. We’re just one week away from Geeks Who Drink Liberally. Join us on January 20th as we [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - Jan 12
Kudos to skibum59 for actually doing a politically feasible version of this , but with this map I decided to push it to the limits. Jim Matheson gets a district where he is favored and the new 4th district should be consistently won by Democrats. Both Republican districts are more Republican than any current district in existence! Note, all districts are contiguous, though the 1st...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jan 12
This gives one district for a liberal Democrat and preserves a second one for Matheson. Both the GOP districts went over 70% for McCain. I actually managed to pack the 3rd over 80% McCain, just to see how high I could get it, but it was a little uglier, so I opted for this. Its not like we were winning the 1st anyway. Plus, this will keep Saratoga Springs mayor Mia Love o...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jan 11
Since roguemapper recently compiled 08 presidential data I decided to see how Democratic a district I could get out of Utah and the results surprised me. Not only is it an Obama district, but also a safe one at that for any conventional liberal, which would free up Jim Matheson (unwillingly) to run statewide (and probably lose). Don't worry, the whole thing is contiguous and doesn't ...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jan 11
The state- Ut-1 OB-49 MC-47, 17.9 hisp, Likely D, Salt City to Provo Ut-2 OB-40 MC-56, 18.1 hisp, Likely R, Ogden and parts of Salt Lake County Ut-3 OB-24 MC-72, 7.6 hisp, Safe R, Utah county Ut-4 OB-23 MC-73, 8.3 hisp,Safe R, Rest of state ...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jan 11
This week, our intrepid trio gets Jeff’s take on the previous month’s comics, The Ray was surprisingly great while Justice League Dark needs a story. Bob tells us that we need to read Fantastic Four 601 andValkyrie needs her own comic. We give our love for Benedict Cumberbatch and talk about DC’s meteoric first issues that may be crashing to the Earth [...]...
JM Bell - Jan 11
Forrest and I welcome emergency fill-in and all around good guy Bob Henline to the studio to talk about the GOP debate-a-palloza in New Hampshire this weekend, the build-up to tomorrow’s primary election, the lies of Mitt Romney, the wackado crazy pants of Santorum and the downright stupidity of Rick Perry. Jason clocks in with [...]...
JM Bell - Jan 9
@EthanPersoff is a national treasure #nhdebate # The band just did the lead to Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here on a fkn harmonica. I want to light them on fire. #WRONG #elks #fml # @aishatyler Mitt was the guy who took no Olympic bribes when no bribes were being offered. #hollowbrag # I am [...]...
JM Bell - Jan 8
Hello everyone! It is time for our regularly scheduled Drinking Liberally meet up tomorrow evening in the back room at Piper Down (1492 South, State St.). Join us from 6:30-9:30 PM. Coming up on January 20th, Drinking Liberally will become Geeks Who Drink Liberally as we have the Geeks Who Drink crew out to emcee [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - Jan 5
Worker misclassification is not a small or regional problem. It is a national epidemic wherein workers are incorrectly labeled as independent contractors so that companies can avoid paying them overtime or giving them proper benefits. Misclassification was recently exposed in Utah by KSL 5 News , which took a look into how Utah companies were cheating construction workers out of their fair wa...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jan 3
U2 New Year's Day (Special Edition) http://t.co/500MTww8 # Pretty sure the power is out cuause i started watching Wild Wild West and thr ghost of Robert Conrad is having a tizzy about it # Where's @BenWinslow when i need him? Can he track my stuff that's blowing away? #armagheadwind # It's so windy it sounds [...]...
JM Bell - Jan 1
Hello everyone! Sorry for the late notice but I wanted to let everyone know that we will be meeting at our regularly scheduled time and place tonight. When we have five Fridays in a month it throws us hosts in to total confusion! To paraphrase “Clerks” I assure you, we’re open! This will [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - Dec 30
This is part of a series of diaries in which I will explain why I will not vote for the eventual GOP nominee for President of the United States. As most of you know, Mitt Romney has been at or near the top in most national opinion polls in the race for the Republican Party's nomination for President of the United States. However, on November 6, 2012, if Mitt Romney is on the ballot for Pr...
DailyKos (Utah) - Dec 26
@bwfaulkner and @johnkateel1 stopped by @theleftshow studio to drop of treats for the kids. These guys are spiffy and keen! # RT @levarburton: Exactly! # bydhttmwfi RT @TaySoAwesome #ifsantawasblack …….he would just be black… # RT @eddieizzard: RT @Reuters: Nine dead, 90 wounded in Yemen protest shooting http://t.co/sc2xaws0 # From @theleftshow: T'was the Night Before [...]...
JM Bell - Dec 25
By request – a straight recording of The Night Before Christmas – read by me. I have no idea why you people want this, and I blame Jake for bringing it up. Bah. Humbug. Christmas Eve Poem 2011 – The LEFT Show...
JM Bell - Dec 24
It’s the Holidays, and just in time for the one with the tree, here is a special Holiday message from the radical brain trust at The LEFT Show. Enjoy, my friends, and Mazel tov! X-Mas 2011 – The LEFT Show ———— Merry Christmas, You Godless Heathens A GOP Jesus in America Tale. J.M. Bell There’s something [...]...
JM Bell - Dec 24
It might be a holiday weekend but we’re still planning on meeting this Friday at 6:30 in the back room of the Piper Down. There’s plenty to talk about, like our soldier withdrawal from Iraq! That’s kind of a big deal. There’s also the Bradley Manning trial, Kim Jong-il’s death, and the always entertaining race [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - Dec 22
The 10 Worst Economic Ideas of 2011 Say it ain’t so, Ron Wyden. The Democratic senator from Oregon has teamed upwith Congressman Paul Ryan to propose an option for Medicare recipients to buy private plans. They would be offered a flat payment to buy private plans if they so chose. Competition for these dollars will supposedly make Medicare and the health insurance companies more efficient...
The Sidetrack - Dec 22
This week on The LEFT Show, Jake, Forrest and special guest Peter join me in the Defenestrate Media Studio to break down the news of the week. Newt Gingrich declares war on the Constitution. Your “Government” declares war on the American people. The Tea Party is falling apart without Sarah Palin to … let’s say [...]...
JM Bell - Dec 20
RT @HuffPostPol: NH Republicans accuse Gingrich campaign of making illegal robocalls. http://t.co/LWUA2Lsh # RT @ethanmillard: Dear Utah, glad to see you're enjoying the political drama this week. Don't forget you're not invited to any of it. # @ryanmer – Zyrchers? # @ChrisStewart4UT – GOP Rep @jasoninthehouse set the precedent to make district traveling in UT [...]...
JM Bell - Dec 18
Good Day, I apologize for the second e-mail today. I had meant to include this info in the original but forgot. Save the date Friday January 20th for our Drinking Liberally Geek Quiz Night. We are coordinating with the Geeks Who Drink Organization for a special quiz night. So save the date, it should be [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - Dec 16
Good Day all, Enjoying this muck we have to breath? Yeah me neither. Well take a load off and come down tonight to Piper Down 1492 S. State St in SLC for our regular meetup from 6:30 to 9:30 in the back room AKA Temple Bar It looks like Matheson has decided to run for US Congress [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - Dec 16 - 16 clicks
Apparently you can fool mother nature if you are a giant Walmart parking lot. Bird experts said it was the largest bird downing they had ever seen with thousands dead and at least two thousand rescued after migrating birds crashed into a Utah Walmart parking lot mistaking it for a large body of water. Thousands of migratory birds died on impact after apparently mistaking a Wal-Mart...
DailyKos (Utah) - Dec 14 - 15 clicks
Eric! Jake! Forrest! This power trio joined J.M. Bell in the Defenestrate Media Studio as they once again join the battle against GOP asshattery and vile Repuglican’t douchbaggery! This week’s battle is a dilly of its type: Bad Chicken is the aniti-Christ, Hardware Hate for the American Way, Florida, The GOP debate, Rick Perry and [...]...
JM Bell - Dec 13
Updated: Rocky will announce at 9:30 am on Chuck Todd. I think I just eye-witnessed the spontaneous birth of a new political party and in the most unlikely of places - Utah. But, hey. Why not Utah? Are we not the home of political mavericks? Did we Utahns not replace a senior, sitting senator at convention (Bennett R-UT) with an insane, tea-party nobody? Did we not also deliver t...
DailyKos (Utah) - Dec 11
RT @WREllis: @m_farrington @kmo_morrison @mismoose1980 @NLBolton @SheldonR @jmbell @Stevieboltz @BDove78 who are you people? Have fun! # RT @robdelaney: Turd burglars don't give a shit. # Louis C.K.'s Internet only concert video ON SALE NOW! http://t.co/jYDuBaxn Prove the MPAA wrong. # Draft General Cooke – http://t.co/WLUT2cXk #utpol #utdem # RT @HuffPostPol: RNC chairman comes ou...
JM Bell - Dec 11
Petition to Support the Saving American Democracy Amendment : Bernie Sanders – U.S. Senator for Vermont http://sanders.senate.gov/petition/?uid=f1c2660f-54b9-4193-8 The Saving American Democracy Amendment states that: Corporations are not persons with constitutional rights equal to real people. Corporations are subject to regulation by the people. Corporations may not make c...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - Dec 9
JC and Forrest bring extra, extra special guest Robert Gehrke to the Defenestrate Media studio to discuss the news of the week, as it were. I lift the Herman Cain ban and we get all juvenile talking about THAT train wreck. Joe Lieberman has been spending too much time with Orrin Hatch, chatting about the [...]...
JM Bell - Dec 8
Didn't see this coming. But it's here. Crap. Try not to run into one of these football field sized trucks on their trip through your neighborhoods, k? Heads up roads between Illinois and Utah. Merry Christmas! This one already shipped in from California in July, 2011. The nuclear steam generator is about 80 feet long, twelve feet wide and weighs more than 300...
DailyKos (Utah) - Dec 7
...at the Grand Canyon. In October, the Obama Administration announced plans to ban new yellowcake uranium mining for 20 years on one million acres of taxpayer-owned lands around the Grand Canyon. As the owner of a bed and breakfast in Flagstaff, AZ, I know I speak for others in the tourism industry when I thank Interior Secretary Ken Salazar for taking this important step in the r...
DailyKos (Utah) - Dec 5
RT @WendyLiebman: I've already broken my 2012 resolutions. # Check out @PianoGuys new video, Cello Wars! http://t.co/ZcSw8qI9 # RT @RobertGehrke: @PRIDEinUtah @JMBell @davjamestv What have I gotten mysef into? # RT @melissapierce: You will not shame me into following you by putting me on an auto updating list entitled… (cont) http://t.co/8POzWiPR # HEAR! RT @davjamestv: [...]...
JM Bell - Dec 4
Just FYI, I took down hundreds of my old posts some time ago in a moment of sheer frustration with the blogging world. I may at some point make some of those available again. I have to give it some thought. ...
RedStateBlues - Dec 4
Last night on the news Governor Herbert made an announcement to the press in some cozy location in front of a pretty Christmas tree, warning us that more severe weather lies ahead with predictions of high winds--this time with snow--on Sunday into Monday. And I have one question: Where have you been for two days now, Governor? I drove through the towns of Davis Country yesterday and...
RedStateBlues - Dec 4
This week on Bat Sh@t Crazy, Jason Williams of The Sidetrack and MyDD breaks down the myth that the RePugLiCan’t Party loves small business. Join Jason as he disassembles the mountain of BS spilling out the front door of the GOP Party Headquarters and behind the Closed Door Caucus Politburo on Capitol Hill. #11 Bat Sh@t Crazy...
JM Bell - Dec 2
When I think of Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park, I envision its beautiful rock spires (also known as “hoodoos") reaching into the sky. I think of it as an amazing place to visit and hike, one of our country’s beautiful national parks famous for its stunning vistas, and for its unique plants and animals. It’s a place I’d love to take my young daughter someday, to show her the wonders of our Wes...
DailyKos (Utah) - Nov 30
photo credit: Aaron Huey Don't worry if you missed previous installments. This diary will serve as a stand-alone and as part of the series. In the 20th century, there were two separate, legal, Modoc entities: the Klamath Tribes of Oregon, which includes the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahuskin peoples (a band of Snake Indians), created by an 1864 Treaty, and the Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma, w...
DailyKos (Utah) - Nov 29
Jake and Forrest join me in the Defenestrate Media Studios after being stood up by our beloved yet often absent Jason Williams for a rousing, bare knuckled, knock down, drag out episode of excellence. From Ann Coulter and Mitt Romney, to Joe Walsh and yet another Mitt Romney – we cover the topics that other’s [...]...
JM Bell - Nov 28
That wacky Mike Winder, formerly of the Summit Group (he had the class to quit that job) but still the mayor of West Valley City (no class there, sadly) got himself caught cheating the system – namely, The Deseret Morning Republican Party Newsletter system, by writing rave reviews about the town he mayors under a [...]...
JM Bell - Nov 26
Thanksgiving – that special holiday when you sit down with your family to be abused with Fox News talking points and mouth-breather disinformation. When the political knuckledraggers form their gauntlet of ignorance and go on the attack – it helps to have a few bits of truth and reality ready for deployment. Jason Williams of [...]...
JM Bell - Nov 23
Do you know the difference between a Squid, an octopus and a starfish? Well, listen to this week’s episode, and special guest Troy Hughes explains … well, you still won’t know. Another week passes and Jeff forgets to tell his tale of the day he met 4 Mitt Romney’s at the 2002 Olympics. Michelle Bachmann cuts the [...]...
JM Bell - Nov 22
Within seconds of the unfortunate death of a homeless man in Pioneer Park, the Utah freak-show cheered in unison; "SEE? We told you! The Salt Lake City occupiers are all homeless, drug addicts!" For many Utahns, it was better than if the historicity of The Book of Mormon were provable. I got pissed. I grabbed my video camera and went down to the new camp at Gallivan Center. I inter...
DailyKos (Utah) - Nov 21
HAHA! RT @JenFriel: #OpenLetter Dear men, pictures of your penis do not turn me on (nsfw) http://t.co/qndvwb6a via @tntml # RT @CarlyCastle: If I'm smiling it's because I figured out who I'm gonna blame. # RT @TheTweetOfGod: Happy 50th birthday to the vast majority of the region below the neck of Meg Ryan. # @jermsguy – [...]...
JM Bell - Nov 20
Got this in the emails: Dear Students— We all have been changed by events in the past week and a half. In distinct ways, each of us is different than we were before. Yet no one has been more profoundly affected by these events than the victims themselves. We can only imagine their pain and [...]...
JM Bell - Nov 16
This week on The LEFT Show … We cover the silly CBS news department and their “Reply All” goof – that was painfully accurate and hurtful to Mad Michelle Bachman. Mr. Peter Ashdown threw his gauntlet into the Senatorial Campaign Ring to run against Orrin Hatch – with style. The TEA Party – well, sucks [...]...
JM Bell - Nov 15
November 14, 2011 The Honorable Jason Chaffetz 1032 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Representative Chaffetz, While announcing your new Social Security proposal, you said that “…while some argue that the Social Security trust fund will keep the program solvent, that trust fund is simply additional funding that the government must borrow and the government is sp...
DailyKos (Utah) - Nov 14
RT @PREPRESSHULK: HULK SEND CORRECT FILE TO PRESS A!! FOREMAN RUN JOB ON PRESS B WITH OLD BAD PLATES!! HULK GET BLAME!! # RT @fark: Canadian "Loch Ness Monster" caught on video. Unless you are one of those weirdos who believes in logs. http://t.co/a5Bvjiwl # RT @TheTweetOfGod: A crackhouse is not a crackhome. # RT [...]...
JM Bell - Nov 13
