JM Bell | June 30, 2006
According to today’s Deseret News Senator Hatch thinks Democratic efforts to cut interest rates on student loans by half and increase the number of students eligible for Pell Grants is a “blatantly political bill.” In addition, our very own Senator for life seems to have conveniently found his fiscally responsible side stating “our budget won’t [...]
JM Bell | June 30, 2006
So, you’re going to spend a little time with the Family this 4th of July? Like most Democrats in Utah, Family get-togethers are a great time for family members to gather in a circle, around you, and beat you to insensibility with their Sean Hannity talking points. Ah, the holidays. This year, an especially nerve [...]
JM Bell | June 28, 2006
Let me get something clear right now: Mr. Cannon didn’t win last night. Jacob lost. Jacob lost hard.
JM Bell | June 27, 2006
From the Washington Post article: The Citizens Flag Alliance, a group pushing for the Senate this week to pass a flag-burning amendment to the Constitution, just reported an alarming, 33 percent increase in the number of flag-desecration incidents this year. The number has increased to four, from three. From a United States Marine: Jeff, As [...]
JM Bell | June 26, 2006
***DEVELOPING Rush Limbaugh detained at a Florida airport.Word is he had a bottle of drugs that were not his, and that this may be a violation of his parole. ***UPDATE From Yahoo News via the AP WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Rush Limbaugh was detained for more than three hours Monday at Palm Beach International [...]
JM Bell | June 22, 2006
Yesterday on a nearly 52 to 46 nearly party line vote the Senate came up eight short of the 60 needed to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour over the next two years. As always, Republicans argue giving America’s working poor would be a “job killer.” Senators Hatch and Bennett voted [...]
JM Bell | June 20, 2006
I’m just sayin’… In 1999, the Clinton Administration fined over 400 companies for hiring illegal aliens. In 2004, the Bush Administration fined three From the Washington Post
JM Bell | June 16, 2006
Plato’s Cave – The Salt Lake Tribune I was over in the Tribune Blogs poking around today and I noticed something a little odd: George Pyle (with The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board) absolutely dominates Plato’s Cave. His attention to detail, and his thoughtful and eloquent writing are incredible. Almost as incredible as the sheer [...]
JM Bell | June 16, 2006
Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow marked the death of the 2500th American soldier by commenting, “It’s a number, and every time there’s one of these 500 benchmarks people want something.” Obviously, to the family, friends, and neighbors of the fallen service members, their loved ones are more than “a number”. It’s time for [...]
JM Bell | June 16, 2006
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