JM Bell | August 31, 2006
Let us set a few things straight. And by straight, I mean honest: Hatch Voted Against Providing $19B For Military And Veterans Hospitals. Hatch voted against amendment to provide $19 billion for military and veterans hospitals, offset by limiting the dividend and capital-gains tax rates to individuals earning less than $1 million. [HR 4297, Vote [...]
JM Bell | August 31, 2006
This is the Utah State Democratic Party Platform Sections that concern Military Affairs, Veterans and POW/MIA The Utah Republican Party parts will be listed below this post. Military Affairs Utah Democrats believe that all active duty, Reserve and National Guard service members and their families deserve better. Utah Democrats support our troops and strongly affirm [...]
JM Bell | August 31, 2006
Here is a snippet of his quick speech at the airport last night: “… I want to thank the Governor for being here today. Governor, thank you for coming. I want to thank your two fine United States Senators, Senator Hatch and Bennett for joining us. (Applause.) I thank Congressmen Matheson, Bishop and Cannon for [...]
JM Bell | August 30, 2006
I made my way over to the “Support the Troops Freedom Rally” in Sugar House this morning expecting an anti-Democrat slug fest of speakers. I was pleasantly surprised, until the last two speakers, that this was an Honest-to-Pete pro-troop rally. For the most part. The only anti-Democrat sentiments popped up from the event’s Master of [...]
JM Bell | August 30, 2006
Today thousands of Democrats and other concerned citizens came out to Washington Square to stand up for our troops. It is obvious the status quo is not bringing the results repeatedly promised by the Bush Administration, and it was a privilege to witness so many citizens willing to take advantage of their First Amendment rights [...]
JM Bell | August 29, 2006
While James Evans, Jeff Hartley and other Republican leaders are venting, Governor Huntsman appears to be the voice of reason on the Republican side when it comes to expressions of dissent in the Beehive State. Instead of joining the chorus of Republican leaders equating protest in the United States of America with giving “aid and [...]
JM Bell | August 28, 2006
JM Bell | August 24, 2006
This from this week’s City Weekly I think sums up the earlier argument I had in the comments section: HISS: Outrage Fatigue First, we learned former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt’s family runs a dubious charitable trust, which more resembles a tax shelter. Then, it was Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, who, for the past two years, [...]
JM Bell | August 24, 2006
Christian Burridge, Congressional Candidate in Utah’s 3rd Congressional District gets it and gets it crystal clear (and so does the Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board): From Christian’s Blog: SL Trib Denounces Rep. Cannon’s Ethics Today the Salt Lake Tribune denounced Rep. Chris Cannon in an Editorial here. The Editor pointed out, “Chris Cannon is wrong. [...]
JM Bell | August 23, 2006
The GOP Leadership’s public relations blitz leading up to the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina doesn’t change the fact that their response to Katrina was disastrous and failed to keep Americans safe. The federal government’s immediate response to Katrina was marked by chaos, confusion and utter incompetence. In the aftermath of the disaster, Administration [...]
