JM Bell | November 28, 2006
For those in the Salt Lake City and surrounding areas, tonight is your last chance to be actively (as opposed to the habitual passively) ignored by your republican legislators. The “Redistricting Committee” has been holding a “series of hearings” to get “public input” on congressional redistricting options. The last one is tonight at the West [...]
JM Bell | November 28, 2006
Go see this film. I’m not kidding, either. I know he’s short, I know he’s blond, and know he’s not Sean Connery or George Lazenby, but this is a really good movie, and, I’d say one of the top 3 best Bond films. Like this: Dr. NoO.H.M.S.S.Casino Royale Yeah, I know this isn’t political, but, [...]
JM Bell | November 23, 2006
Nancy Pelosi says thank-youBy Richard A. Viguerie Nancy Pelosi, who stands to be Speaker of the House when the new Congress is sworn into office, is a smart politician, and one of the smartest things she and other Democratic leaders did this year was to step aside as much as possible and let the Bush [...]
JM Bell | November 22, 2006
This is how Fox News justifies things like, say, torture. This IS NOT A SPOOF. From C&L: I’m sure Alberto Gonzales was checking the Nielsen ratings on “24″ before he rendered his decision on torture.
JM Bell | November 21, 2006
Enid Greene called 2006 the “year of no change” in Utah earlier today, up at the U of U today, but, as results came in today, it seems she’s wrong. Races that changed: State Rep 22, Carl Duckworth (D-Magna) wins by 33 votes over “Pants On Fire” Deena Eli and County Auditor Elect Jeff Hatch [...]
JM Bell | November 20, 2006
There was an interesting article in the Provo Daily Herald. It was about the fight for Utah’s 4th seat at the cost of giving DC a vote in the House. There are a lot of different reasons for people to like or dislike the bill the Rep. Davis pushed forward, but this one is the [...]
JM Bell | November 20, 2006
Sorry there has been so little info posted the last few days. Craig and I were in Jackson Hole for the DNC and ASDC post election meeting. I’ll get some pictures up and share a little information hopefully before Thanksgiving.
JM Bell | November 14, 2006
With Democrats entering the 110th Congress with a 51-49 majority in the Senate, many issues will compete for a priority place on the agenda, including investigating the conduct of the Iraq war and implementing the 9/11 Commission recommendations. But when you listen to every Democrat from Kennedy, to presumptive Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) [...]
JM Bell | November 13, 2006
Joe McCarthy was the first to use the “Democrat [sic] Party” misnomer. However, its use became much more pervasive when Newt “Divorces his wife on her cancer treatment recovery bed, is a deadbeat dad, but still calls himself the ‘Family Values’ poster boy” Gingrich, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh practically made it mandatory in the [...]
JM Bell | November 12, 2006
