Today … the future looks brighter

JM Bell | January 31, 2009

It’s like my biography if I lived a couple of hundred years from now. Well … ok, so it’s not. Whatever.

Sleep in peace – Elder Douglas H. Smith – 1921 – 2009

JM Bell | January 30, 2009

Douglas H. Smith was my Grandfather. While we didn’t see eye to eye on many things, especially politics, he was a great and generous man. He was nearly always smiling, quick with a quip and beloved of his children, grand-children and great grandchildren. He was patient with a teen aged version of me, when very [...]

No "Left of the Dial" Tomorrow

JM Bell | January 30, 2009

BYU basket ball bumps me for January 31st, but Left of the Dial returns next Saturday, February 7th.

The last guy would NOT have done this – Change I Believe In

JM Bell | January 29, 2009

The President of the United States, this afternoon, on Wall Street bonuses: One point I want to make is that all of us are going to have responsibilities to get this economy moving again. And when I saw an article today indicating that Wall Street bankers had given themselves $20 billion worth of bonuses — [...]

Gov. Tim Kaine – Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act

JM Bell | January 29, 2009

For Immediate Release January 29, 2009 Contact: DNC Press (202) 863-8148 Statement of DNC Chairman Governor Tim Kaine on Signing of Historic Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act Washington, DC — DNC Chairman Governor Tim Kaine issued the following statement following President Barack Obama’s signing of his first bill, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration [...]

The Politics of Hate and Intolerance – Part 1 of 5

JM Bell | January 28, 2009

So, your beloved is the victim of malpractice? Here’s your condolences, good luck on your law suit. Wait … what? You’re gay? Oh, well, burn in hell, you can’t have the rights that everyone else has because, as Republicans, we hate you. Senator Chris Buttars, with Gayle Ruzika’s hand firmly grasping  his controls through his [...]

Obama speaks the truth

JM Bell | January 28, 2009

There is nothing, really, quite as embarrassing over the grand and mighty history of our country, as the “eek! I saw a mouse” like behavior in our nation’s capitol when the rain turns white and fluffy. “We’re going to have to apply some flinty Chicago toughness to this town,” Obama said this morning. “I’m saying [...]

Hero of the Week – Print Liberation

JM Bell | January 28, 2009

Limited Edition – $16.00 – I bought 2 of ‘em.

Ewww … I think I just threw up a little

JM Bell | January 27, 2009

Yes, it’s real and no, I will not be providing a link. (who’s pac is it? Kinda vauge on that)

County officials move to do what state officials wont even consider

JM Bell | January 27, 2009

Salt Lake County Council Democrats are moving in a direction that their elected contemporaries on the hill believe that they’re allergic to: namely, removing the personal interest from redistricting and proposing an independent commission to retool the county council districts when needed. Needless to say, council Republicans don’t like it at all. From Stettler at [...]