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color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/health/healthreform/">Reporter: Other Nations Provide Health Reform Lessons for U.S.</a><br /><br />As part of the NewsHour's ongoing series of conversations about health care reform, health correspondent <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://http//www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/health/healthreform/">Betty Ann Bowser talks to Washington Post correspondent T.R. Reid</a> about health care systems around the world. In a new book and in a 2008 PBS Frontline documentary, Reid reports on health systems in other industrialized countries that manage to cover nearly all their citizens. He believes that the U.S. can learn how to achieve better quality, more affordable health care by following other nations' best examples.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-2255086570612483894?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/2255086570612483894/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=2255086570612483894&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/2255086570612483894";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/2255086570612483894";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2009/08/from-pbs-reporter-other-nations-provide.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:4;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-2869377808082890048";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-08-26T02:47:00.002-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-08-26T02:53:56.657-06:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"Senator Orrin Hatch on the Passing of Senator Kennedy";s:12:"atom_content";s:1025:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T-pvn2ptkYc/SpT4EKgkvQI/AAAAAAAAFFY/XqUEvBV5zXI/s1600-h/Ted+and+Orrin.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 229px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T-pvn2ptkYc/SpT4EKgkvQI/AAAAAAAAFFY/XqUEvBV5zXI/s400/Ted+and+Orrin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374193005783989506" border="0" /></a><br />"Today America lost a great elder statesman, a committed public servant, and leader of the Senate. And today I lost a treasured friend. Ted Kennedy was an iconic, larger than life United States senator whose influence cannot be overstated. Many have come before, and many will come after, but Ted Kennedy's name will always be remembered as someone who lived and breathed the United States Senate and the work completed within its chamber."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-2869377808082890048?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/2869377808082890048/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=2869377808082890048&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/2869377808082890048";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/2869377808082890048";s:4:"link";s:77:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2009/08/senator-orrin-hatch-on-passing-of.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:5;a:14:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-3055107597481976434";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-08-26T02:40:00.008-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-08-26T03:00:09.869-06:00";s:5:"title";s:56:"Senate Majority Leader Reid Statement on Senator Kennedy";s:12:"atom_content";s:2257:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T-pvn2ptkYc/SpT1pbpj0CI/AAAAAAAAFFI/Ko6bvfwHMXc/s1600-h/picture188.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 440px; height: 289px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T-pvn2ptkYc/SpT1pbpj0CI/AAAAAAAAFFI/Ko6bvfwHMXc/s400/picture188.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374190347505356834" border="0" /></a><br />Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following <a href="http://kennedy.senate.gov/newsroom/press_release.cfm?id=FC5C8DE8-7594-4C67-9403-A2C5E5CB5AEF&amp;type=archive">statement</a> today… “The Kennedy family and the Senate family have together lost our patriarch.  My thoughts, and those of the entire United States Senate, are with Vicki, Senator Kennedy’s children, his many nieces and nephews, and his entire family.  “It was the thrill of my lifetime to work with Ted Kennedy.  He was a friend, the model of public service and an American icon.<br /><br />"As we mourn his loss, we rededicate ourselves to the causes for which he so dutifully dedicated his life.  Senator Kennedy’s legacy stands with the greatest, the most devoted, the most patriotic men and women to ever serve in these halls. Because of Ted Kennedy, more young children could afford to become healthy.  More young adults could afford to become students.  More of our oldest citizens and our poorest citizens could get the care they need to live longer, fuller lives.  More minorities, women and immigrants could realize the rights our founding documents promised them.  And more Americans could be proud of their country.<br /><br />Ted Kennedy’s America was one in which all could pursue justice, enjoy equality and know freedom.  Ted Kennedy’s life was driven by his love of a family that loved him, and his belief in a country that believed in him.  Ted Kennedy’s dream was the one for which the founding fathers fought and for which his brothers sought to realize.<br /><br />The liberal lion’s mighty roar may now fall silent, but his dream shall never die."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-3055107597481976434?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_related";s:105:"http://kennedy.senate.gov/newsroom/press_release.cfm?id=FC5C8DE8-7594-4C67-9403-A2C5E5CB5AEF&type=archive";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/3055107597481976434/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=3055107597481976434&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/3055107597481976434";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/3055107597481976434";s:4:"link";s:77:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2009/08/senate-majority-leader-harry-reid.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:6;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-3748383756444634665";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-08-26T02:31:00.003-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-08-26T02:38:40.145-06:00";s:5:"title";s:33:"Statement from The Kennedy Family";s:12:"atom_content";s:1325:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T-pvn2ptkYc/SpT0NlaBWKI/AAAAAAAAFFA/q8Uh_sQLeyA/s1600-h/Kennedy_bros.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 206px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T-pvn2ptkYc/SpT0NlaBWKI/AAAAAAAAFFA/q8Uh_sQLeyA/s320/Kennedy_bros.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374188769576573090" border="0" /></a>“Edward M. Kennedy – the husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle we loved so deeply – died late Tuesday night at home in Hyannis Port.   We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever.   We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for progress toward justice, fairness and opportunity for all.  He loved this country and devoted his life to serving it.   He always believed that our best days were still ahead, but it’s hard to imagine any of them without him.”<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-3748383756444634665?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/3748383756444634665/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=3748383756444634665&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/3748383756444634665";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/3748383756444634665";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2009/08/statement-from-kennedy-family.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:7;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-8365583015408500956";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-07-28T00:00:00.001-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-07-28T00:01:51.244-06:00";s:5:"title";s:21:"Making life simple...";s:12:"atom_content";s:368:"by coming back to blogger. <br /><br />What do you think? <br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-8365583015408500956?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/8365583015408500956/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=8365583015408500956&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/8365583015408500956";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/8365583015408500956";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2009/07/making-life-simple.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"1";}}i:8;a:14:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-4041991796779302461";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-16T15:37:00.002-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-16T15:39:26.947-06:00";s:5:"title";s:14:"UTAHAMICUS.COM";s:12:"atom_content";s:1376:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://utahamicus.com/"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T-pvn2ptkYc/SNAnYJ62pUI/AAAAAAAADmU/AAGS1AzO1WQ/s400/header4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246736861819741506" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://utahamicus.com/">The Utah Amicus</a> is moving to <a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" href="http://www.blogger.com/utahamicus.com">utahamicus.com</a>.  If you are a contributor to the Blogger Utah Amicus and would like to continue posting on our new site you can contact me at democratamicus@aol.com.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://utahamicus.com/">The Utah Amicus</a> also accepts articles or ideas at the same e-mail address.<br /><br />Thanks for coming to our site, and we hope you will continue to stop by.<br /><br />With every best wish,<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><a href="http://utahamicus.com/"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">The Utah Amicus</span></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-4041991796779302461?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_related";s:21:"http://utahamicus.com";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/4041991796779302461/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=4041991796779302461&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/4041991796779302461";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/4041991796779302461";s:4:"link";s:57:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/utahamicuscom.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"1";}}i:9;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-4412234959247183757";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-15T06:56:00.001-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-15T06:58:41.902-06:00";s:5:"title";s:13:"Tax fairness?";s:12:"atom_content";s:1302:"Last week, when I was out knocking on doors on the southwest end of Plain City (I live on the northeast end), I had an interesting chat with a guy I hadn’t met before. He was a registered independent that usually voted Republican. After giving my 20 second “why you should vote for me” speech, I ended with the usual question: “What is your family concerned about that I can work on when I’m elected?”<br /><br />This guy gave the best review I’ve heard yet about the Republican flat income tax. “I’m at the peak of my career and doing pretty well. I have two grown children who are just starting their families. For the past few years, I’ve done the tax returns for my two grown kids, in addition to my own. And we discovered something this year that disturbed me. Compared to last year, I’m seeing a reduction on my state income tax, but my two kids had significant tax increases.<br /><br />“Answer me this: How is that fair? Why are we increasing taxes on those who are struggling at the lower end of the income scale, to give tax cuts to those like me who don’t need it?” <br /><br />Why, indeed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-4412234959247183757?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/4412234959247183757/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=4412234959247183757&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/4412234959247183757";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/4412234959247183757";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/tax-fairness.html";s:11:"author_name";s:11:"Steve Olsen";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"3";}}i:10;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-4653504386355511928";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-12T20:42:00.001-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-12T20:44:21.087-06:00";s:5:"title";s:43:"James Fallows on the Palin-Gibson interview";s:12:"atom_content";s:196:"Click on title for link<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-4653504386355511928?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_related";s:76:"http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/the_palin_interview.php";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/4653504386355511928/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=4653504386355511928&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/4653504386355511928";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/4653504386355511928";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/james-fallows-on-palin-gibson-interview.html";s:11:"author_name";s:11:"Steve Olsen";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:11;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-1500486178468935192";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-12T00:36:00.002-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-12T00:43:37.643-06:00";s:5:"title";s:27:"Yup! She's ready to lead...";s:12:"atom_content";s:1074:"<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT!</span></span><br /><object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z75QSExE0jU&amp;rel=0&amp;border=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z75QSExE0jU&amp;rel=0&amp;border=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br />Maybe they should have kept her away from the press for a few more days, but she's got the "Be AFRAID!" stuff down pretty good. <br /><br />Hat Tip: <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/09/11/yes-or-no-palin-blah-blah-terrorists-blah-blah-extriemists-blah-blah-boo-be-afraid/#comments">JM Bell</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-1500486178468935192?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/1500486178468935192/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=1500486178468935192&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/1500486178468935192";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/1500486178468935192";s:4:"link";s:66:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/yup-shes-ready-to-lead.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"7";}}i:12;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-4111580984903483450";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-11T21:57:00.001-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-11T21:57:29.976-06:00";s:5:"title";s:30:"Spencer v. 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Define excess profits...?<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KFFhqufsIns&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KFFhqufsIns&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-6452655672218562218?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/6452655672218562218/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=6452655672218562218&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/6452655672218562218";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/6452655672218562218";s:4:"link";s:72:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/spencer-v-chaffetz-part-five.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:15;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-9067880611657720041";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-11T15:59:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-11T16:00:46.837-06:00";s:5:"title";s:14:"For the record";s:12:"atom_content";s:2008:"<a href="http://deseretnews.com/article/content/mobile/1,5620,700257918,00.html?printView=true"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1417" title="deseret-news" src="http://utahamicus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/deseret-news.gif" alt="" width="360" height="60" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><strong style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><a href="http://deseretnews.com/article/content/mobile/1,5620,700257918,00.html?printView=true">Demo polling raising ire of Republicans</a></strong></span><br /><br /><strong>I was reading the above story and had to laugh at many of the comments.  Utah Democratic Party Executive Director Todd Taylor sets the story straight with the following comment.  </strong><br /><blockquote>"For the record, here is the text of the call in question:<br /><br />Hello, my name is (caller’s first name). Is (voter’s first name) available? I am calling from the Utah Democratic Party with a couple of quick questions about the upcoming elections.<br /><br />If the election for your State House of Representative were held today and the candidates were Democrat Jay Seegmiller who is concerned about legislators using their public office for private gain and Republican Greg Curtis who is Speaker of the House who thinks conflict of interest is natural in a citizen legislature, for whom would you vote?"</blockquote><br />Now, how does Jason Powers and the Utah GOP have to say about the push poll in Senate District 27, where House Minority Leader Brad King is running against David Hinkins to replace Senate Minority leader Mike Dmitrich?<br /><br />Jason, Stan, Todd, are you willing to post that script?<br /><br />With every best wish,<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >The Utah Amicus</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-9067880611657720041?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/9067880611657720041/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=9067880611657720041&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/9067880611657720041";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/9067880611657720041";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/for-record.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:16;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-3841722763455215123";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-11T14:02:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-11T16:02:56.425-06:00";s:5:"title";s:20:"McCain's Distortions";s:12:"atom_content";s:655:"<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="344" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IH0xzsogzAk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IH0xzsogzAk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-3841722763455215123?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/3841722763455215123/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=3841722763455215123&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/3841722763455215123";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/3841722763455215123";s:4:"link";s:63:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccains-distortions.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"6";}}i:17;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-4626351192040120384";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-11T01:09:00.004-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-11T01:11:21.336-06:00";s:5:"title";s:29:"Spencer v. 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Chaffetz Part Two";s:12:"atom_content";s:816:"What are the two biggest threats we face as a country today?<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jj9r0VX_V2A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jj9r0VX_V2A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0v6TiG0e65s"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0v6TiG0e65s" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-3667600717484608600?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/3667600717484608600/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=3667600717484608600&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/3667600717484608600";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/3667600717484608600";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/spencer-v-chaffetz-part-two.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:20;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-7356131182583982783";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-10T00:16:00.001-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-10T01:09:18.518-06:00";s:5:"title";s:36:"RaDene, it's time for a PIZZA PARTY!";s:12:"atom_content";s:4293:"<a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/279790/17/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244281701019750498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T-pvn2ptkYc/SMdua_NdEGI/AAAAAAAADmM/dScj01ttRuk/s400/Daiily+herald_logo.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><strong><a href="http://http//www.heraldextra.com/content/view/279790/17/">Pizza girl delivering for Democrat<br /></a></strong></span>Joe Pyrah - Daily Herald<br /><br />"I deliver pizza. I know nothing about politics. But I'm learning."<br /><br />So goes the introduction to Anna Eagar. The Provo resident's online post last month about her experience delivering pizza to Sen. Curt Bramble's home garnered more attention than she ever expected. The post included details on Bramble's attempt to pay for the order with a personal check and his repeated references to being a CPA and Senate majority leader. It sparked a firestorm in the blogosphere and got coverage from multiple media outlets. (It has its own entry on Bramble's Wikipedia page.)<br /><br />Previously politically apathetic, Eagar caught the attention of Bramble's Democratic opponent RaDene Hatfield, who asked for her while eating at Nicolitalia Pizzeria, where Eagar works. The two chatted for a few minutes, and 10 days ago Hatfield got to thinking again about the 24-year-old pizza delivery woman.<br /><br />"Anna has already got the people's attention," Hatfield said of her thoughts at the time. "Maybe I could ask her to be a volunteer for my campaign."<br /><br />A phone call later, Eagar was on board, though it's more a choice about the person than the party.<br /><br />"If she chooses to participate in political process that's great," Bramble said.<br /><br />Growing up in Boston, Eagar writes, she almost "choked to death on the extreme liberalism that my peers and teachers were shoving down my throat." Coming to Utah, she said, she found the same atmosphere, but from the opposite political direction.<br /><br />"I frankly see myself pretty down the middle," she said.<br /><br />Getting involved<br /><br />There are a variety of reasons people get involved in politics, says Kelly Patterson, director of the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at BYU:<br /><br />• Direct interaction with candidates. "Encounters with public servants in some ways show you just how close you are to politics," Patterson said. This is the category Eagar falls into.<br /><br />• Social interaction<br /><br />• Ideological reasons<br /><br />• "And then there are the people who get involved because their ox has been gored in some way," Patterson says. That includes business groups, trade associations and others who are directly impacted by legislation.<br /><br />And so it begins<br /><br />Eagar got her first taste of Hatfield's campaign at a Democratic event on Saturday. She brought pizza.<br /><br />"I was kind of a celebrity there," she said of all the handshaking. "It was a little surreal."<br /><br />Again dismissing partisan politics, Eagar sees this as a chance to better understand politics, a subject to which she and many others have paid little attention.<br /><br />"It's really confusing when you listen to both sides and both sides say the other is wrong."<br /><br />Her next job is to spend time working the phones for Hatfield's campaign. She's also blogging her experiences at a new Web site, voteforradene.blogspot.com.<br /><br />SITES OF INTEREST</div><div><br /><a href="http://voteforradene.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#6600cc;">voteforradene.blogspot.com/</span></a> </div><div><br /><a href="http://www.curtbramble.org/"><span style="color:#cc0000;">www.curtbramble.org/</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.radene.com/"><span style="color:#3366ff;">www.radene.com/</span></a><br /><br />FUNDRAISING<br /><br />As of the Sept. 2 deadline<br /><br />Curt Bramble:<br /><br />$56,525 raised<br /><br />$57,213.20 spent<br /><br />$78,453.80 on hand<br /><br />RaDene Hatfield<br /><br />$21,521 raised<br /><br />$16,014.91 spent<br /><br />$5,506.09 on hand</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-7356131182583982783?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/7356131182583982783/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=7356131182583982783&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/7356131182583982783";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/7356131182583982783";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/radene-its-time-for-pizza-party.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:21;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-5864933028151723496";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-09T21:45:00.003-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-09T21:59:22.930-06:00";s:5:"title";s:28:"Spencer v. Chaffetz Part One";s:12:"atom_content";s:1279:"<div align="justify">What steps will you take personally to lead, not necessarily as a Republican or a Democrat, but as an American? (This is the question where <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chaffetz</span> states that he used to be a Democrat until he learned to read and write)<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9mqKNKLtyu4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9mqKNKLtyu4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Bennion</span> Spencer</span></strong><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-1EH9FhDEGU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-1EH9FhDEGU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-5864933028151723496?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/5864933028151723496/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=5864933028151723496&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/5864933028151723496";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/5864933028151723496";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/spencer-v-chaffetz-part-one.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"0";}}i:22;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-2871250494172244182";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-09T13:49:00.007-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-09T14:05:49.407-06:00";s:5:"title";s:50:"You're the one who needs to apologize Mr. Chaffetz";s:12:"atom_content";s:2013:"<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T-pvn2ptkYc/SMbXEsiSp5I/AAAAAAAADmE/VQWGfp09e14/s1600-h/Bennion+Spencer+2008+004.jpgmm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244115291793958802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T-pvn2ptkYc/SMbXEsiSp5I/AAAAAAAADmE/VQWGfp09e14/s400/Bennion+Spencer+2008+004.jpgmm.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">At today's Sutherland Institute debate between Utah's 3rd congressional candidates, <span style="color:#3366ff;">Bennion Spencer</span> (D) and <span style="color:#cc0000;">Jason Chaffetz</span> (R) , Mr. Chaffetz demanded an apology from Mr. Spencer for supposedly misrepresenting Mr. Chaffetz's heartless immigration policy.<br /><br />Mr. Chaffetz also stated that he was a Democrat until he learned to read.<br /><br />I guess Mr. Chaffetz is suggesting that the late LDS leader, President James E. Faust, along with other past and present Utah Democrats never learned to read.<br /><br />Mr. Chaffetz claimed he would work with all members of congress who have a "good idea", but his above statement is just another example of his arrogance. He has misrepresented the Western Governors Association on their immigration policy (More on that today from Bennion Spencer). He has demeaned all Utah Democrats, and he is showing his true nature and inability to look at immigration issues with a humane heart.<br /><br />Click <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=10419242&amp;siteId=297"><strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">here</span></em></strong></a> to read Robert Gehrke's article, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Chaffetz"><em><strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">Chaffetz demands apology over prison camp comment but isn't getting one</span></strong></em></a>.<br /><br />More on the debate later today.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-2871250494172244182?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/2871250494172244182/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=2871250494172244182&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/2871250494172244182";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/2871250494172244182";s:4:"link";s:79:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/youre-one-who-needs-to-apologize-mr.html";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"3";}}i:23;a:14:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-5129697602521721080";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-09T11:34:00.007-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-09T16:31:51.368-06:00";s:5:"title";s:88:"September 11th a Sabbath Day from Partisan Politics: Can’t We All Just Take a Holiday?";s:12:"atom_content";s:6502:"<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gTRF7Pz8J0g/SMa1y4QQPtI/AAAAAAAAAFE/AZjeAULswns/s1600-h/PeaceDove.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244078701818166994" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gTRF7Pz8J0g/SMa1y4QQPtI/AAAAAAAAAFE/AZjeAULswns/s400/PeaceDove.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Today I have quite a bit of admiration for the two Presidential campaigns as they recently released public statements that out of due respect on this Thursday September 11th each will be taking a break from Presidential campaigning as well as the normal trading barbs on the campaign trail. Additionally, both campaigns have decided that campaign commercials will not air on September 11th from either campaign.<br /><br />So why then has T. Boone Pickens not received the same Post-It Note? T. Boone Pickens has chosen to not curtail his efforts on this Thursday September 11th the anniversary of the worst terrorist activity on American soil. I find my political views coincide with the seemingly honest surface level environmental efforts of T. Boone Pickens. But for heavens sake my Texas Oil buddy, please take a break on September 11th! It still remains to be seen how imbedded T. Boone Pickens may be into the McCain campaign and the Rovian surrogate messaging machine to manipulate environmental wedge issues in this Presidential election cycle. On a day of remembrance can’t Rove tell his religious cronies to take a Sabbath from partisan politics? On September 11th no one needs to be reminded of the obvious fact that we are entrenched we are with foreign oil. See the T. Boone Utah schedule below.<br /></div><br /><div><strong>Thursday, September 11, 2008<br /></strong>Sept 11: T. Boone Pickens Town Hall Meeting to present the Pickens Plan to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, 5 p.m. (doors open at 4 p.m.), room 255, Salt Palace Convention Center. No ticket required, open to public but limited seating available. Salt Lake City, Utah.<br /><br />On September 11th we don’t need Rove’s messaging hacks running around playing hypnotist at the Utah State Fair to subliminally insert “Drill Baby Drill” into our #2 Republican state zombie vocabulary. On September 11th as we Americans are still concerned with dire energy issues that hit daily our pocketbook do we really need Rove and the RNC to provide us with a mindless solution that can only inoculate a false sense of security that the immediate resolution to our energy woes is on the way en route of a rhetorical non-substantive “Drill Baby Drill?” See Youtube “Rudy Giuliani at the 2008 Republican Convention- Part 2 of 4” at 5:22/ 8:11 as chants of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJSjeflirn8">“Drill Baby Drill”</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJSjeflirn8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJSjeflirn8</a> .<br /><br />I refer you back to my recent post on August 15th of a plausible T. Boone Pickens messaging effort that may be tied to the McCain campaign. [Has Rove Fallen Asleep at the Political Wheel? I Wouldn’t Bet My Life on It! <a href="http://utahamicus.com/?p=781">http://utahamicus.com/?p=781</a> ] McCain schedule cited in this article and listed below:<br /></div><br /><div><strong>Friday, August 15, 2008: John McCain Schedule</strong><br /></div><br /><div>*NEW Sen. John McCain has breakfast with T. Boone Pickens in Aspen, CO. Aspen, CO [CNN Political Ticker, 08/15/08]<br /></div><br /><div>*NEW McCain will attend a fundraising strategy session with more than 100 top fundraisers and supporters. Rick Davis, Steve Schmidt, Charlie Black and Mark Salter will attend Aspen,CO [Aspen Daily News, 08/14/08]10:00 AM: The fundraisers are expected to go for a short hike with naturalists at the Maroon Bells, although it is not clear if McCain will be joining them. Aspen,CO [Aspen Daily News, 8/14/08]<br />___________<br /></div><br /><div>So like any good campaign here is my religious revival rallying call to action for a non-partisan political day of reverence. In all due respect, I challenge both Presidential campaigns to avoid for the next 60 days using the words, referring, inferring or the integration of any variation of “September 11th” as fodder for your campaign effort in the attempt to convince Americans why we should vote for you as the next President. I ask that we forever leave September 11th alone as the single day out of 365 that is a period of rest from partisan politics. Equally, on September 11th I challenge all local and national Democrats and Republicans to follow suit to sideline the partisan politics and come together as a country under the banner of a politically silent American remembrance of a horrible day equally experienced by residents of a unified country labeled not as Democrats, Republicans, or Independents, but known just as plain Americans.<br /></div><br /><div><strong>*SOURCE: John McCain Schedule for September 11th</strong> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Barack Obama and John McCain will stand together in solidarity at the former site of the World Trade Center on the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. New York City,NY [Jonathan Martin blog, 9/6/2008]</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>McCain discusses views on service and civic engagement in a post-9/11 world at the ServiceNation Summit NYC Sept. 11. Audience will include 9/11 family members, young Americans, military veterans,and thought leaders. Questions submitted by general public. New York,NY [Time, The Page Blog, 08/21/08]<br /><br />Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama will appear separately at "A Nation of Service Forum" moderated by Richard Stengel. </div><br /><div><br />__________________<br /></div><br /><div>*Aaron Thompson is the former National Communications Director of College Democrats of America and former Utah State Director for Richardson for President. Thompson was on location in Denver Colorado writing for the Democratic National Convention working for The Utah Amicus 2008 DNCC State Blogger Corps <a href="http://www.utahamicus.com/">http://www.utahamicus.com/</a> and can be contacted through the Utah Democratic Party Communications Director Bill Keshler at <a href="mailto:bkeshlear@utdemocrats.org">bkeshlear@utdemocrats.org</a> or by calling 801-328-1212.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-5129697602521721080?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_related";s:42:"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJSjeflirn8";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/5129697602521721080/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=5129697602521721080&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/5129697602521721080";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/5129697602521721080";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/september-11th-sabbath-day-from.html";s:11:"author_name";s:14:"Aaron Thompson";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/05875370634754691297";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:24;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780.post-6294258466710563672";s:9:"published";s:29:"2008-09-08T07:16:00.001-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2008-09-08T07:20:18.154-06:00";s:5:"title";s:23:"Republicans for change?";s:12:"atom_content";s:6098:"Now that the Republican National Convention is over and the Republicans have embraced the mantle of change, I think it’s fair to ask: Just what change are they talking about?<br /><br />As I listened to the speeches, it seems their message of change is: If we have more tax cuts for the wealthy, eliminate government regulation and maintain our aggressive foreign policy, free markets will magically solve all our problems for us.<br /><br />Come again? This is change?<br /><br />I believe in the power of free markets and capitalism as much as anyone – but not because free markets are some sort of revelation from heaven. (I’ve searched, but I haven’t found the section in the D&C that covers that subject.) I believe in American free enterprise because it works, and it works because our system allows for common-sense adjustments along the way. Whether it was Teddy Roosevelt’s anti-trust laws, Woodrow Wilson’s estate tax, or Franklin Roosevelt’s reform of the banking system, American free enterprise works because it evolves to meet changing conditions. The founding father of free market economics, Adam Smith, was remarkable in his insights on this subject when he wrote the following over 200 years ago:<br /><br /><blockquote>The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order (capitalists), ought always to be listened to with great precaution, and ought never to be adopted till after being long and carefully examined, not only with the most scrupulous, but with the most suspicious attention. It comes from an order of men, whose interest is never exactly the same with that of the public, who have generally an interest to deceive and even to oppress the public, and who accordingly have, upon many occasions, both deceived and oppressed it….Regulations may, no doubt, be considered as in some respects a violation of natural liberty. But those exertions of the natural liberty of a few individuals, which might endanger the security of the whole society, are, and ought to be, restrained by the laws of all governments.</blockquote><br /><br />Let’s look at what the Republican philosophy of free enterprise has accomplished the last eight years.<br /><br />Yesterday, it was announced that the federal government is taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to keep them from going under and taking the whole economy with them. This bailout will cost taxpayers billions, not to mention the fact that the bursting of the mortgage speculation bubble is the main cause of the current recession. While anti-regulation Bush appointees were asleep at the switch, these two government-backed entities were investing in risky mortgage securities; mortgages that, we now know, lenders were questioning when the loans were made. We’ve heard numerous stories about how individual mortgage brokers challenged their managers about these insane loans, only to be told, “The underwriters (backed by Fannie and Freddie) are willing to buy them, so don’t ask questions.” The complete ramifications of this reckless policy are still unknown, but they are potentially devastating.<br /><br />We’re paying almost $4 a gallon for gasoline and sending $700 billion out of the country every year to pay for oil imports because our nation has lacked a forward thinking energy policy, instead trusting the markets and Big Oil to deliver us. In response to our current crisis, the delegates to the RNC raised the chant, “Drill, baby, drill! Drill, baby, drill!” Respected journalist Tom Freidman remarked this week that chant at the cusp of the ET (energy tech) revolution is equivalent to shouting at the beginning of the IT revolution, “IBM Selectric Typewriters, baby, IBM Selectric Typewriters!” According to Freidman, industry leaders like GE’s Jeffery Immelt have said that American industry is ready to invest the billions it will take to make America the world leaders in ET and unleash our nation’s formidable innovative spirit – but not until we have a national energy policy that will ensure these investments will not be at risk from volatile energy prices. Markets are the solution, and we should let innovation rather than government select the best path forward, but the markets need some reassurance that the risks will be worth the investment. Our future economic leadership in the world is as stake over this question.<br /><br />Let’s not forget the decimation of our manufacturing base, with the resultant loss of high paying jobs the last decade, because our nation is alone among the major industrial powers in lacking any sort of national industrial policy. This is in addition to saddling our industrial base with the sole responsibility for paying the exploding costs of health care for their employees.<br /><br />What about improving education? Despite the fact that voters in the most conservative state in the nation (us) rejected this idea by a margin of almost two-to-one, Senator McCain’s answer to improving education was – you guessed it – private school vouchers.<br /><br />I sat in open-mouth wonder as Mitt Romney and others at the RNC hurled zealous invective that blamed America’s problems on “Washington’s liberal elite”. Forget for a minute they’ve had the steering wheel for the last eight years. Just what exactly are the “liberal” policies that have created our current economic mess?<br /><br />I have a message for Romney and other High Priests of the Church of Unfettered Capitalism. Please forgive me; you’ve heard the following quote from me before. But the last few years have proven the truth and wisdom of the following words from American statesman and historian Arthur Schelesinger Jr.:<br /><br /><blockquote>The object of (American) liberalism has never been to destroy capitalism, as conservatism invariably claims – only to keep the capitalists from destroying it.</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21680780-6294258466710563672?l=utahamicus.blogspot.com'/></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:162:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/6294258466710563672/comments/defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21680780&postID=6294258466710563672&isPopup=true";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/6294258466710563672";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default/6294258466710563672";s:4:"link";s:66:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/2008/09/republicans-for-change.html";s:11:"author_name";s:11:"Steve Olsen";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"7";}}}s:7:"channel";a:13:{s:2:"id";s:34:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680780";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-08-31T20:18:37.370-06:00";s:5:"title";s:15:"THE UTAH AMICUS";s:42:"link_http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed";s:50:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default";s:9:"link_self";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default";s:4:"link";s:31:"http://utahamicus.blogspot.com/";s:8:"link_hub";s:32:"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/";s:9:"link_next";s:81:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21680780/posts/default?start-index=26&max-results=25";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:9:"generator";s:7:"Blogger";s:10:"opensearch";a:3:{s:12:"totalresults";s:4:"1792";s:10:"startindex";s:1:"1";s:12:"itemsperpage";s:2:"25";}}s:9:"textinput";a:0:{}s:5:"image";a:0:{}s:9:"feed_type";s:4:"Atom";s:12:"feed_version";N;s:8:"encoding";s:5:"UTF-8";s:16:"_source_encoding";s:0:"";s:5:"ERROR";s:0:"";s:7:"WARNING";s:0:"";s:19:"_CONTENT_CONSTRUCTS";a:6:{i:0;s:7:"content";i:1;s:7:"summary";i:2;s:4:"info";i:3;s:5:"title";i:4;s:7:"tagline";i:5;s:9:"copyright";}s:16:"_KNOWN_ENCODINGS";a:3:{i:0;s:5:"UTF-8";i:1;s:8:"US-ASCII";i:2;s:10:"ISO-8859-1";}s:5:"stack";a:0:{}s:9:"inchannel";b:0;s:6:"initem";b:0;s:9:"incontent";b:0;s:11:"intextinput";b:0;s:7:"inimage";b:0;s:17:"current_namespace";b:0;s:15:"source_encoding";s:5:"UTF-8";s:13:"last_modified";s:31:"Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:18:37 GMT
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