O:9:"MagpieRSS":23:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:25:{i:0;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-618002313886340383";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-20T12:36:00.003-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-20T12:44:40.670-07:00";s:5:"title";s:39:"Salt Blog is Dead - Long Live Salt Blog";s:12:"atom_content";s:1045:"<strong><span style="color:#000099;">[Big News]</span></strong> <em>Salt Lake City Weekly</em> has launched an all-new website at <a href="http://cityweekly.net/"><strong><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">CityWeekly</span>.net</strong></a>, replete with its own blog section. <a href="http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/blogs.engine.php"><strong>The Salt Blog</strong></a> as been reborn as an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">aggregation</span> of the latest entries from <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">separate</span> News, Food, Music, Movies, TV and more blogs. This <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">BlogSpot</span> will remain for the time being as an archive of our January 2007-February 2009 entries; now, join us at:<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://cityweekly.net/" target="_blank"><img id="userImage" src="http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/51/l_edc2fc512e4c4e47a92e83e3a3e14790.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center"> </p>";s:12:"link_replies";s:166:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/618002313886340383/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/salt-blog-is-dead-long-live-salt-blog.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:81:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/618002313886340383";s:9:"link_self";s:81:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/618002313886340383";s:4:"link";s:81:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/salt-blog-is-dead-long-live-salt-blog.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:2:"54";}}i:1;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-5824821077527009563";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-19T14:34:00.004-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-19T15:09:34.661-07:00";s:5:"title";s:45:"The Homophobes Wimmer Doesn't Want You to See";s:12:"atom_content";s:1977:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cIny1FvA2Qg/SZ3VG6-DtkI/AAAAAAAAANE/1AdCHk3rgLc/s1600-h/custom_1226698037474_unites_04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cIny1FvA2Qg/SZ3VG6-DtkI/AAAAAAAAANE/1AdCHk3rgLc/s200/custom_1226698037474_unites_04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304630250997790274" border="0" /></a>In case anybody is curious about those wingers who brought their Proposition 8 placards to Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s office last week—and who are so nutty Rep. Carl Wimmer <a title="Rebecca Walsh column at the Trib" target="_blank" href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11717192">didn't want them at a 'phobe hootenanny last week because "<span id="slt_site"><span id="slt_article">they make a lot of us [homophobes capable of tying our own shoes] look bad"</span></span></a>—they have <a title="Religious Right Nutjobs" target="_blank" href="http://www.americaforever.com/">their own 1994-rrific Website</a>, a gift that keeps on giving. Here's a sample of the kind of brainpower that goes into whipping up the 'phobes into a self-righteous fervor: <blockquote> <p><em><span class="style9">Do Not Be Fooled By Equality Utah and The Common Ground Initiative</span> They are using intimadation to gain ground and are lying to the public, ALL THEY WANT IS MARRIAGE RIGHTS to valdite their relationship of the same-sex!!! THEY ALREADY HAVE THE RIGHT to Marry, a gay man can marry a gay woman!</em></p> </blockquote> <p>(Sic, sic, sic.)</p> Apparently, the sanctity of marriage is so sacred to them, they recommend making a mockery of it with hopelessly mismatched faux-nuptials. Also, <em>love</em> the Web 1.0 retro site design. Best viewed using Netscape. I'm pretty sure if you look around long enough, you'll find a Dancin' Baby and probably even a Hampster Dance page.<br /><br />(Brandon Burt)";s:12:"link_replies";s:166:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/5824821077527009563/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/homophobes-wimmer-doesnt-want-you-to.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/5824821077527009563";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/5824821077527009563";s:4:"link";s:80:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/homophobes-wimmer-doesnt-want-you-to.html";s:11:"author_name";s:12:"Brandon Burt";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12061736245155375594";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:2:"11";}}i:2;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-6512771777076113252";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-18T18:13:00.008-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-18T20:27:42.330-07:00";s:5:"title";s:15:"Shades of Green";s:12:"atom_content";s:3089:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZzAzyRuCSI/AAAAAAAAEjQ/QNgngYhBccU/s1600-h/dsc00006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZzAzyRuCSI/AAAAAAAAEjQ/QNgngYhBccU/s200/dsc00006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304326457037556002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">[Book signing]</span> It seemed auspicious to attend "ecopreneur" Scott Cooney's Feb. 17 book signing at Sam Weller's Books on the same day as Obama's stimulus bill signing. Cooney was  in town hawking his book <span style="font-style: italic;">Build a Green Small Business</span>, and the former co-founder of Salt Lake City's <span style="font-style: italic;">ReDirect Guide</span> is living, breathing proof that there is some green to be made riding the green wave. At the very least, there could be a book deal.<br /><br />Cooney, now living in "green-central" San Francisco, is a soft-spoken personable fellow who seems rather pleased with him<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZzAHN0XqaI/AAAAAAAAEjI/R2Rb7UL0wnI/s1600-h/Cooney+Cover+102408.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZzAHN0XqaI/AAAAAAAAEjI/R2Rb7UL0wnI/s200/Cooney+Cover+102408.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304325691336534434" border="0" /></a>self for recognizing early on that having an MBA and a love for the environment are not mutually exclusive. He launched and sold three green business in the past five years and now serves as a consultant for big corporations and even individuals searching for their own environmental niche. He also writes for several green business blogs, including his own at <a href="http://ecopreneursguide.com/">EcopreneursGuide.com</a>.<br /><br />A bit circumspect when asked how much opportunity would trickle down to small business via the stimulus bill, Cooney did suggest that energy efficiency (i.e., retrofitting buildings to be green) was where it was at, both in terms of a particular skill set and starting a business. He also stressed the importance of networking with other green business owners while the industry is young.<br /><br />If you'd like to hear more from Cooney, you can catch him here.<br /><h3  style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Thursday, February 19</span></h3> <p  style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">7 p.m.:  Golden Braid Books, 151 S. 500 East, downtown SLC. </span></p> <h3  style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Friday, February 20</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">7 p.m.:  The King’s English, 15th East and 15th South.  Informal reception to follow.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">(Jerre Wroble)</span><br /></p>";s:12:"link_replies";s:145:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/6512771777076113252/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/shades-of-green.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/6512771777076113252";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/6512771777076113252";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/shades-of-green.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"4";}}i:3;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-3241258365733083964";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-18T17:02:00.002-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-18T17:28:11.833-07:00";s:5:"title";s:64:"Ken Starr Outlines Obstructionist GOP Strategy to Mormon Lawyers";s:12:"atom_content";s:2265:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cIny1FvA2Qg/SZynjeH1XJI/AAAAAAAAAM8/enlf439p4Jw/s1600-h/KenStarr2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cIny1FvA2Qg/SZynjeH1XJI/AAAAAAAAAM8/enlf439p4Jw/s200/KenStarr2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304298688958782610" border="0" /></a>While Utah Republicans are crowing over their victory in denying hospital-visitation rights to the Gay Menace, the national GOP seems hellbent on making itself as irrelevant as possible.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/mormon_experience/?id=6298">According to the <span style="font-style: italic;">Mormon Times</span></a> (via <a href="http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/02/hbc-90004413">Harper's</a>), Starr told a group of Mormon lawyers that the GOP will likely attempt to thwart President Barack Obama's court nominations—apparently, out of revenge:<br /><blockquote>"There is one historical factoid of note: [Obama] is the first president of the United States ever in our history to have participated in a Senate filibuster of a judicial nominee. Never before has that  happened."</blockquote>Those who remember how Starr, with the collusion of a GOP-controlled Congress, basically shut down the Clinton government to get to the bottom of an Oval Office blowjob will be happy to note Starr is attempting to bring that same spirit of spitefully irrational bad governance to the Obama era.<br /><br />If, as Starr says, the Republicans haven't learned their lesson and they're going to pout instead of doing their job, then Obama's good-faith attempts at bipartisanship are doomed, and the Democratic majority will have no choice but to simply ignore the Republicans. (For one thing, aren't Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett getting a little too old to participate in all-night filibusters?)<br /><br />Ken Starr is also slated on March 5 to swinishly argue in favor of California's Proposition 8, a fact which endears him to members of the fuckwad community.<br /><br />According to the <span style="font-style: italic;">Mormon Times</span>, Starr is not a Mormon.<br /><br />(Brandon Burt)";s:12:"link_replies";s:167:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/3241258365733083964/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/ken-starr-outlines-obstructionist-gop.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/3241258365733083964";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/3241258365733083964";s:4:"link";s:81:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/ken-starr-outlines-obstructionist-gop.html";s:11:"author_name";s:12:"Brandon Burt";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12061736245155375594";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"5";}}i:4;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-707701561498784062";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-18T16:43:00.002-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-18T16:48:45.890-07:00";s:5:"title";s:13:"Angry Anglers";s:12:"atom_content";s:1169:"(Legislature) Angry angers and kayakers are slated to take over the Capitol rotunda tomorrow to protest a bill that would limit which river sections can be used by the public for fishing and other recreation. House Bill 187, sponsored by Rep. Ben Ferry, R-Corinne, was passed Wednesday to the House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee for an as yet unscheduled hearing.<br />The bill is a response to this summer Utah Supreme Court decision granting the public access to play in all river waters, even where rivers run through private property. HB 187 would limit such access to sections of around 14 state rivers and prohibit recreational river use near homes.<br />Tomorrow’s rally, at 10:30 a.m., should be a scene. The Website of the Utah Rivers Council, one of the groups fighting HB 187, advises, “feel free to bring your waders, rod, boat, paddle, life jacket, whatever...” City Weekly previously wrote about the river battle <a href="http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/gone-fishing.html">here</a> and <a href="http://cityweekly.net/index.cfm?do=article.details&amp;id=3EF49047-14D1-1357-9C5E9AFFA7A2CB57">here</a>. (Ted McDonough)";s:12:"link_replies";s:142:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/707701561498784062/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/angry-anglers.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:81:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/707701561498784062";s:9:"link_self";s:81:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/707701561498784062";s:4:"link";s:57:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/angry-anglers.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:5;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-6430558316376907267";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-18T14:19:00.005-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-18T14:48:04.161-07:00";s:5:"title";s:19:"Madrid by Moonlight";s:12:"atom_content";s:2158:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZyApeAZZYI/AAAAAAAAEjA/w267oNC_1zg/s1600-h/spanish+fan.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZyApeAZZYI/AAAAAAAAEjA/w267oNC_1zg/s200/spanish+fan.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304255911053321602" /></a><br />[<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Late Night Snack</span>]  Following last night's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Salt Lake Magazine</span> Dining Awards, where once again I was snubbed, we trooped over to <a href="http://www.cafemadrid.net/">Cafe Madrid</a> for a late night snack. I tend to forget how marvelous Madrid is, even though it won the Best SLC Restaurant award in 2006 from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Salt Lake Magazine. </span><div><br /></div><div>We were greeted by Cafe Madrid's dazzling owner, Gabriella McAfee, who promptly placed plates of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">entremeses </span>in front of us: Serrano ham, lomo, and chorizo, along with imported Manchego cheese. </div><div><br /></div><div>A wine-savvy server named Dominique introduced me to a fabulous Spanish red wine from the Ribera del Duero, called Abadia Retuerta "Rivola." It's a fruit bomb with gorgeous cocoa and chocolate flavors, sort of like a cherry-coated alcoholic malted milk ball. Yummy! </div><div><br /></div><div>We munched on tender, tasty shrimp ceviche with red onions and mixed greens while taking in the wonderful artwork of <a href="http://www.jcpinogallery.com/">J.C. Pino</a>, Gabriella's talented painter brother, who also works at Cafe Madrid, spreading joy and good vibes wherever he goes. Another young Cafe Madrid server, with the cool name of Skyler, also has the makings of a real restaurant pro. </div><div><br /></div><div>Needless to say, I highly recommend dropping in to Cafe Madrid for a long, leisurely dinner or just a light snack. (Ted Scheffler)  </div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/6430558316376907267/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/madrid-by-moonlight.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/6430558316376907267";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/6430558316376907267";s:4:"link";s:63:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/madrid-by-moonlight.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"6";}}i:6;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-8071034189202260600";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-18T14:15:00.009-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-18T15:18:33.216-07:00";s:5:"title";s:45:"Homophobia and Assholism: Are They Connected?";s:12:"atom_content";s:2860:"<span style="font-weight: bold;">[Anthropology]</span> I can see why somebody might want to be a homophobe. It's probably fun to have a whole group at your disposal to sneer at and feel morally superior to. Even better if you think you don't personally know any members of that group.<br /><br />And it's probably best if you can somehow make it a part of your religion. That way, you don't have to take responsibility for your own dislikes and prejudices—just say God hates the same people you do. That way, you're simply doing God's will.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cIny1FvA2Qg/SZyHequQSZI/AAAAAAAAAM0/8RvQklXscOc/s1600-h/3791177.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cIny1FvA2Qg/SZyHequQSZI/AAAAAAAAAM0/8RvQklXscOc/s400/3791177.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304263422069721490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Them there gay homos are</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> eviller than the Mooslims, hyuck-hyuck!</span></span>"<br /></div><br />What I don't understand is why homophobes can't just sit around feeling all hate-y and morally superior; why do they have to be so swinish? Why are homophobes so often assholes?<br /><br />It's not enough that they promote constitutional amendments and blindly support even the dumbest laws, as long as they can further restrict the rights of gays and lesbians. (A law making it illegal for gays to buy ice cream? Bring it on; those queers are a threat to our families' ice-cream consumption!)<br /><br />No, they also have to say cruel, senseless things about me: That I'm a greater "threat" to America than a terrorist is, that I'm liable to harm children, that I'm really, really mean and I have no morals.<br /><br />Maybe they don't<span style="font-style: italic;"> intend </span>to be assholes. Maybe they're just deluded.<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br />Buttars, apparently, even thinks that there's some new perversion sweeping the gay and lesbian community, something that's <a href="http://www.abc4.com/content/news/political/story/EXCLUSIVE-Senator-Buttars-compares-some-gays-to/5k4Qh7clXUqlXFxVM2bCxA.cspx">so bad the ABC 4 Utah Website wouldn't publish it</a>. I can't listen to the recorded interview without throwing office equipment, but my guess is Buttars watched the Family Research Council scare-video from years ago that makes gross and incredible claims about, er, massive coprophilia.<br /><br />Shows how gullible homophobes are. It isn't the gays who are full of shit.<br /><br />(Brandon Burt)";s:12:"link_replies";s:163:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/8071034189202260600/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/homophobia-and-assholism-are-they.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/8071034189202260600";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/8071034189202260600";s:4:"link";s:77:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/homophobia-and-assholism-are-they.html";s:11:"author_name";s:12:"Brandon Burt";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12061736245155375594";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"4";}}i:7;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-4059155773778793363";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-17T21:35:00.007-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-17T22:01:38.743-07:00";s:5:"title";s:19:"Jenny Wilson Did It";s:12:"atom_content";s:2023:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZuVXASZQeI/AAAAAAAAEi4/8XYwEM_VN3c/s1600-h/large_gay_marriage.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZuVXASZQeI/AAAAAAAAEi4/8XYwEM_VN3c/s200/large_gay_marriage.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303997208605573602" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">[Finally, Benefits]</span></span> Today, the Salt Lake County Council approved benefits for domestic partners of Salt Lake County employees. The plan will cover committed same-sex partners, and other long-term dependents of county employees. The change will cost taxpayers about $300,000.<div><br /></div><div> Thank you to the <a href="http://http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11724319">sponsor</a>, who kept pushing for three years in a row. Councilwoman Jenny Wilson never gave up. Wilson, by way of the usual disclosure, is my stepdaughter.  Bravo. The council approved Wilson's plan 6-3, including the approval of Councilman Max Burdick, a newcomer who decided to let common sense trump impassioned arguments swirling around about the death of the traditional family.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the same day the county passed Wilson's measure, the Utah Legislature killed in committee two more bills related to <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11724683">gay rights</a>. A bill allowing for gays and lesbians to foster and adopt children died a quick death, as did a proposal to outlaw employment and housing discrimination against gays and transgender people. Now I know why I'll never leave Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City. It's great to live on an island of growing tolerance toward all. I'm counting on change throughout the state, though. It's going to happen. (Holly Mullen)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/4059155773778793363/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/jenny-wilson-did-it.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/4059155773778793363";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/4059155773778793363";s:4:"link";s:63:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/jenny-wilson-did-it.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"9";}}i:8;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-2131333258769716259";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-17T18:50:00.005-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-17T18:57:17.982-07:00";s:5:"title";s:18:"Very Special-Needs";s:12:"atom_content";s:631:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cIny1FvA2Qg/SZtq7ynAQqI/AAAAAAAAAMs/l4G7PYBl4V4/s1600-h/TribHeadline.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cIny1FvA2Qg/SZtq7ynAQqI/AAAAAAAAAMs/l4G7PYBl4V4/s400/TribHeadline.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303950561589084834" border="0" /></a><br />From the <span style="font-style: italic;">Trib </span>Website Tuesday afternoon.<br /><br />Hey, teacher! Leave them (dead) kids alone!<br /><br />(Brandon Burt)";s:12:"link_replies";s:148:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/2131333258769716259/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/very-special-needs.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/2131333258769716259";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/2131333258769716259";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/very-special-needs.html";s:11:"author_name";s:12:"Brandon Burt";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12061736245155375594";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:9;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-1002139547542504678";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-17T10:39:00.002-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-17T10:40:33.095-07:00";s:5:"title";s:17:"Dead Port: Week 2";s:12:"atom_content";s:392:"<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZr2d__RexI/AAAAAAAAEiw/_-KT-R36pA8/s1600-h/Port02.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303822506435640082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZr2d__RexI/AAAAAAAAEiw/_-KT-R36pA8/s400/Port02.JPG" border="0" /></a> (Bill Frost)";s:12:"link_replies";s:146:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/1002139547542504678/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/dead-port-week-2.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/1002139547542504678";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/1002139547542504678";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/dead-port-week-2.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";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:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-6533150820361721988";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-17T10:38:00.002-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-17T10:39:27.508-07:00";s:5:"title";s:19:"Dead Goat: Week 111";s:12:"atom_content";s:402:"<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZr2O7QtY8I/AAAAAAAAEio/8o2LLn3DYXg/s1600-h/DeadGoat111.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303822247468557250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZr2O7QtY8I/AAAAAAAAEio/8o2LLn3DYXg/s400/DeadGoat111.JPG" border="0" /></a> (Bill Frost)";s:12:"link_replies";s:148:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/6533150820361721988/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/dead-goat-week-111.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/6533150820361721988";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/6533150820361721988";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/dead-goat-week-111.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:11;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-2506393222426422077";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-17T10:37:00.002-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-17T10:38:31.182-07:00";s:5:"title";s:21:"Dead Zephyr: Week 275";s:12:"atom_content";s:398:"<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZr2AYTt62I/AAAAAAAAEig/nIc5KBd3onc/s1600-h/Zephyr275.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303821997567765346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZr2AYTt62I/AAAAAAAAEig/nIc5KBd3onc/s400/Zephyr275.JPG" border="0" /></a> (Bill Frost)";s:12:"link_replies";s:150:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/2506393222426422077/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/dead-zephyr-week-275.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/2506393222426422077";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/2506393222426422077";s:4:"link";s:64:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/dead-zephyr-week-275.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:12;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-8168457118977198171";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-16T15:16:00.009-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-16T15:38:24.431-07:00";s:5:"title";s:29:"Wina, We Saw You in the Times";s:12:"atom_content";s:1985:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZnp2vcwOvI/AAAAAAAAEiY/Wnp_wUnO_9Q/s1600-h/gfwina2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZnp2vcwOvI/AAAAAAAAEiY/Wnp_wUnO_9Q/s320/gfwina2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303527162864745202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">[Utah Sports Go Big] </span>Props to Wina Sturgeon, veteran Utah sports writer and dynamite masters-level ski racer. <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/sports/othersports/15utah.html?scp=2&amp;sq=Wina%20Sturgeon&amp;st=cse">The New York Times</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>published her weekend story rounding up many of Utah's moneymaking sports events (Dew Tour, extreme skiing, Youth Archery Championships etc.) and the state's amped-up effort to attract more sports and recreation fans to our big, beautiful outdoors. Sturgeon has slugged it out among Utah freelancers for decades, and writes occasionally for <a href="http://cityweekly.net/index.cfm?do=article.details&amp;id=1CBBDEE1-2BF4-55D0-F1F63BD9325AB5D8"><span style="font-style: italic;">City Weekly</span></a>. Her work shows up regularly in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Times</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Sports Illustrated</span>, among other national media.<br /><br />In her Times piece, Sturgeon (that's her in the photo) quotes our ever-hip Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">“There is no question that making Utah the top spot for adventure sports will help the state. Whether young people do these sports or just watch them on television, when they see it coming out of Utah, it plants a seed in their mind that Utah is a hip destination unmatched anywhere else in the world.”<br /><br /></span>(Holly Mullen)";s:12:"link_replies";s:154:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/8168457118977198171/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/wina-we-saw-you-in-times.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/8168457118977198171";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/8168457118977198171";s:4:"link";s:68:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/wina-we-saw-you-in-times.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"3";}}i:13;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-1239225782881009691";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-13T13:49:00.004-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-13T19:49:52.684-07:00";s:5:"title";s:20:"The Ethics Land Mine";s:12:"atom_content";s:4509:"<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZXuYg2BszI/AAAAAAAAEiQ/bKg7FQ7wKe4/s1600-h/bribe.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302406241199436594" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 202px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZXuYg2BszI/AAAAAAAAEiQ/bKg7FQ7wKe4/s320/bribe.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>[Legislature]</strong> Utah's first standing Ethics Committee met today amid modest fanfare to talk about their new task of cleaning house. The historic moment was ushered in by a pair of proposed bills both by Rep. Brad Dee, R-Washington Terrace. The first, <a href="http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillint/hb0345.htm">H.B. 345 </a>is meant to instate a cooling off period between when legislators can become lobbyists after leaving public office.<br /><br />That's the idea at least.<br /><br />The bill as it turns out would only instate a one year cooling off period for legislators who want to go to work for a lobbying firm--that is a firm that only does lobbying. If however a legislator leaves office and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">gets</span> hired by, say, Zion's bank and his only job is to go and do lobbying at the legislature for Zions, then he or she doesn't have to worry about the whole cooling off period. This because "there are a myriad of businesses in Utah with a myriad of problems" explained Dee.<br /><br />Most committee members quickly recognized this loophole but still <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">conceded</span> the merits of the bill.<br /><br />"There's no perfect solution and no perfect language in dealing with ethics," said committee member, Rep. Kevin <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Garn</span> R-Layton. "We'll always have that problem."<br /><br />The next item was <a href="http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillint/hb0346.htm">H.B 346 </a> which would do some tinkering with candidate's campaign disclosure filings. One change would keep legislators busy by requiring them to report all contributions they receive within five business days of receiving them instead of one of the five annual filing deadlines.<br /><br />"The public would like to know now, and not at the next reporting period," Dee said of the language.<br /><br />Hooray transparency!<br /><br />But then it was explained how the bill would also make it so that candidates would no longer need to disclose the monetary value of in-kind campaign contributions. These donations refer to services a donor provides a candidate such as website design, mailers, billboards etc... Dee explained the candidate should not be burdened with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">appraising</span> the values of the services. So the language would <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">require</span> only that a candidate list that they had received an in-kind donation and give a brief description of what it was.<br /><br />The contributor would still have to list the monetary value of their donation but that would be only listed on their separate report.<br /><br />Rep. Tim <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Cosgrove</span>, D-Murray also on the committee worried special interests might take advantage of that loophole. "I'm concerned with the amount of interest groups that may just end up <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">funding</span> an entire campaign, free of charge."<br /><br />Regardless, both bills passed out the committee unanimously, with most committee members sounding off on progress being made. Dee for one picked up on the various committee members latching on to the expression that "the ball has been moved" and sounded off his presentation with this thought:<br /><br />"We haven't scored a touchdown yet, but we have got a couple of first downs," he said.<br /><br />That metaphor was a popular one during the meeting, but I think one offered by Rep. Brad Last, R-St. George, really summed up the challenges of doing ethics legislation. In regards to H.B. 364's letting candidates get off the hook for not listing the monetary value of in-kind donations, Last said the measure would keep legislators from stepping on ethics "landmines".<br /><br />"We want the public to know what we're doing," Last said. "But we don't want to place landmines for us [legislators] to have to navigate around."<br /><br />(Eric S. Peterson)";s:12:"link_replies";s:146:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/1239225782881009691/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/ethics-land-mine.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/1239225782881009691";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/1239225782881009691";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/ethics-land-mine.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"3";}}i:14;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-2066358865470133825";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-13T11:50:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-13T14:57:16.321-07:00";s:5:"title";s:22:"Survivor: V-Necks Ahoy";s:12:"atom_content";s:1330:"<strong><span style="color:#000099;">[Locals on Reality TV]</span></strong> <em>Survivor: Toncantins</em> premiered on CBS last night, and guess what? The Utah guy isn't the most annoying contestant! (That would be "Coach.") Lindon's <a href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/bio/tyson_18/bio.php?season=18">Tyson Apostol</a> does, however, have a penchant for V-neck shirts which is either 1. a clever ruse to hide his true he-man abilities, or 2. just plain disturbing. Meet Tyson:<br /><br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RlwK5XayL1w&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RlwK5XayL1w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Vfq7ZPlhBc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Vfq7ZPlhBc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />(Bill Frost)";s:12:"link_replies";s:151:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/2066358865470133825/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/survivor-v-necks-ahoy.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/2066358865470133825";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/2066358865470133825";s:4:"link";s:65:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/survivor-v-necks-ahoy.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:15;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-8291523263397482795";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-12T16:27:00.002-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-12T16:35:29.103-07:00";s:5:"title";s:12:"Gone Fishing";s:12:"atom_content";s:2615:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZSyOt3BtnI/AAAAAAAAEho/d5cV8sHwrII/s1600-h/UtahCapHill.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZSyOt3BtnI/AAAAAAAAEho/d5cV8sHwrII/s200/UtahCapHill.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302058627220223602" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">[Legislature] </span></span>The worst fears of anglers are coming true on Capitol Hill in the form of a just-filed bill that purports to take away river access recently granted by the Utah Supreme Court.<br /><br />The “Recreational Use of Public Waters” bill written by Rep. Ben Ferry, R- Corinne, not only undoes this summer’s 5-0 decision granting the public recreational use of state rivers, it would make river access worse than before the ruling. So complain the Utah Rivers Council and the Utah Council of Trout Unlimited, which are gearing up to fight the bill.<br /><br />“We don’t want the Legislature to take away what the court has given,” says Bob Dibblee, chairman of the Utah state Trout Unlimited chapter. He’s hoping a healthy showing of some of the state’s 400,000 anglers on Capitol Hill will help lawmakers see that House Bill 187 isn’t the compromise between private-property rights and river access Trout Unlimited thought it was negotiating with lawmakers.<br /><br />HB 187 and a companion bill would rewrite state trespassing law, making fisherman criminals for crossing some lands traditionally used for gaining access to rivers. Many currently-fished river sections would be made inaccessible by that provision alone. The bill also says fishing won’t be allowed on rivers within 500 feet of homes.<br /><br />The widest restrictions come in a provision of HB 187 that purports to limit public river access to 17 river sections throughout the state. Few river forks or tributaries are included on the list.<br /><br />Critics argue that undoing the Supreme Court’s decision misses the boat on new money-making tourism opportunities, not to mention the hundreds of millions the state Division of Wildlife Resources estimates anglers already spend each year in Utah. (Ted McDonough)</span></span></span>";s:12:"link_replies";s:142:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/8291523263397482795/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/gone-fishing.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/8291523263397482795";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/8291523263397482795";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/gone-fishing.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"8";}}i:16;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-7462668897920726749";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-12T13:07:00.018-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-12T18:13:59.142-07:00";s:5:"title";s:12:"Lincoln Logs";s:12:"atom_content";s:5565:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZTJKR8h29I/AAAAAAAAEiI/2nElmkb26Fs/s1600-h/joseph_smith.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZTJKR8h29I/AAAAAAAAEiI/2nElmkb26Fs/s200/joseph_smith.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302083839775071186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZTD0kev8BI/AAAAAAAAEhw/VXDPCGVWnrk/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 98px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZTD0kev8BI/AAAAAAAAEhw/VXDPCGVWnrk/s200/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302077969235177490" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">[Feb. 12]</span> Two hundred years ago today, both Abe Lincoln and Charlie Darwin were born, Lincoln to hard-shell Baptists in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kent., and Darwin to a </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  >mostly Unitarian family in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Both ultimately let go of religion, with neither one affiliated with a church when he died. </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  ><br /><br />Their bicentennial birthday parties are low-key affairs here in the Beehive State (except for a few university celebrations, such as the Humanists of Utah's Darwin Day event featured in this week's <a href="http://cityweekly.net/index.cfm?do=article.details&amp;id=669CE5C7-14D1-1357-9CBF2EBF444C1111">Five Spot</a>)—not surprising since, </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  >during their time, both either acted or espoused views that rubbed many of the Utah faithful the wrong way.</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  ><br /><br />Both men were also contemporaries of LDS Church founder Joseph Smith. And, it should be noted, some Mormons believe with a surety that Lincoln and Smith had occasion to meet in Illinois, which, nowadays, gives rise to many <a href="http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/mormon_experience/?id=3679">good vibes toward Lincoln</a>. Some draw comparisons between <a href="http://richardkmiller.com/mormonism/joseph-smith-and-abraham-lincoln/">Abe and Jo</a>, suggesting they each had divine missions.<br /><br />But this latter-day Lincoln love may be misplaced. Lincoln was mostly wary of the Mormons of his time. His Republican Party believed that slavery and polygamy were the "twin relics of barbarism." We know what he did about slavery, and as for the Mormon multi-wife tradition, he did sign an anti-polygamy bill in 1862 and went on to establish Fort Douglas, ordering federal troops to keep an eye on what he once called a "strange, new sect."<br /><br />Lincoln compared Mormons to the obstinate logs in the fields he remembered from his youth.  Sometimes a log was "too hard to split, too wet to burn, and too heavy to move," so he plowed around it. That was the message he had for the Mormons back in Utah: "You go back and tell Brigham Young that if he will let me alone, I will let him alone," Lincoln conveyed to Thomas B.H. Stenhouse, an LDS representative to Washington, in 1863.<br /><br />Many Mormons now seem to deify Lincoln, ostensibly for letting them be, never mind him comparing them to unmovable logs. And they're quick to point out that in 1840, while in the Illinois legislature, Lincoln <span style="font-style: italic;">did</span> vote for the Nauvoo Charter.<br /><br />Before the "log" speech, however, Brigham Young was distrustful of Lincoln (calling him "King Abraham") since, as an Illinois state representative, Lincoln did nothing to help Mormons during their troubles in Nauvoo. And Lincoln went on to send three federal judges to Utah, two of whom were anti-Mormon.<br /><br />But blood atonement was so 19th century, and all can be forgiven when it comes to dead presidents. According to Lynn Arave in a Mormon Times <a href="http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/?id=3679">September 2008 posting</a>, </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  >on the first centennial of Lincoln's birthday</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  >, Lincoln was presidentially sealed in the temple, along with his wife and his first girlfriend (yes, even Lincoln can enjoy Big Love in the afterlife!):<br /></span><blockquote  style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">On Lincoln's 100th birthday in 1909, former apostle Matthias F. Cowley participated as proxy in a Salt Lake Temple sealing for President Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd. Lincoln was then sealed to his former sweetheart, Ann Mayes Rutledge, too. Rutledge's untimely death from a typhoid fever in 1835 at age 22 broke Lincoln's heart.<br /><br /></span></blockquote><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  >On a related note, on this day in 1870, <a href="http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/statehood_and_the_progressive_era/womenssuffrageinutah.html">women gained the right to vote</a> in the Utah Territory (but not to hold office). So now you have at least three good reasons to head to the bar. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">(Jerre Wroble)</span><br /></span>";s:12:"link_replies";s:142:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/7462668897920726749/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/lincoln-logs.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/7462668897920726749";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/7462668897920726749";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/lincoln-logs.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"3";}}i:17;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-8218691391250776942";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-12T12:47:00.004-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-12T12:56:00.058-07:00";s:5:"title";s:29:"The Real World: It's Still On";s:12:"atom_content";s:1319:"<strong><span style="color:#000099;">[Locals on Reality TV]</span></strong> Due to the presence of Utahn Chet (who last week found out he couldn't be the next host of <em>TRL</em>, 'cause it was canceled--thanks for that heads-up, MTV), we've tried to keep up on <em>The Real World: Brooklyn</em> ... but gawd is it <em>dull</em>. <em>The Real World After Show</em> is usually more entertaining, thanks to the rapt attention to detail the faux-hawked douchebag of a host and his random panels pay to said dull show. Here, Chet goes into the minutae of whatever the hell happened recently; see how long <em>you</em> can watch ...<br /><br /><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:340955" width="512" height="319" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="configParams=id%3D1604458%26vid%3D340955%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A340955%26startUri={startUri}" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" base="."></embed> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 500px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="COLOR: #439cd8" href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/real_world_brooklyn/series.jhtml" target="_blank">Real World: Brooklyn</a> - <a style="COLOR: #439cd8" href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/" target="_blank">MTV Shows</a></div><br />(Bill Frost)";s:12:"link_replies";s:153:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/8218691391250776942/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/real-world-its-still-on.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/8218691391250776942";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/8218691391250776942";s:4:"link";s:67:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/real-world-its-still-on.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"4";}}i:18;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-518079325564416220";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-12T08:58:00.006-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-12T09:18:01.759-07:00";s:5:"title";s:21:"Let's Talk About Rape";s:12:"atom_content";s:2451:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZRLK5kS5MI/AAAAAAAAEhg/o69XUQhVBXM/s1600-h/lucky.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZRLK5kS5MI/AAAAAAAAEhg/o69XUQhVBXM/s200/lucky.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301945311945745602" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">[Free Community Forum]</span></span> Bestselling author Alice Sebold ("The Lovely Bones") was raped in May 1981. She was just ending her freshman year at Syracuse University. Nearly 20 years later, Sebold published a harrowing memoir of her rape and of her journey through the legal system. She titled the book "Lucky." This is the first paragraph of the book:<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In the tunnel where I was raped, a tunnel that was once an underground entry to an amphitheater, a place where actors burst forth from underneath the seats of a crowd, a girl had been murdered and dismembered. I was told this story by the police. In comparison, they said, I was lucky.</span><br /><div><br /></div><div>Tonight at 7 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Salt Lake City Main Library, the Rape Recovery Center launches the first of five community forums, built around popular books that have tackled the subject of rape in our society. The series runs through November. The book for discussion tonight is "Lucky." A panel of five experts on sexual violence will talk about their own real-life experiences in the criminal justice system and beyond. Representatives from the Salt Lake City Police Department, the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's Office will be there, as will a rape survivor who now volunteers for the Rape Recovery Center's Hospital Response Team. I will be the moderator.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you've read Sebold's riveting account of her rape and its incredibly long shelf life in every aspect of her existence, or even if you haven't, please join us. I promise it will be an important and lively discussion. For more details on the entire free-and-open-to-the-public forum series, go <a href="http://www.raperecoverycenter.com/">here</a>. Or call the RRC at 467-7282. (Holly Mullen)</div></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/518079325564416220/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/lets-talk-about-rape.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:81:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/518079325564416220";s:9:"link_self";s:81:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/518079325564416220";s:4:"link";s:64:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/lets-talk-about-rape.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:19;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-3738366384493619408";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-12T07:44:00.004-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-12T08:21:06.729-07:00";s:5:"title";s:6:"EAT ME";s:12:"atom_content";s:2845:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZQ-Bvb8P9I/AAAAAAAAEhY/iRHP7XLqPDY/s1600-h/cupid_dead_colour.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 159px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZQ-Bvb8P9I/AAAAAAAAEhY/iRHP7XLqPDY/s200/cupid_dead_colour.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301930860956368850" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">[V-Day Dine O' Round]</span> Please, no more calls or emails asking where to take your beloved, betrothed, sweetie, honey, ball-and-chain to dine on Valentine's Day. I've tried to avoid the Trib-and Des News-ish obligatory annual roundup (i.e. regurgitation of PR releases) of V-Day options in the paper. But if you still haven't found the perfect table to find lust and love this Valentine's Day, here's a list of eateries I'm aware of doing special Cupid cuisine on Saturday. <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.bambara-slc.com/">Bambara</a>: a la carte "World of Flavors" menu "designed for sharing." </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.theblueboarinn.com/">Blue Boar Inn &amp; Restaurant</a>: 4-course prix fix menu, $75 pp. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.frescoitaliancafe.com/">Fresco</a> Italian Cafe: Special V-Day a la carte menu</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.thanksgivingpoint.com/dine/harvest_restaurant.html">Harvest Restaurant</a> at Thanksgiving Point: V-Day dinner-dance $90 per couple</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.log-haven.com/">Log Haven</a>: a la carte Valentine's Day menu</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.themetropolitan.com/">Metropolitan</a>: 6-course menu, $75 pp. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.theparis.net/">Paris Bistro</a>: 5-course "Magnifique" menu $69.95 + tax + 20% service charge</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.tucanos.com/">Tucanos</a> Brazilian Grill: V-day lunch $15.95; dinner $24.95</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.myzucca.com/">Zucca Trattoria</a>: 5-course "Romantic Modern Italian" dinner, $45 pp.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm sure there are others; these are the places that contacted me. </div><div><br /></div><div>(Ted Scheffler) </div><div><br /></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:136:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/3738366384493619408/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/eat-me.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/3738366384493619408";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/3738366384493619408";s:4:"link";s:50:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/eat-me.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"5";}}i:20;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:69:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-472292422418950360";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-11T21:34:00.015-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-11T22:46:33.218-07:00";s:5:"title";s:41:"They Eustace snack less in those days ...";s:12:"atom_content";s:1699:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cIny1FvA2Qg/SZOwbI6aIZI/AAAAAAAAAMc/OI2GjK24R5I/s1600-h/090209_tilleyxxladamkoford_p323.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cIny1FvA2Qg/SZOwbI6aIZI/AAAAAAAAAMc/OI2GjK24R5I/s200/090209_tilleyxxladamkoford_p323.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301775166640628114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">[Media]</span> Congratulations are in order for <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/2009/02/09/slideshow_090209_eustacetilley?slide=11#showHeader">Adam Koford of Farmington, who made it to the winners' circle of the <span style="font-style: italic;">New Yorker</span>'s "Your Eustace, 2009" contest</a>.<br /><br />Koford's rotund "Eustace Tilley XXL" was selected among the top 12 of more than 300 entries. Submissions were based on Rea Irvin's satirical cover illustration from the publication's inaugural issue: the <span style="font-style: italic;">New Yorker</span>'s <a href="http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1925-02-21">foppish, lepidopterological mascot "Eustace Tilley."</a><br /><br />It is careful attention to detail that often spells the difference between accomplished, incisive parody and brutish, sarcastic imitation. This is why Koford's close faithfulness to Irvin's original color scheme seems not born of timidity or slavish literalism. Instead, it draws attention to subtler distinctions between "XXL" and the original--particularly Koford's bolder line, which strikes me as a nod to mid-20th century studio cartooning conventions.<br /><br />(Brandon Burt)";s:12:"link_replies";s:166:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/472292422418950360/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/they-eustace-snack-less-in-those-days.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:81:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/472292422418950360";s:9:"link_self";s:81:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/472292422418950360";s:4:"link";s:81:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/they-eustace-snack-less-in-those-days.html";s:11:"author_name";s:12:"Brandon Burt";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12061736245155375594";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"4";}}i:21;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-8917470622671984767";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-10T13:55:00.002-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-10T13:58:53.586-07:00";s:5:"title";s:19:"Dead Goat: Week 110";s:12:"atom_content";s:774:"<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">The Dead Goat Saloon, closed December 2006 (as the Crazy Goat Saloon)</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZHqV0W-qII/AAAAAAAAEg4/TI5zL8j8Iq4/s1600-h/DeadGoat110.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZHqV0W-qII/AAAAAAAAEg4/TI5zL8j8Iq4/s400/DeadGoat110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301275896944961666" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">(Bill Frost)</span></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:148:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/8917470622671984767/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/dead-goat-week-110.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/8917470622671984767";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/8917470622671984767";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/dead-goat-week-110.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"7";}}i:22;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-2155652963068488492";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-10T13:53:00.003-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-10T13:59:16.721-07:00";s:5:"title";s:17:"Dead Port: Week 1";s:12:"atom_content";s:740:"<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Port O' Call, closed February 2009</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZHpf-n3XpI/AAAAAAAAEgw/6IfBhzszgw4/s1600-h/Port01.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZHpf-n3XpI/AAAAAAAAEgw/6IfBhzszgw4/s400/Port01.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301274971987205778" /></a><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">(Bill Frost)</span></div></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:146:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/feeds/2155652963068488492/comments/defaulthttp://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/dead-port-week-1.html#comment-form";s:9:"link_edit";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/2155652963068488492";s:9:"link_self";s:82:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3955615969511521360/posts/default/2155652963068488492";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://cityweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/dead-port-week-1.html";s:11:"author_name";s:21:"Salt Lake City Weekly";s:10:"author_uri";s:51:"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"4";}}i:23;a:13:{s:2:"id";s:70:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-2882625711912227843";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-02-10T12:22:00.008-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-02-10T14:06:42.045-07:00";s:5:"title";s:30:"Negatory ... & Buyer's Remorse";s:12:"atom_content";s:4700:"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZHnRAQNKCI/AAAAAAAAEgo/nEou5ixd_bs/s1600-h/c40747-14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SZHnRAQNKCI/AAAAAAAAEgo/nEou5ixd_bs/s200/c40747-14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301272515703547938" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">[Stimulus Bill] </span>Our visionary delegation in D.C. just can't bring themselves to be <span style="font-style: italic;"><span>for</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>corporate welfare, even though we're well past the stage when such posturing is constructive. Let's face it: Bush's "base" got theirs, sucked the well dry and left the country with anemic 401(k)s and homes no longer worth what we paid for them. OK, own it, Republicans, and let's move on. So, what <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span> going to jump-start this molasses-drenched economic engine?<br /><br />Our Republican delegation is only too content to sit back and be naysayers, especially in the likely event the $838 billion stimulus bill, which passed the Senate earlier today, does not produce desired results. Re-election is never far from their minds, and they can easily rub  "I told you so," in our faces when the time comes.<br /><br />So, today, Sen. Bob Bennett just said no:<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">“If Democratic leadership and the president had only been willing to take a little more time and examine the details with more careful scrutiny, we could have produced a bill that would achieve great results without creating long term risks. The economy is desperately in need of careful government action, but this bill does not meet that standard.”</blockquote>Orrin Hatch is similarly frothing at the mouth about the "The Raw Deal," as he calls the bill:<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><blockquote>“It is hard to feel good about such a bad bill. Rather than work together to craft a bipartisan bill that would actually stimulate the economy, as our new president promised, Democrats have ramrodded through the Senate an unbalanced spending bill tinged with far too few effective stimulative provisions.” </blockquote></span>All this talk about Democrats being unwilling to work with them suggests to me they were likely in the throes of loading up the bill with their various pork. When told to get their hands out of the cookie jar, they took their toys and went home.<br /><br />At least Rep. Jim Matheson had the decency to vote with his fellow Democrats, though I'm sure perspiration dripped from his forehead and his finger shook as he pressed the "yea" button, all while visions of his Republican fan club coming after him with pitchforks danced in his head. His buyer's remorse bubbles up in his newsletter:<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">I voted for the US House's version of the economic recovery package because I feel strongly that efforts to create jobs and cut taxes for thousands of Utahns are the highest priority. There is no easy or guaranteed way to address the severe stress facing our economy.  Inaction will make the situation worse. Options must be on the table to lessen the duration of this slump for Utahns. ... I do not agree with all the proposed spending, some of which has already been eliminated. There is no such thing as a perfect answer to this crisis, but on balance it is important that Congress move the process forward.</span><br /></blockquote>Then, as in a previous newsletter, Matheson goes on to ask constituents to help solve the crisis, with a series of  "duh" questions:<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Are infrastructure projects an appropriate way to save jobs and create jobs? Will cutting taxes for small business and for individuals and couples who earn less than $75,000 (individuals) and $150,000 (couples) help your family budget? Do you fear you will lose your job in the next 12 months? What else should Congress be considering as it tries to help the economy recover?</blockquote>Sadly, there is a dearth of good ideas from Our Men in D.C. They relish the opportunity to shoot holes in Obama's proposals but seem oddly clueless when it comes to inspired thinking of their own. Republicans will let Obama be the fall guy for the shit sandwich he inherited, even though it was Republicans asleep at the switch that allowed the economy tank in the first place. So hey, D.C. dudes, if you know better how to fix things, tell us, already. 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