For the Strength of our Nation

    Both sides too often consider that they have the corner on the for good ideas. They don't see their own holes in their arguments and plans and when they get the opportunity they try to cram weak, foolish, and near tyrannical legislation. Is this the way that things should be?

    The answer to the above question is a resounding no! Yet who is to blame for so low a state that we are in? The answer us the American people we are the ones to blame for so poor a job we have done in governing ourselves. For too long we have been content with what was. We became complacent and we failed to examine out lives and ourselves. We took material goods as a sign that we are a favored people. However once those goods were taken from us we became a straw man.

   It is time for the American people to wake up and ask the big questions on government. They should ask what they can do for this country not what this country can do for them.

    America rise up and shake of the chains that bind you. Today my readers look back on the history of America. Look back to our patriots and remember there sacrifice. Consecrate this day to that sacrifice. Dedicate your lives today to changing the political sphere in your community and your nation. It is only through active and engaged citizenry that a nation can be changed. Today is our time middle of the road Americans. Today is the only time we have for tomorrow is as yet unknown and yesterday has passed us by. The coming storm can be abated if we act united in our purpose.

    We are the nation!

Utah Tea Party...I mean Republican convention.

It's official the Tea Party in Utah is nuts. they have gone completely insane and now deserve the title of Tea Baggers. End of story. Normally I try to refrain from childish name calling but the Tea Baggers of well earned their name. Now you may ask, "Scott what is causing you to be so pissed?" For that I answer the Utah Republican State Convention, which has a slim majority of Tea Baggers as delegates. In a resounding show of both stupidity and insanity they decided to repeal HB 116 which was a wise and well thought out piece of legislation to allow for a guest worker program. This program according to a Dan Jones/KSL (local Utah polling and news station respectively) was supported by over 61% of Utah! That is borderline super majority. Yet the Tea Baggers and their xenophobia seemed to rule the day at the Republican convention. What made this worse was that HB 116 was supported by the Legislature, the Governor, the Attorney General, various religious institutions, businesses, cities, and towns. Yet somehow the tools in the Tea Party seemed to disregard all sanity and voted for the immediate repeal of the law. Fortunately they have no power do this from convention but it puts pressure on the politicians; who for the most part are spineless and will probably cave to the pressure.

HB116 is a wise and pragmatic approach to immigration. It allowed for workers who were here illegally (which BTW is s civil penalty with less punishment that a speeding ticket) to become registered legal and more supportive of the general society. The arguments that the Tea Baggers use is nothing more than insanity incarnate. There same arguments could be found within in the texts of Nazi propaganda.

Although if this is what the Tea Baggers want I hear that there are trains from Auschwitz available for lease.