To “reduce” means to cut back or diminish.
So when I heard through the grapevine yesterday that it had been reported that Bush ok’d the reduction of U.S. troops in Iraq, I immediately thought that meant that soldiers would be coming home.
Well, sort of….not.
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December 23
1944
General Dwight Eisenhower endorsed the finding of a court-martial in the case of Eddie Slovik, who was tried for desertion, and authorized his execution, the first such sentence against a U.S. Army soldier since the Civil War, and the only man so punished during World War II.
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Yesterday I learned from a fellow activist at Southern Utah Wilderness Association (SUWA)
that the Senate approved a defense will that will designate 100,000 Acres as Wilderness.
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Yesterday, 125 cities across the nation held candlelight vigils to honor those who have died while homeless. In Utah there were 42 homeless people who died in 2005. Most suffered from chronic illnesses, according to the artilce, such as AIDS, diabetes, alcholosim, etc. Most causes of death were from complications of those illnesses and not exposure.
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Tagged budget, economy, politics, social programs, taxes, Utah
December 22
1943
A 135 day strike by 23 conscientious objectors (COs) ended dining hall segregation at Danbury Federal Penitentiary, Connecticut. The number of conscientious objectors had increased from 15 in early 1941 to 200 by the time of the strike.
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….my true love gave to me–FOUR dropped investors….
A 4th investor has withdrawn financial support from the Private Fuel Storage (PFS) initiative to store nuclear waste in Utah on the Goshute Reservation.
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It seems that’s what’s happened with our Utah senators.
Last week I wrote about Utah’s Represenatives voting for a $230 million tax cut.
Today’s Salt Lake Tribune has reported that our state senators are carefully examining the proposed tax cut, stating that they are listening to their consituents who are angry over such a cut.
It’s about time.
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December 21
The precise moment of the 2005 solstice will be December 21, 2005 at 1:35 P.M. EST (18:35 UT)
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Today’s Deseret News has published an article entitled Nuclear waste battle: a historic turn. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is opening the issue of nuclear waste storage on the Goshute Reservation by a private consortium, Private Fuel Storage (PFS), by having public comment on how PFS would protect recognized historic places. This is another step in the process of issuing the license to PFS.
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Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 