I’ve been seeing gigantic billboards for Orrin Hatch’s U.S. Senate Campaign. They are pretty sickening. They have adjectives supposedly describing him, along with the phonetic spellings and dictionary definitions. Well, I’ve come up with some of my own for Orrin that I think should replace the billboard spectacles:
Carnival of the Green #49 is being hosted by Total Tactics.
There is interesting reading on topics from oil production to wind useage for power to what to do with your trash.
Stephanie Miller Outfoxes FOX News
Miller faces Hannity and Colmes in a showdown on coverage of Cindy Sheehan. Miller does quite well for herself in face of the opposition.
Is it really a suprise?
Saddam’s verdictwill be announced two days before the November 7, 2006 elections.
Oh brother.
A verdict against Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants charged with crimes against humanity in connection with an anti-Shiite crackdown in the 1980s will be announced Nov. 5, a senior court official said on Monday.
Sentences for those found guilty will be issued the same day, chief investigating judge Raid Juhi told The Associated Press.
Of course this will be the headlines at this time. And it will influence votes, you can bet. Watch and see.
Last week I posted a piece on the fact that the U.S. population was expected to hit the 300 million mark any day. Well it has. And Utah has contributed to that growth.
The United States hit the population milestone at about 5:46 this morning, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. The nation’s population clock, online at http://www.census.gov, was at 299,995,920 at 5 p.m. Monday.
“It’s something worth celebrating,” said Dan Griswold, director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. “We’re a unique nation. We have a large population and a high standard of living. That magnifies our influence.”
As if our “influence” needed any more magnifying.
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Sunday’s Deseret News had two articles on third parties:
A look at some of the third-party candidates
and
Utah’s third parties hope to be first choice: More than a quarter of candidates are not Republicans or Democrats
The first article was pretty short, so I’ll repost it here. Julina Hatch, candidate for U.S. Senate on the Desert Greens ticket, is featured in both articles:
Here is a glimpse into the background of a few the third-party candidates interviewed by the Deseret Morning News:
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Today I received my sample ballot (Salt Lake County) in the mail, as per Utah Law (all candidates must receive a sample ballot in the mail). In the photos below, you can see Desert Greens Candidates listed as follows:
Chuck Tripp, Salt Lake County Council At-Large
Deanna Taylor, Salt Lake County Council, District #5
Tom King, State House, District #43
Julian Hatch, U.S. Senate
Kathy Dopp is also running in Summit County for Summit County Clerk.
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It was nice to get away and enjoy nature. Here are photos of our trip to the San Rafael Swell and Goblin Valley.
When I got on to my blog this morning I noticed all my customized features were gone. I”m not sure what is going on but I hope it is repaired soon.
I will not be blogging for the next several days. Taking a much needed break away from civilization.
The population of the U.S. will reach 300 million this week. Here are some astonishing facts:
Supersize nation: How America is eating the world
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 