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A telling phenomenon. Notice the oxymoron: Hatch purports to support humanitarian efforts like elder abuse prevention and the hunger problem in America, yet defends the oil industry’s profit making ventures and opposes taxing those profits.

Hatch pitches bill to address elder abuse
Hatch resolution aims at feeding the hungry
Hatch blows his stack over the proposed tax on big oil

An ethics group has revoked an award previously bestowed on Orrin:

Ethics group revokes Hatch award

There is a poll on Salt Lake City’s Channel 2 website called How hot is Orrin Hatch? Cast your vote & let us know how you rank his “hotness.”

(Orrin Hatch is one of two Utah U.S. Senators)

The choices are:
“Sizzling Hot”
“So-So Hot”
“Not so Hot”

Now, I’m not exactly sure how to take this and what the definition of “hot” is. Since I teach adolescents, the current lingo for describing someone you really like is “hot”. (e.g., “He is so hot!”, accompanied with giggles.). So there’s that definition.

Then there is “hot” as in someone who is really in tune with things and knows what they are doing, listens to the people and votes accordingly (in politics). I don’t think that applies here.

Then there is “hot” as in temperature. Does Orrin have a fever? Maybe. Yesterday he drove by us at our weekly peacevigil (now in its fourth year) on the corner across from the Federal Building in Salt Lake City. He was being driven in a fancy black car. He had on heavy make up. Weird.

(I wonder if he read my sign that said “Cindy Sheehan Inspires Moms!” or the other signs that said things like “Bush lied, thousands died” and “Bring our troops home Now!”?)

Anyway……
The results when I last checked the poll were:
“Sizzling Hot” – 11%
“So-So Hot” – 5%
“Not so Hot” – 84%

Hmm.

I have not taken the poll because of my confusion over the definition of “hot”. I certainly don’t want to think that I might be voting that Orrin is a “hottie”!

As my students would say “Oooooooo…….that’s gross!”