FISA Vote Tomorrow

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

One of my friends sent me the following email:
Tomorrow, our Senate will vote on H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which the House of Representatives recently approved. You can read Ron Paul’s observations about this bill here. Please urge Senators Hatch and Bennett to vote against it…
If our “limited government” Republican leadership […]

Utah Primaries Today - A Vote for Chaffetz

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

I had the opportunity to see the Cannon, Leavitt, and Chaffetz campaign speeches at both the Utah County and Utah State Republican Conventions.  When it became clear through successive rounds of voting at the state convention that David Leavitt wasn’t going to win and that even Cannon would probably lose outright to Chaffetz at convention, […]

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Yesterday, a leftist pig friend of mine asked what I’ve been doing lately besides right-wing blogging.  Rather than answer his question here (because I answered it elsewhere), I’ll return his jest and just ask: can’t we all just get along?
Here’s a letter from an organization my “leftest pig” friend no doubt admires.  It’s a letter […]

Party Differences in Taxation and Spending

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

I love this quote from Ron Paul’s most recent installment of his weekly column “Texas Straight Talk“.
While Democrats propose to tax and spend, many Republicans aim to borrow and spend, which hurts the taxpayer just as much in the long run.
Republicans who are concerned about increased taxation should be up in arms about the present […]

Voucher Supporters: Register Your Discontent

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

I’d like to encourage everyone who voted FOR referendum 1 to please go to the Parents For Choice in Education website and register as a supporter. If the voucher concept ever resurfaces to sees the light of day in Utah (and I think it will since we only needed to sway an additional 12% […]

Anti-Voucher Myths Debunked

Monday, November 5th, 2007

The following is a response to a comment made on an earlier blog post. I address it here partially because of it’s length, but mostly because I think it would be generally beneficial to lots of people who have doubts about Referendum 1.
@ Clint
Actually Referendum 1 will divert money away from public schools. The money […]

Best Pro-Voucher Ad Ever

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

It’s easy for normal folks to get lost in an issue with so much rhetoric.
That’s why I was thrilled to get this ad in the mail:

This ad makes it easy for people like my mother-in-law to feel safe in a Parents’ Choice vote, despite claims from voucher opponents that

The real “bureaucrats and liberals” are the […]

Utah School Voucher Amounts: Dissecting the FUD

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Opponents of Utah’s school voucher bill have ads that denounce the proposed voucher system as flawed because most of Utah’s low-income families would still not be able to afford attendance. But here’s a non-socialistic idea: why not let parents make their own financial decisions?
Even if this proposed voucher amounts weren’t enough at this very […]

TOMORROW: Cookies and Ice Cream FOR Utah’s Kids

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

For those of you who haven’t already read this on ConnectBlogs, my friend and fellow blogger Devin Thorpe is holding an event called
Cookies and Ice Cream FOR Utah’s Kids to discuss Utah’s Referendum 1. If you’re for school vouchers or are still on the fence and would like to learn more, please consider attending […]