Utah Governor vetoes abstinence-only sex ed bill

Governor Herbert of Utah vetoed HB363, a bill that would have implemented abstinence-only sex education. "I am unwilling to conclude that the State knows better than Utah's parents as to what is best for their children."      -- Gov. Herbert

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Outraged By Cuts, Superintendent Asks Gov. Snyder To Convert Schools Into Prisons To Get More Funding | ThinkProgress

Whenever education funding is cut, it just saddens me. It seems like the first thing to go when times get tough.

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Move to dilute GRAMA stirred up hornets' nest

HB477 was passed to amend the existing GRAMA (Government records access and management law) to all but exempt legislators from such requests. Needless to say, this did not sit well with the populace.

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Utah Lawmaker Christensen drops bills criticized as anti-gay

While Utah has a bad rep for this kind of thing, there are plenty of us here that know Utah has a huge gay population, both in and out of the closet. I'm sure the letter writing campaign that I, and my friends, took part in also helped.

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Rush Limbaugh rushes to altar with fourth bride

Not so, reports The Palm Beach Post . Limbaugh, 59, wed Kathryn Rogers, 33, in a Hawaii-themed ceremony at his beachfront compound in Palm Beach yesterday. Hawaiian, eh? That's rich.

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No Hispanics Allowed

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James O'Keefe, Accomplices Plead Guilty In Landrieu Break-In

A misdemeanor? Well, I guess it's better than nothing.

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Proud Of Being Ignorant

That the party of unadulterated quackery also believes that Birth Of A Nation is more true to the Civil War than Battle Cry Of Freedom, is to be expected. Ignorance does not respect boundaries. It is, at times, qualified and those who know more, often struggle to say more.

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GOP Senator: Health Care Law Will Permit Sex Offenders to Get Viagra

So - the point is..sex offenders getting drugs for ED is somehow worse if paid for by tax dollars versus the plans we currently pay for, and therefore subsidize ourselves.

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Rape of Liberty

This cartoon is pretty disgusting, IMO. However, I believe in the right to free speech, which tends to include the ugly things, too. The cartoon is bothersome enough, but the creator's explanation and the proceeding comments tell the real tale.

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Utah County parents protest schools' promotion of 'democracy'

Some Utah County parents are calling on the Alpine School District to stop spreading "false educational ideas." First and foremost, the parents say, the district needs to clamp down on its use of the D-word: "democracy."

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Texas Town Cross Over Play's 'Gay' Christ

The headline was almost too much...I laughed out loud

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Republicans Ready Strategy to Scuttle Health Bill, as Democrats Push Forward

From the article: House and Senate Republican leaders were preparing for battle, huddling in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill to figure out ways to stop the bill in its tracks, even as it appeared to gain momentum.

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Grayson asking for signatures on HR 4789

Join Congressman Alan Grayson in calling for a vote on the Medicare buy-in.

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Karl Rove's shares his thoughts on Israel

ROVE: We saw it in Honduras. Where rather than monitoring the situation, they [the Obama administration] let a cowboy president try to act in an extra-constitutional way to violate a fundamental principle in the Constitution, all without having done their homework in advance.

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Virginia AG outlines Obama eligibility test

Ah, I love WND - always good for a laugh.

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New Jersey Court OKs Tea Party Group's Petition to Oust Senator

So...there's nothing about recalling Federal congressmen in the Constitution. I've heard about "Health care isn't in the Constitution!!" from this "party" - so why are they trying to do something that isn't specifically spelled out in the Constitution?

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White House Challenges Republicans to Use Health Care for 2010 Election

So, basically, a majority in Congress is okay as long as it is Republican. If it is a Democratic majority, then it is communism/facism/nazism/marxism/maoism.

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Senate Republicans Stall Obama 's Ambassador Pick Over Cuba Concerns

I really don't know what they're concerned about....Cuba is good enough for us to use as a prison for terrorists.

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Georgia Considers Outlawing Abortions Based on Race, Gender

From the article: If the bill passes, providers cannot solicit, perform or accept funding for abortions they know are prompted by the baby's race or gender. Providers who are found guilty each would face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000.

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Expert: Reagan Gets the Shaft in Textbooks

What I got from this was... If a book doesn't hold former President Reagan up as the "savior" of Western Civilization, then it MUST be liberal, and therefore not worth reading.

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Lawmakers want 'state' back in liquor store signs

Because, clearly, we don't have more pressing issues in our state. No, no, the fact that school budgets are being slashed take a back seat to the fact that STATE is not in some liquor store signs. The legislature has gone insane this session.

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Utah lawmakers end personal use of campaign cash

A vast improvement. This spawned out of a recent event that involved a UT Congressman being charged with a DUI after leaving a club with a lobbyist.

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