Posted on Tuesday, 4th May 2010 by chrisjones

This is yet another of a Series of Short Takes, about the salient issues of the day.  This one is explicitly political, and even pointedly concerned with the GOP in Utah, something I almost never do, but because of my position in local politics, I felt I ought to.  Be offended if you like, but [...]

Tags: Mike Lee, Politics, Tim Bridgewater, Utah Senate
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Posted on Tuesday, 2nd June 2009 by chrisjones

Warning: Religion, Politics, and/or Money to follow. There’s a reason these are the three things you aren’t supposed to talk about, hence the heads-up. On Abortion: Specifically the murder of George Tiller, I condemn in the strongest possible manner the murder of this man. He should have been arrested and tried, and convicted and imprisoned [...]

Tags: Politics
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Posted on Wednesday, 10th December 2008 by chrisjones

What has happened to Illinois!?!?! How could this Blagojevich thing be happening? No true Chicago politician would EVER have been caught like this. It’s unthinkable that Mayor Daley could ever have been so obvious about taking bribes. Boy, the quality of our corruption has really declined recently.

Tags: Balgojevich, illinois, Mayor Daley, Politics
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Posted on Tuesday, 4th November 2008 by chrisjones

I mean, don’t vote if you don’t know what you’re voting for.  Don’t do it out of some misplaced sense of civic duty.  You don’t have to vote.  If you don’t know who’s running, and/or you don’t know anything about the ballot question, please, I beg you, don’t vote on that issue. People splutter at [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, 30th September 2008 by chrisjones

Okay, so everyone’s asking what I think of the bailout. Let me get this on the record: I don’t know. The fact is, nobody knows. That’s one really, really good reason to vote “no”. Most people are a lot like me; they don’t really know what the bailout contains, so they’re generally opposed to it [...]

Tags: free market, government, government bailout, Politics
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