Jennie Christensen:
During their last session state lawmakers voted to take back federal lands that they feel actually belong to the state of Utah. On KVNU's For the People program Tuesday, Governor Gary Herbert confirmed that this was not just a so-called "message bill."
Herbert was asked what guarantee there would be that the state would not sell off some of these lands to the highest bidders for a one-time "chunk of change." Herbert said right now there is the same worry that the federal government could do whatever they wanted to do...." (Read more? Click title)
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Monday, April 16, 2012
SandBox Utah Utah Pulse "Governor’s Office of Economic Development Expands Global Reach at Expomin"
Utah Pulse:
"Several Utah contracting, engineering and mining business leaders have gone south for the winter. But this was not a vacation. The Utah business and trade delegation joined Miguel Rovira, the regional director for the Americas at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development’s (GOED) International Trade and Diplomacy Office (ITDO) and over 60,000 global participants in Santiago, Chile, for Latin America’s largest and most important mining trade show, Expomin.
Expomin lured over 1,200 exhibitors from 30 countries. More than a dozen Utah companies touched down in Santiago for Expomin, many of which met privately with other global companies in addition to their presence on the floor of the trade show....." (Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"Several Utah contracting, engineering and mining business leaders have gone south for the winter. But this was not a vacation. The Utah business and trade delegation joined Miguel Rovira, the regional director for the Americas at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development’s (GOED) International Trade and Diplomacy Office (ITDO) and over 60,000 global participants in Santiago, Chile, for Latin America’s largest and most important mining trade show, Expomin.
Expomin lured over 1,200 exhibitors from 30 countries. More than a dozen Utah companies touched down in Santiago for Expomin, many of which met privately with other global companies in addition to their presence on the floor of the trade show....." (Click title)
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SandBox Utah "Street art festival covers walking paths in color"
All Photo Credit: Kayenta Street Painting Festival
Alex Cabrero:
"IVINS -- Tigers, astronauts and even Tom Petty covered the normally black pavement of the Kayenta Community this weekend.
The colorful drawings, drawn right onto the walking paths using chalks, were part of the Kayenta Street Painting Festival in Ivins. Described as a "performance art event," it hosted dozens of artists, students and professional street painters who competed against each other. Businesses sponsored the artists' spaces, and viewers were able to get up close to the pictures. Artists said it was nice to know art, particularly theirs, was appreciated in all its forms..." (Read more? Click title)
Alex Cabrero:
"IVINS -- Tigers, astronauts and even Tom Petty covered the normally black pavement of the Kayenta Community this weekend.
The colorful drawings, drawn right onto the walking paths using chalks, were part of the Kayenta Street Painting Festival in Ivins. Described as a "performance art event," it hosted dozens of artists, students and professional street painters who competed against each other. Businesses sponsored the artists' spaces, and viewers were able to get up close to the pictures. Artists said it was nice to know art, particularly theirs, was appreciated in all its forms..." (Read more? Click title)
Sunday, April 15, 2012
SandBox Utah: Red State "BREAKING: David Axelrod Endorses Mitt Romney for President "
Erick Erickson:
"Breaking news with a hat tip to Kevin Eder for highlighting it for me:
David Axelrod, Chief Strategist for President Barack Obama, endorsed Mitt Romney for President on Fox News Sunday this morning. He told Chris Wallace, “The choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead and their kids a chance to get ahead and an economy that continues down the road we’re on.”
That is precisely right and precisely what Mitt Romney’s campaign has been telling people. Good to see David Axelrod agrees.
I couldn’t have said it better myself:
"Breaking news with a hat tip to Kevin Eder for highlighting it for me:
David Axelrod, Chief Strategist for President Barack Obama, endorsed Mitt Romney for President on Fox News Sunday this morning. He told Chris Wallace, “The choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead and their kids a chance to get ahead and an economy that continues down the road we’re on.”
That is precisely right and precisely what Mitt Romney’s campaign has been telling people. Good to see David Axelrod agrees.
I couldn’t have said it better myself:
SandBox Utah: Rasmussen Reports "What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls "
"The game is on: Mitt Romney is now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee following Rick Santorum’s decision Tuesday to put his campaign on hold.
Romney has been at center stage during the GOP primary process. Now, Scott Rasmussen explains in his latest syndicated column, President Obama “becomes the defining figure of the general election campaign.
Now it's about Obama, not Romney, as the election becomes primarily a referendum on his first term in office.”
The two men have been running neck-and-neck for weeks in our daily presidential tracking poll, and it’ll be interesting to see if the numbers change in any way now that the Republican contest is essentially at an end.
Rasmussen Reports will continue releasing daily Obama-Romney matchup findings every morning at 9:30 Eastern from now until Election Day...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
Romney has been at center stage during the GOP primary process. Now, Scott Rasmussen explains in his latest syndicated column, President Obama “becomes the defining figure of the general election campaign.
Now it's about Obama, not Romney, as the election becomes primarily a referendum on his first term in office.”
The two men have been running neck-and-neck for weeks in our daily presidential tracking poll, and it’ll be interesting to see if the numbers change in any way now that the Republican contest is essentially at an end.
Rasmussen Reports will continue releasing daily Obama-Romney matchup findings every morning at 9:30 Eastern from now until Election Day...." (Read more? Click title)
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SandBox Utah: Intellectual Conservative "Mitt and Mormonism"
(See related post here and related Town Hall story here)
Jack Kerwick:
"On Wednesday April 4, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell remarked that while Judaism and Christianity are thousands of years in the making, Mormonism, in stark contrast, is a mere 182 years old. Mormonism was “created” in 1830 “by a guy in upstate New York” who got “caught having sex” with his “maid” and then “explained to his wife that God told him do it.” Alluding to Mormonism’s historically polygamous character, O’Donnell made sure to mention that Joseph Smith—the man who “invented” Mormonism—eventually went on to accumulate 48 wives.
Jack Kerwick:
"On Wednesday April 4, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell remarked that while Judaism and Christianity are thousands of years in the making, Mormonism, in stark contrast, is a mere 182 years old. Mormonism was “created” in 1830 “by a guy in upstate New York” who got “caught having sex” with his “maid” and then “explained to his wife that God told him do it.” Alluding to Mormonism’s historically polygamous character, O’Donnell made sure to mention that Joseph Smith—the man who “invented” Mormonism—eventually went on to accumulate 48 wives.
This isn’t the first time that O’Donnell has sought to discredit Mitt Romney by assailing the former Massachusetts governor’s faith. In 2007, he charged Mormonism with being a “racist faith.” O’Donnell states: “As of 1978 it was an officially racist faith, and for political convenience in 1978, it switched.”
Those Republicans who suspect that President Obama and his legions of supporters in the media are going to attack Romney by attacking his faith are correct. Yet it is crucial that they know exactly why this will be their strategy of choice.
For whatever reasons (we needn’t get into them here), Republicans and establishment “conservatives” refuse—adamantly, steadfastly, refuse—to acknowledge two facts about their rivals. First, they refuse to concede how Democratic leftists think. Second, they refuse to recognize that unless they make this first concession, they will lose.
If Romney, the GOP nominee, wasn’t a Mormon, Democrats wouldn’t dream of making this campaign about religion. Republicans must grasp this. They must reckon with the truth that Mormonism, from the leftist’s perspective, is more vulnerable a target than any and every other belief system save for, say, Neo-Nazism...." (Read more? Click title)
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SandBox Utah: Deseret News "Campaigns to focus on 16 states in the race to 270"
Now that Mitt Romney has the majority of conservatives in a less than lukewarm bliss over his presumptive nomination...it's time to focus on the barn burners that all senate and congressional races are sure to be.
So many open seats on both sides of the aisle with a heavy sprinkle of key power points open for the taking; there is a great deal the average voter needs to get up to informed status on.
Instead of flipping on the TV every night, take an evening or two during the week, hop online and see what folks are just sayin all over the country. I think you would be surprised at how much we all have in common out here.
Thomas Beaumont:
"President Barack Obama begins his re-election campaign defending traditionally Republican territory that he carried when he won the White House four years ago. Republican Mitt Romney is looking to reclaim any combination of these GOP strongholds now in flux.
In the months leading to the Nov. 6 election, both men will talk about how they will galvanize the nation. But in reality, they will lavish travel, advertising and staff on only a dozen states, and even fewer as the vote nears.
The political spotlight will shine brightly again on Florida, and the Upper Midwest, especially Ohio. But changes in the nation's demographics will mean heavy attention paid to the Mid-Atlantic and Southwest...."
(Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
So many open seats on both sides of the aisle with a heavy sprinkle of key power points open for the taking; there is a great deal the average voter needs to get up to informed status on.
Instead of flipping on the TV every night, take an evening or two during the week, hop online and see what folks are just sayin all over the country. I think you would be surprised at how much we all have in common out here.
Thomas Beaumont:
"President Barack Obama begins his re-election campaign defending traditionally Republican territory that he carried when he won the White House four years ago. Republican Mitt Romney is looking to reclaim any combination of these GOP strongholds now in flux.
In the months leading to the Nov. 6 election, both men will talk about how they will galvanize the nation. But in reality, they will lavish travel, advertising and staff on only a dozen states, and even fewer as the vote nears.
The political spotlight will shine brightly again on Florida, and the Upper Midwest, especially Ohio. But changes in the nation's demographics will mean heavy attention paid to the Mid-Atlantic and Southwest...."
(Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
SandBox Utah: Davis Clipper "Hatch and the offensive scale"
Bryan Gray:
"It’s easy to offend people. As local author Terry Tempest Williams said, “Every time you pick up your pencil, you betray someone.”
And it is even easier to ruffle feathers as a politician. Humorist Jimmy Fallon noted last week, “Mitt Romney went three for three by winning primaries in Maryland, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C. Not to be outdone, Rick Santorum went three for three by offending women, atheists, and Latinos.”
Orrin Hatch’s re-election bid can be seen similarly. In office since Methuselah was a tyke, Hatch has had a long period and thousands of speeches in which to offend someone.
This year his main opponent is Bountiful business owner, Dan Liljenquist, unknown to most of the state. That’s an advantage for Liljenquist since we cannot be offended by someone we’ve never heard of.
Forget all the campaign talk about experience and super PACs and Liljenquist’s work on state benefit issues. The key to this election, according to an extensive Cyclops poll, is the “Offensive Scale.”...."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"It’s easy to offend people. As local author Terry Tempest Williams said, “Every time you pick up your pencil, you betray someone.”
And it is even easier to ruffle feathers as a politician. Humorist Jimmy Fallon noted last week, “Mitt Romney went three for three by winning primaries in Maryland, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C. Not to be outdone, Rick Santorum went three for three by offending women, atheists, and Latinos.”
Orrin Hatch’s re-election bid can be seen similarly. In office since Methuselah was a tyke, Hatch has had a long period and thousands of speeches in which to offend someone.
This year his main opponent is Bountiful business owner, Dan Liljenquist, unknown to most of the state. That’s an advantage for Liljenquist since we cannot be offended by someone we’ve never heard of.
Forget all the campaign talk about experience and super PACs and Liljenquist’s work on state benefit issues. The key to this election, according to an extensive Cyclops poll, is the “Offensive Scale.”...."
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SandBox Utah: Utah Pulse "Jeff Thredgold's Tea Leaf - '8.2%…or 11.3%?'"
The real unemployment rate is definitely 11.3%. Higher when you factor in all those underemployed and/or unable to qualify for benefits any longer. Wouldn't it be nice to have mainstream media report the factual numbers? Sort of puts us all 'between a Barack and a hard place' when they do not.
Jeff Thredgold:
"March employment gains were less than expected, less than exciting, less than worth writing home about and will again pose the question of whether U.S. job creation is about to slow as summer months approach. Such a pattern occurred during the past two years.
The American economy added 120,000 net new jobs during March, sharply below the consensus view of 205,000 net new jobs. The gain was the smallest in five months and was less than half the average gain of the three prior months. In addition, previously reported job gains during January and February were revised higher by only 4,000 jobs, breaking a pattern of sizable upward revisions to prior data that had largely been in place for some time....." (Read more? Click title)
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Jeff Thredgold:
"March employment gains were less than expected, less than exciting, less than worth writing home about and will again pose the question of whether U.S. job creation is about to slow as summer months approach. Such a pattern occurred during the past two years.
The American economy added 120,000 net new jobs during March, sharply below the consensus view of 205,000 net new jobs. The gain was the smallest in five months and was less than half the average gain of the three prior months. In addition, previously reported job gains during January and February were revised higher by only 4,000 jobs, breaking a pattern of sizable upward revisions to prior data that had largely been in place for some time....." (Read more? Click title)
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SandBox Utah: Deseret News "Results from Salt Lake, Utah county conventions"
via Deseret News:
"Results of delegate voting from county political conventions Saturday in Salt Lake and Utah counties:
"Results of delegate voting from county political conventions Saturday in Salt Lake and Utah counties:
In most cases, tallies are for the final round of voting, after all but two candidates were eliminated in a first or other earlier round. A candidate receiving 60 percent or more in delegate voting bypasses a primary election and will be on the ballot in November.
In some Salt Lake County GOP races, nominees are listed but vote tallies were not available late Saturday...." (Read more? Click title)
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In some Salt Lake County GOP races, nominees are listed but vote tallies were not available late Saturday...." (Read more? Click title)
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SandBox Utah: Salt Lake Tribune "Crockett, Winder advance to GOP primary in mayor’s race "
What is Utah's SandBox Commentators?
An experiment is the full answer. In the upper corner of the left sidebar, click on the country road photo icon and jump over to our home hub. 'Colorado's SandBox Commentators'.
Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010.
You should also read up on our 'Rules, Regs and Worth' which is found here. Overall, there is where you will find the fastest insight into what we're all about.
We're not just another news roundup blog. Tune in for a few months, preferably daily and if not then at least weekly and you will notice the patterns we see in Utah news, folks, information and events. We are a comfortable and open forum for avatars in commentary. Most of us Independent Conservatives, Republicans and Libertarians. Definite lean right. With that said, we have a healthy number of reasonable liberals who wear 'hearing aids' and do listen....who call us their 'home hub' as well. Makes for some lively conversational threads once in awhile and for sure, reveals 'social Darwinism' at its finest.
Forewarned that cops, military, lawyers, construction folks and the business minded follow us pretty closely. I think it's because they think in logical patterns (for the most part) and that they also gain insight into a lot of issues and such that their lines of work are oriented toward.
We are not going to come in here and insult Utahans intelligence by commenting like a bunch of know-it-alls. Quite a few of us blog regularly on national political blogs such as Red State. We also love our politics and surf mercilessly for good conversation on areas of interest.
As your moderator, I am trying to get away from the 'kid's' (commentators) that hang around all the SandBoxBlog family of blogs referring to me as 'Nanny'. Yes, it does fit in many ways, not the least of which is my zero tolerance level for bad behaviors going on in blog threads. You were raised better than that and minding your manners is 'anticipated'. I believe in you showing me that you can play nice in our SandBox and if you find yourself in a bit of a spot with me or your fellows; you can then show me how respectful you can be. Takes an awful lot to be tossed out of here for good.
Posting will happen daily, for the most part. Please email any great Utah news sources, blogs or Independent media that you want me to look over. If anyone knows of a phenomenal professional photographer that would like free advertising linked up to them for a daily Morning Photo (see Colorado's SandBox Commentators for examples) I appreciate the referral.
The daily posts follow a certain editorial flow. We start off with Human Interest stories, then go to local and state (sometimes regional and national) politics, environment and education and opinion. We then jump to law enforcement, military, justice and courts within the state and region. End up with a look at national and world politics. Sometimes welcoming guest bloggers.
Thanks for stopping by and we hope you'll jump in with some comments that help us get to know the folks over in Utah a bit better than we do now.
Mike Gorrell:
"Mark Crockett and Mike Winder left behind four fellow Republicans in the race for Salt Lake County mayor, but neither could muster enough support at Saturday’s GOP county convention to avoid a June 26 primary.
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
An experiment is the full answer. In the upper corner of the left sidebar, click on the country road photo icon and jump over to our home hub. 'Colorado's SandBox Commentators'.
Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010.
You should also read up on our 'Rules, Regs and Worth' which is found here. Overall, there is where you will find the fastest insight into what we're all about.
We're not just another news roundup blog. Tune in for a few months, preferably daily and if not then at least weekly and you will notice the patterns we see in Utah news, folks, information and events. We are a comfortable and open forum for avatars in commentary. Most of us Independent Conservatives, Republicans and Libertarians. Definite lean right. With that said, we have a healthy number of reasonable liberals who wear 'hearing aids' and do listen....who call us their 'home hub' as well. Makes for some lively conversational threads once in awhile and for sure, reveals 'social Darwinism' at its finest.
Forewarned that cops, military, lawyers, construction folks and the business minded follow us pretty closely. I think it's because they think in logical patterns (for the most part) and that they also gain insight into a lot of issues and such that their lines of work are oriented toward.
We are not going to come in here and insult Utahans intelligence by commenting like a bunch of know-it-alls. Quite a few of us blog regularly on national political blogs such as Red State. We also love our politics and surf mercilessly for good conversation on areas of interest.
As your moderator, I am trying to get away from the 'kid's' (commentators) that hang around all the SandBoxBlog family of blogs referring to me as 'Nanny'. Yes, it does fit in many ways, not the least of which is my zero tolerance level for bad behaviors going on in blog threads. You were raised better than that and minding your manners is 'anticipated'. I believe in you showing me that you can play nice in our SandBox and if you find yourself in a bit of a spot with me or your fellows; you can then show me how respectful you can be. Takes an awful lot to be tossed out of here for good.
Posting will happen daily, for the most part. Please email any great Utah news sources, blogs or Independent media that you want me to look over. If anyone knows of a phenomenal professional photographer that would like free advertising linked up to them for a daily Morning Photo (see Colorado's SandBox Commentators for examples) I appreciate the referral.
The daily posts follow a certain editorial flow. We start off with Human Interest stories, then go to local and state (sometimes regional and national) politics, environment and education and opinion. We then jump to law enforcement, military, justice and courts within the state and region. End up with a look at national and world politics. Sometimes welcoming guest bloggers.
Thanks for stopping by and we hope you'll jump in with some comments that help us get to know the folks over in Utah a bit better than we do now.
Mike Gorrell:
"Mark Crockett and Mike Winder left behind four fellow Republicans in the race for Salt Lake County mayor, but neither could muster enough support at Saturday’s GOP county convention to avoid a June 26 primary.
Crockett, a former county councilman and businessman, came close.....
......Winder, who overcame a rebuke from county Republican Party officials while being criticized extensively and sued for writing newspaper articles under the pseudonym Richard Burwash, intends to spread the message that he is the candidate of limited government and economic development.
"I have a track record," he said, citing his successes in running the state’s second most-populous city and a temperament that will allow him to work well with officials from cities in the county."
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SandBox Utah: KSL Utah "Utah iceberg hunter keeps ships safe near Titanic's grave"
Mike Anderson:
"CLEARFIELD — One hundred years has passed since the Titanic disaster, and a Utah man is helping make sure no other ship suffers that same fate. He's a part of a unique branch of the Coast Guard that tracks icebergs.
Members of the Coast Guard Ice Patrol have been braving the cold to mark and track icebergs in the Northern Atlantic Ocean since 1913. They say they've had a flawless track record.
Clearfield native Clifton Hendry, a marine technician and member of the Coast Guard Ice Patrol, spends his days flying over Newfoundland, tracking the icebergs...."
"CLEARFIELD — One hundred years has passed since the Titanic disaster, and a Utah man is helping make sure no other ship suffers that same fate. He's a part of a unique branch of the Coast Guard that tracks icebergs.
Members of the Coast Guard Ice Patrol have been braving the cold to mark and track icebergs in the Northern Atlantic Ocean since 1913. They say they've had a flawless track record.
Clearfield native Clifton Hendry, a marine technician and member of the Coast Guard Ice Patrol, spends his days flying over Newfoundland, tracking the icebergs...."
SandBox Utah: St. George News "FLYING HIGH AT 13TH ANNUAL KITE FESTIVAL"
"The Dixie Escalante Electric Kite Festival will be flying through St. George April 21.
The Kite Festival is a tradition for the community, and this is the 13th year of amazing kites and children being awarded for their reading.
The Dixie Escalante Electric Company is the primary sponsor of the event, and festival manager Stella Iverson said the festival is a great community event for children and adults alike.
“It is a fun event to start up spring,” Iverson said. “The icing on the cake [is] we donate back to the Washington County School District’s literacy program.”
Each year, the Dixie Escalante Electric Company prints 15,000 reading charts for students and takes them to schools in the community. Students fill out these charts when they read, and qualifying students who read enough earn a kite or a book for their efforts. Iverson said this is her favorite part of the festival.
“My favorite part is kids coming with reading charts in hand,” she said. “Three months of hard work and the kids are excited to get their reward.” (Read more? Click title)
All credit: St. George News
The Kite Festival is a tradition for the community, and this is the 13th year of amazing kites and children being awarded for their reading.
The Dixie Escalante Electric Company is the primary sponsor of the event, and festival manager Stella Iverson said the festival is a great community event for children and adults alike.
“It is a fun event to start up spring,” Iverson said. “The icing on the cake [is] we donate back to the Washington County School District’s literacy program.”
Each year, the Dixie Escalante Electric Company prints 15,000 reading charts for students and takes them to schools in the community. Students fill out these charts when they read, and qualifying students who read enough earn a kite or a book for their efforts. Iverson said this is her favorite part of the festival.
“My favorite part is kids coming with reading charts in hand,” she said. “Three months of hard work and the kids are excited to get their reward.” (Read more? Click title)
All credit: St. George News
Saturday, April 14, 2012
SandBox Utah: ABC 4 "Brent Hunsaker - What will an attack on Romney's Mormonism sound like?"
Brent Hunsaker:
" I have been beating this drum for a while. I know. Perhaps I should move on. But despite what the Obama campaign says, I continue to believe that Mitt Romney's Mormon faith will be savaged in the months ahead.
Wow, did I just agree with Orrin Hatch? Sort of. I do not believe the attacks will come directly from the President. Instead, they will be left to the likes of MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell.
These are comments O'Donnell made in a radio interview done the last time Romney ran for president. To read the entire interview, click here....." (Read the rest of what Hunsaker has to say? Click title)
"Tracking stories and patterns in the news others make since 2010"
" I have been beating this drum for a while. I know. Perhaps I should move on. But despite what the Obama campaign says, I continue to believe that Mitt Romney's Mormon faith will be savaged in the months ahead.
Wow, did I just agree with Orrin Hatch? Sort of. I do not believe the attacks will come directly from the President. Instead, they will be left to the likes of MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell.
These are comments O'Donnell made in a radio interview done the last time Romney ran for president. To read the entire interview, click here....." (Read the rest of what Hunsaker has to say? Click title)
"Tracking stories and patterns in the news others make since 2010"
SandBox Utah: Salt Lake Tribune "Romney tells NRA that Obama wants to curtail gun owners’ rights "
Charles Babington:
"St. Louis • The presidential campaign briefly veered from the emotional Mommy Wars on Friday to the back-burner issue of gun rights, with Mitt Romney telling the National Rifle Association that President Barack Obama is not protecting gun owners — even though the topic has rarely arisen during his time in office.
"Tracking stories and patterns in the news others make since 2010"
"St. Louis • The presidential campaign briefly veered from the emotional Mommy Wars on Friday to the back-burner issue of gun rights, with Mitt Romney telling the National Rifle Association that President Barack Obama is not protecting gun owners — even though the topic has rarely arisen during his time in office.
Without offering details, Romney said that Obama would like to erode gun owners’ rights..."
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SandBox Utah Town Hall "The Book of Santorum"
Bill O'Reilly:
"Mitt Romney would be wise to take a good hard look at what Rick Santorum did right and what he did wrong during his campaign. In his quest to unseat President Obama, Romney will face some of the same challenges Santorum faced.
Back in the summer of 2011, nobody thought Santorum had a shot at the Republican nomination.
Nationally, he was polling at about 3 percent. But through sheer hard work and persistence, he won the Iowa caucus and was catapulted into the big time.
There are many lessons to be learned from Santorum's political journey, beginning with having a dream and fighting like hell to make it happen. The senator did that, and it makes him a noble figure to those of us who admire achievement.
But Santorum also made some vivid mistakes in underestimating the secular culture and the intent of the media. And this is where the Romney tutorial begins.
The national press is generally biased toward the left and has the long knives out for anyone spouting spiritual beliefs. Once Santorum began answering questions about his theology, it began to damage his political message. And when he criticized John F. Kennedy on the separation of church and state issue, the media went wild. You don't mess with JFK...." (Read more? Click title)
"Tracking stories and patterns in the news others make since 2010"
"Mitt Romney would be wise to take a good hard look at what Rick Santorum did right and what he did wrong during his campaign. In his quest to unseat President Obama, Romney will face some of the same challenges Santorum faced.
Back in the summer of 2011, nobody thought Santorum had a shot at the Republican nomination.
Nationally, he was polling at about 3 percent. But through sheer hard work and persistence, he won the Iowa caucus and was catapulted into the big time.
There are many lessons to be learned from Santorum's political journey, beginning with having a dream and fighting like hell to make it happen. The senator did that, and it makes him a noble figure to those of us who admire achievement.
But Santorum also made some vivid mistakes in underestimating the secular culture and the intent of the media. And this is where the Romney tutorial begins.
The national press is generally biased toward the left and has the long knives out for anyone spouting spiritual beliefs. Once Santorum began answering questions about his theology, it began to damage his political message. And when he criticized John F. Kennedy on the separation of church and state issue, the media went wild. You don't mess with JFK...." (Read more? Click title)
"Tracking stories and patterns in the news others make since 2010"
SandBox Utah: Deseret News "Decision 2012: Utah political races, candidate and delegate information, coverage"
Deseret News"
"Candidates from political parties running in major races will be nominated in the coming days, as some 4,000 Republican delegates and 2,700 Democratic delegates will decide which candidates advance — and which, if any, will face a primary run-off election in June, the next opportunity for every Utah voter to participate.
While some county conventions have convened since last month, where delegates are narrowing the field of candidates running for county offices and most state House and Senate seats, Salt Lake and Utah Counties hold conventions Saturday, April 14. State delegates will attend their respective party's state conventions to choose candidates for federal and statewide offices like governor. Both the Democratic and Republican state conventions are scheduled for April 21...." (Read more? Click title)
"Tracking stories and patterns in the news others make since 2010"
"Candidates from political parties running in major races will be nominated in the coming days, as some 4,000 Republican delegates and 2,700 Democratic delegates will decide which candidates advance — and which, if any, will face a primary run-off election in June, the next opportunity for every Utah voter to participate.
While some county conventions have convened since last month, where delegates are narrowing the field of candidates running for county offices and most state House and Senate seats, Salt Lake and Utah Counties hold conventions Saturday, April 14. State delegates will attend their respective party's state conventions to choose candidates for federal and statewide offices like governor. Both the Democratic and Republican state conventions are scheduled for April 21...." (Read more? Click title)
"Tracking stories and patterns in the news others make since 2010"
SandBox Utah: Salt Lake Tribune "Utah POWs from three wars recognized for their sacrifices "
Kristen Moulton:
"Every year, there are fewer prisoners of war to honor, but nearly two dozen gathered with their families Friday to remember their own sacrifices and those of fellow soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen who did not come home.
"Tracking stories and patterns in the news others make since 2010"
"Every year, there are fewer prisoners of war to honor, but nearly two dozen gathered with their families Friday to remember their own sacrifices and those of fellow soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen who did not come home.
Utah is home to an estimated 50 former POWs, 80 percent of them from World War II...."
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SandBox Utah: Park Record "Police work explained to a civilian crowd"
Jay Hamburger:
"People who complete the Park City Police Department's Citizen Academy will not get an official police badge.
"Tracking stories and patterns in the news others make since 2010"
"People who complete the Park City Police Department's Citizen Academy will not get an official police badge.
But they will learn lots about how the Police Department operates.
The organizers of the Citizen Academy are readying for the program's fourth year. A few spots remained in the 15-person class by the end of the week. Applications are due by April 25.
The Citizen Academy, primarily instructed by members of the Police Department, provides a detailed look at police work that most citizens do not ordinarily experience.
"Everybody's got questions. How does a police department function and what is their function," Terry Knechtel, the officer who organizes the program, said...." (Read more? Click title)
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