Minimum Wage – 4th of July Family Fun

by | Jun 30, 2006 | Uncategorized

So, you’re going to spend a little time with the Family this 4th of July?Like most Democrats in Utah, Family get-togethers are a great time for family members to gather in a circle, around you, and beat you to insensibility with their Sean Hannity talking...

SAVE THE FLAG!

by | Jun 27, 2006 | Uncategorized

From the Washington Post article:The Citizens Flag Alliance, a group pushing for the Senate this week to pass a flag-burning amendment to the Constitution, just reported an alarming, 33 percent increase in the number of flag-desecration incidents this year.The number...

Limbaugh detained at Palm Beach airport

by | Jun 26, 2006 | Uncategorized

***DEVELOPINGRush Limbaugh detained at a Florida airport.Word is he had a bottle of drugs that were not his, and that this may be a violation of his parole.***UPDATE From Yahoo News via the AP WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Rush Limbaugh was detained for more than...

Valuing work means more than giving it lip service

by | Jun 22, 2006 | Uncategorized

Yesterday on a nearly 52 to 46 nearly party line vote the Senate came up eight short of the 60 needed to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour over the next two years. As always, Republicans argue giving America’s working poor would be a “job...