Comments on: Speaking Up in Coal Country http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/ Home of Heart, Mind and Really Big Issues Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:11:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: brucew http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3227 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:58:03 +0000 http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3227 From listening to talk radio around here it appears that "the true Utah perspective" on Larry Craig is to completely miss the point. Everything from "No Child Left Behind" to the Iraq War has been incompetently managed by the current Republican administration with disastrous results. So they have resorted to passing hate legislation against homosexuals in the hopes that it will distract the electorate. Doesn't it seem just a tad ironic that some of the most ardent proponents of the homophobic agenda are not only gay themselves but see no contradiction between their gay bashing agenda and chasing underage teenage boys around the capital and seeking gay sex in public restrooms? Edmund Burke once said, "Great Empires and little minds go ill together". Larry Craig needs to go home to Idaho, not because he is gay but because he is a small minded moral coward who is more interested in holding onto power than actually doing something constructive with power. At least that's my perspective. From listening to talk radio around here it appears that “the true Utah perspective” on Larry Craig is to completely miss the point.

Everything from “No Child Left Behind” to the Iraq War has been incompetently managed by the current Republican administration with disastrous results. So they have resorted to passing hate legislation against homosexuals in the hopes that it will distract the electorate.

Doesn’t it seem just a tad ironic that some of the most ardent proponents of the homophobic agenda are not only gay themselves but see no contradiction between their gay bashing agenda and chasing underage teenage boys around the capital and seeking gay sex in public restrooms?

Edmund Burke once said, “Great Empires and little minds go ill together”. Larry Craig needs to go home to Idaho, not because he is gay but because he is a small minded moral coward who is more interested in holding onto power than actually doing something constructive with power. At least that’s my perspective.

]]> by: lostinutah http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3226 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:25:34 +0000 http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3226 Yeah, I am lostinutah, but I'm really found in Idaho (I'm a native). Thoughts Holly? I can't stand Larry Craig, he's a weasel. Now, he's a caught weasel. Just wondering what the true Utah perspective is. Yeah, I am lostinutah, but I’m really found in Idaho (I’m a native). Thoughts Holly? I can’t stand Larry Craig, he’s a weasel. Now, he’s a caught weasel. Just wondering what the true Utah perspective is.

]]> by: twowheelfish http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3223 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:09:51 +0000 http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3223 Holly, not to change the subject but where is your ire at Larry Craig? And he is blaming the Idaho Statesman (of all papers!) for his troubles..... Holly, not to change the subject but where is your ire at Larry Craig? And he is blaming the Idaho Statesman (of all papers!) for his troubles…..

]]> by: Nic http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3212 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:59:24 +0000 http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3212 Murray and his $$$$ was once the darling of the repugs and now it looks like the rats are jumping ship. Even photo-op Hatch is no where in sight. Murray and his $$$$ was once the darling of the repugs and now it looks like the rats are jumping ship. Even photo-op Hatch is no where in sight.

]]> by: lostinutah http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3211 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:11:19 +0000 http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3211 brucew - heh heh. redtazz, I am glad to hear it. brucew - heh heh.

redtazz, I am glad to hear it.

]]> by: brucew http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3210 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:37:45 +0000 http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3210 Bob Murray's campaign to become Utah Businessman of the Year took another setback today. He just laid off three hundred miners at one of his other mines and made clear it was because of Governor Huntsman's complaints about how Murray had treated the families of the miners still buried in his death trap of a mine. He also complained about the Salt Lake Tribune's coverage of the mine disaster. Perhaps he should run for "Petty Tyrant of the Year". That's a race he can be competitive in. Bob Murray’s campaign to become Utah Businessman of the Year took another setback today. He just laid off three hundred miners at one of his other mines and made clear it was because of Governor Huntsman’s complaints about how Murray had treated the families of the miners still buried in his death trap of a mine. He also complained about the Salt Lake Tribune’s coverage of the mine disaster.

Perhaps he should run for “Petty Tyrant of the Year”. That’s a race he can be competitive in.

]]> by: redtazz http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3207 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:58:35 +0000 http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3207 Not all republicans and not all Mormons in Utah County - or any county for that matter - are like Bob Murray. Not all republicans and not all Mormons in Utah County - or any county for that matter - are like Bob Murray.

]]> by: lostinutah http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3204 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:15:58 +0000 http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3204 If you looked up "asshat" in the dictionary, there'd be a picture of Bob Murray. Sorry for the language, but if the shoe fits.... If you looked up “asshat” in the dictionary, there’d be a picture of Bob Murray.

Sorry for the language, but if the shoe fits….

]]> by: chardonnay http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3202 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:52:39 +0000 http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3202 The movie `October Sky` comes to mind after reading some of the press about the Utah tragedy. Kids in Coalwood W.Virginia desperate to escape the fate of coal mining..academics,football..anything to get away. This Bob Murray could have a future as a Utah repub. Redneck,rotund,a congenital liar who cares only for money and frames events for his own purposes...add some xenophobia and he would make a wonderful convert (in Orem anyway). The movie `October Sky` comes to mind after reading some of the press about the Utah tragedy. Kids in Coalwood W.Virginia desperate to escape the fate of coal mining..academics,football..anything to get away.

This Bob Murray could have a future as a Utah repub. Redneck,rotund,a congenital liar who cares only for money and frames events for his own purposes…add some xenophobia and he would make a wonderful convert (in Orem anyway).

]]> by: larryomiller http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3201 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:41:40 +0000 http://mullentown.com/speaking-up-in-coal-country/#comment-3201 I agree with brucew but want to add that six miners are buried in the mine and three rescuers are buried in cemeteries and countless hearts broken and lives changed forever. I agree with brucew but want to add that six miners are buried in the mine and three rescuers are buried in cemeteries and countless hearts broken and lives changed forever.

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