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The First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has issued the following statement via Mormon Newsroom: Salt Lake City — The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued the following statement today: “We are profoundly saddened by the events this morning at a school in Connecticut. [...]  Read More →

From this morning’s edition of American Thinker: Hurricane damages and the national debt Lee DeCovnick The headline from philly.com boldly proclaimed, “Christie pegs New Jersey’s Sandy damage at $29.4 billion.”  The article went on to explain:  “Gov. Christie estimates that Sandy cost New Jersey $29.4 billion in damage and economic losses, from washed-out roadways and waterlogged homes to manning storm shelters. “This preliminary number is based on the best available data, field observations, and geographical mapping,” Christie said in a statement released Friday evening. “I will spare no effort and waste no time to rebuild and restore our tourism industry, our transportation and utilities infrastructure, and the lives of our citizens for the long term.” $29.4 billion is a supertanker load of money, especially when we consider the amount of damage Sandy caused in the space of just... Read the rest of this entry »

Let me say it one more time. My basic inclination is to maintain a positive outlook on life. I resist any and all attempts by others to paint me into the corner of “victimhood.” However, after the results of this last presidential election I feel like I was violated. I’ve never been mugged on Mean Street, USA, but this came awfully close when I imagine what it might feel like. I feel like my generation owes an apology to my children and grandchildren and generations of my progeny not yet born. Even though it will do little to change the outcome, I offer my apology for what it’s worth. I didn’t donate much money to anyone in this election cycle, but my preferences are well-known on these pages and easily discerned. My preferred candidate, Mitt Romney, lost, but America lost more. We will never know what might have been by walking past Romney, perhaps the best qualified candidate for president we will ever see in America. President Barack Obama The electorate,... Read the rest of this entry »

When I was a boy growing up on the newly paved streets of Rose Park, a post-World War II neighborhood in suburban Salt Lake City, the ice cream truck made its daily appearance. Like the Pied Piper, its tinny calliope music wafted through the backyards, and whatever we were doing at the moment came to a screeching halt as the Pavlovian response kicked in and we raced to the edge of the curb for whatever delights were being offered. Back in the day it wasn’t very expensive to buy ice cream – they practically gave it away. I witnessed many a young child kicking and screaming for his mother to give him or her a nickel to buy ice cream. The dissection of the 2012 presidential race has begun in earnest. Everyone you read this week is a lot smarter than they were last week. To the victor the spoils – President Obama and VP Biden I followed the prodigious conventional wisdom of Karl Rove, Scott Rasmussen, Michael Barone, Pat Caddell, and Dick Morris, even George Will,... Read the rest of this entry »

♫ Said I’d like to know where, you got the notion ♫ To rock the vote ♫ Yes rock the vote baby ♫ Rock the vote-e-e-e-e! ♫ Today is the last chance to get out there and rock the vote, the Sistas did! Many paid the price to give Americans this right. If you don’t like any of the candidates write someone in, maybe Gladys Knight, she’s black, Mormon, & female. She comes with her own Presidential Cabinet; The Pips! Just get out there and exercise your right to vote because not all people are blessed with the opportunity to do so. We’re going to end this the same we started, in song! Take it away Brotha Alex Boye! Alex Boye: Calling America God Bless Everyone, Sista Beehive & Sista Laurel  Read More →

This might be Mitt’s best speech yet. . . If there’s any chance you’re still undecided, first, what’s wrong with your thought process? This is the future leader of the America we once knew and loved, not the pretender who sought to fundamentally transform America the way he has the last four years. Mitt Romney is the best hope America has to fix the soaring debt and deficits, rehabilitate the underlying accuarial assumptions in Medicare and Social Security, and introduce the fundamentals back into addressing our budget and fiscal decision making. There is no chance that four years of the same thing we’ve seen from the current administration is going to improve America. Four more years of THAT will sink America.  Read More →

As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons), I am free to vote my conscience. The Church goes to extreme lengths not to dictate to its members what their political choices should be. It might stem back to our early days as settlers in the slave state of Missouri. Governor Lilburn W. Boggs As abolitionists, the Mormons voting in a bloc represented a threat to the political status quo and our ancestors were driven from that state under an extermination signed by Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, essentially giving his citizens the green light to shoot Mormons on sight. Mormons have a special kinship with minority populations wherever we find them, which might help explain our affinity for the Jews and their plight in modern Israel today. The Jewish people will not find a more committed and devoted friend than President Mitt Romney. In more practical modern terms, I suppose the reason the Church doesn’t tell its members how to vote is that it just... Read the rest of this entry »

I love the Constitution. I awoke with an overwhelming sense of gratitude for it this morning. Imagine the foresight of our forefathers who made provision in our founding document for self-correcting our mistakes when we failed to elect the right leaders. The provision for self-improvement as a nation is something we prize – ELECTIONS! Now with just over a week to go until our next national election, the outcome seems all but certain. The key to winning national elections in recent years has been winning in the key swing states, and this morning Obama is in deep trouble. It now appears Obama’s campaign is abandoning significant ad buys in Florida, Virginia and North Carolina, all but conceding those states to Romney. Remember when his supporters were telling us those states were solid blue on his side of the slate? Romney vs. Obama, First Debate, October 3, 2012, Denver, CO Now, they’ve decided to move their diminishing “small ball” message to... Read the rest of this entry »

In a revelation to Joseph Smith, God says (in Doctrine and Covenants section 98:4-10):  And now, verily I say unto you concerning the laws of the land, it is my will that my people should observe to do all things whatsoever I command them.  And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all mankind, and is justifiable before me.  Therefore, I, the Lord, justify you, and your brethren of my church, in befriending that law which is the constitutional law of the land;  And as pertaining to law of man, whatsoever is more or less than this, cometh of evil.  I, the Lord God, make you free, therefore ye are free indeed; and the law also maketh you free.  Nevertheless, when the wicked rule the people mourn.  Wherefore, honest men and wise men should be sought for diligently, and good men and wise men ye should observe to uphold; otherwise whatsoever is less than these cometh of evil. From this revelation,... Read the rest of this entry »

This caught my eye this morning, “If I Wanted America To Fail.” It reminded me of the statement Abraham Lincoln once made: “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” The final victory is closer than it seems. Four more years of Barack Obama’s policies will just about seal that deal. We have been on the wrong track since the day Obama took office. We all hoped the changes he offered would be helpful to restoring America’s economy, our standing in the world (though that has always seemed elusive to me), a reduction in world hostility, halting the rise of the oceans and converting all energy sources into green jobs. It was all such a lofty and inspiring vision. Even I voiced support for him in the beginning, asking those who opposed him to chill out and give him a chance. We wanted to believe, we needed to believe. Four years later it’s all in ashes. The Obama... Read the rest of this entry »

Tonight at the Al Smith Dinner in New York, Mitt Romney was brutally funny and yet classy as usual. Here are his remarks: After watching that, don’t you wonder what we’ll discuss after November 6th?  Read More →

There is a video advertisement that is making its rounds on the Internet this week. It caught my eye this morning, and I think this one man, an immigrant entrepreneur, sums up the differences in the two paths we have before us as a country. He states the case brilliantly: I’ve done a lot of research, reading and observing since that November day in Grant Park in Chicago, when Barack Hussein Obama II ascended to the presidency. Like most Americans, I was caught up in the emotion of the moment – America’s first black president. What a great day for freedom-loving people. It said a lot that we could set aside our differences and come together after a national election and peacefully agree to take a new path toward Hope and Change. America was tired of war. The economy had tanked. Fear was everywhere. Would the $700 Billion TARP legislation just passed by both houses of Congress be enough to save the world from financial oblivion? We looked to our new national leadership.... Read the rest of this entry »