I’m really upset because of the Supreme Court ruling on Gay Marriage.
No, no, no – I do agree with the ruling.
I just fully expected that Gayle Ruzicka’s head would explode from the news, and I just saw her on Ch 13 News, head still intact.
Damn.
I’m really upset because of the Supreme Court ruling on Gay Marriage.
No, no, no – I do agree with the ruling.
I just fully expected that Gayle Ruzicka’s head would explode from the news, and I just saw her on Ch 13 News, head still intact.
Damn.
From this 4Utah.com article:
Gayle Ruzicka:
“Marriage is sacred. It's between a man and a woman and anything other than that violates God’s law and it’s immoral,”
”‘activist judge.’”
“Marriage is a state issue. This is not a federal issue. So a federal judge does not have the right to tell Utah what we are going to do with our marriage laws,”
Blaming the guy who took over for Utah Attorney John Swallow when he resigned a couple weeks ago: “They should've been prepared with their stay, with their appeal ready to go so it could've been stopped immediately instead of waiting now over the weekend while they continue to perform these same sex marriages,”
“I think it'll be quite a battle this will continue and go all the way to the Supreme Court,”
And even my favorite local teabagger, Mia Love, weighed in:
“unacceptable”
“As a President Obama appointee, Judge Shelby used his position on the federal bench to override the will of Utah's voters..."
Yeah, you’re right. It’s not the Federal Courts’ job to decide if states are violating the U.S. Constitution. Their job is to, uh, hmmm, I guess I just don’t know what their job is.
And even if it was, don’t state laws outrank the U.S. Constitution? After all, 66% of the people of Utah voted for Amendment 3, shouldn’t that negate any Federal constitutional rights? Didn’t the Civil War make the definitive decision regarding States’ Rights?
I do agree with Gayle’s last comment. The Great State of Utah is always willing to squander tax money on windmill fights.
Over 2 decades ago, then Governor of Utah Norm Bangerter, in response to teacher’s complaints about low pay, huge classes and rock-bottom lowest per-pupil spending, responded with something like “They [teachers] just need to take a couple aspirins and go back to work.”
Our current Governor, Gary Herbert, now joins Normie in the Utah League of Dumbass Comments Regarding Education.
“A teacher could have gone to sleep 100 years ago, come back 100 years later and felt very comfortable in the classroom – because nothing has changed.” (Salt Lake Tribune, June 2013)
Nothing has changed? This comment proves without a doubt that our current Governor either a) is completely ignorant about what is going on in Utah schools, b) is intentionally lying in order to display education in a bad light, or c) both.
I think about education when I started teaching 20 years ago and know that if I had slept the last 15 years I would be flabbergasted being dumped in a classroom in 2013.
Would a teacher from 100 years ago:
And I’m sure teachers out there could think of at least 100 more examples of things that we have had to adapt to over even just the last couple of decades in order to do our best to keep up with a changing society.
No, Mr. Herbert, a teacher from 100 years could not do my job and if you’d get your ass off your high horse up there on the hill and come down and visit a few schools, you would be amazed at how different the job is from even when you were in the public school system.
One group and several legal analysts have predicted that within the next 5 years we will see same-sex marriage in all 50 states. I don’t know about that prediction, but I have one of my own.
If and when the U.S. Supreme Court forces Utah to recognize same-sex marriages, and that’s what it will take here, I predict we’ll see this:
And that will be a good thing.
Last legislative session a bill that would have made cockfighting a felony was struck down. One of the opposing legislators said he voted against it because he couldn’t see making cockfighting a felony as long as abortion is legal.
Sen. Gene Davis, (D-Salt Lake City), just pre-filed SB52, word-for-word the same as that bill that he introduced last year. The opposition has already come out with an asinine response.
“Roosters fighting each other, that comes naturally. Yes, it’s enhanced by people. I just don’t believe it deserves a felony.” was Sen. Allen Christensen’s, (R-North Ogden) excuse for opposing it this time.
At least he admitted the comparison with abortion was not the best idea. “I will still oppose it. I will be a little wiser in the comparison in the penalties for that and certain other things.”
But by far, the best argument came from some guy in Oklahoma that called Sen. Davis and told him “George Washington fought cocks, it’s part of our culture.” Yeah, so was slavery, treating women like property, only allowing male property owners to vote and dozens of other things we have (thankfully) realized needed to end.
I was only 12 when the Watergate break-in happened, 14 when President Richard Nixon resigned. I was disgusted, embarrassed and convinced he would go down in history as the worst American politician, ever.
40 years and our last president later, Nixon seems more pathetic than criminal. He was a victim of his own paranoia. He pretty much had the election locked up, with or without knowledge of the Democrat’s battle plan. And at least he had the common courtesy to resign so that a country torn apart by his misdeeds could start to heal.
Not so much with Utah Attorney General John Swallow. He is swimming in allegations of ethical violations, power brokering, bribery and strong-arming. There are several ongoing investigations into Swallow’s misdeeds, Federal and State. Whether true or not, these accusations are compromising the ability of his office to do it’s job.
Personally, I don’t trust the guy any further than I could throw him, and I’m convinced that, at best, he’s guilty of unethical political dealings. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was guilty of some criminal endeavors also, and I definitely believe he should resign. Even though I don’t know all the details and am in no way a political “insider”, I do know enough about Utah politics to see the writing on the wall.
WRITINGS ON THE WALL:
John Swallow’s response to all this?
"Why would you step down from a duly elected office when two-thirds of the people in Utah elected you because of your vision and your platform just because of allegations from questionable sources?”
"I’ve looked at the ethics statutes … and don’t see anything I’ve done that gets close to the line."
"I don’t like sweaters,"
Swallow said he asked for a federal investigation into the allegations against him, even though it’s "like putting a fire hose up your nose and turning it on full blast" because he is certain he will be cleared.
"It takes a lot of courage to stand strong in the face of fire, knowing your convictions and knowing what you did or didn’t do,"
I am not a crook.
Worked for Nixon, right?