lifeliberty's Blog

Breakdown brought up a good subject - IMO the only subject for today it is so horrific.

The Administration seems to want to empower one unelected man with dictatorial powers and confiscate seven hundred billion dollars of taxpayers' money.  If I am correct the House constitutionally and actually has the say-so - whether this will be so or not. 

If ever there was a litmus test for the peoples' representatives this is it.  I hope that any of the Utah delegation that votes for such a thing will be thrown out of office at the earliest opportunity and never be entrusted with the power of popular representation again.  It would be hoped that irresponsible executives of corporations will be held responsible for their actions; not only no "golden parachutes" but a close inspection into their business affairs. Wasn't Enron held accountable and didn't principal players go to jail?

And a word to all local government (national too).  In this time of dire need and struggle you need to massively cut back taxes.  No tax increases goes without saying and a whole lot more than two percent reduction in the budgets of government departments.  People's wages have not kept up with the obscene rates of inflation; you cannot go on constantly increasing the level of taxation any more -  GET OFF OUR BACKS!!

I wonder if anyone else out there feels as I do on the subject of the growing practice of using sloppy, fashionable diction when reading the news.  Channel 13 appears to be better than some, so don't take it too personally.

For crying out loud!  The main job of a newsreader is to read the news, why is it that so many are not apparently required  to read in an acceptable, understandable way!

For example this morning, not on Channel 13 though, one reader pronounced street "stree" and UDOT (U-doh) - you know the fairly recent practice of dropping " t's"  all over the place as if some newsreaders were transplanted cockneys.  Another recent example (and they are legion) "Mow - inn" for mountain, "Lay-inn" for Leyton, "Im-pordin" or even "im-po-in" for important. 

Then there is the practice of pronouncing most final syllables with a short "i" for the vowel, such as "atten-shin", "stay-shin", "mow-shin" , "recep-shin"  (attention, station, motion, reception) and a  host of other words ending in "tion" or "sion" which used to be pronounced  "shun".  Amerikkin, Afrikkin, brokin, wummin, for American, African, broken, woman.  In  almost in every sentence the language is massacred.

How hard is it to speak properly - isn't that an very "impodin", sorry an 'important', part of the job?   

I for one do not admire Romney's quitting the presidential campaign.

He talks as though the only issue in this election is the war in the Middle East, while millions supported him IMO in the hope of an early end to illegal immigration or of a balanced budget in the federal government.

He led away millions who supported the principles of conservatism and then effectively backed the liberal McCain.  How dare he?

I am staggered at the arrogance of his actions.  I consider his conduct as disgraceful and reprehensible and will never again trust him as a candidate for the highest political office in the land.

My, it was impressive!  It got less impressive as it went along.  Robotic standing ovations and statements like "It is time to put teachers on a pedestal".  Why?  I'm sick of encountering teenagers who can barely read and can't spell, and who don't know if their change is right after a simple monetary transaction. They cost a fortune (teachers) and are unwilling to have any meaningful competition in education.  They are not getting the job done, blame parents and rely on homework. parental assistance and after-school hours supplementary work to create basic literacy and numeracy. 

I was feeling good about the compromise reduction in sales tax (on food at least).  It was true!  I checked my receipts after buying groceries.  Thanks at least for that.  Here's the snag though; it will seem like a drop in the ocean compared to likely madated state health care.  Who will pay for it?  We will of course; we will probably have no choice about it and government will further control our lives, reduce our paychecks and take over our  God-given rights.

The economy?  Praised up as being the best in the nation, what is it?   Massive inflation, as in the rest of the nation,  and lots of $8 to $9 jobs.  Older people taking on jobs normally filled by high school students because they (people in their fifties and sixties) can't get anything better.  They may work with dropouts as co-workers and possibly an illegal immigrant who can barely speak English as a supervisor.

I asked, on the Governor's website, what the statistics on unemployment are based on.  I got no explanation!  My only information (not from Government) is that it is based only on those of the unemployed who are receiving unemployment assistance.  How many of the unemployed is that?  Probably a minority.  There are untold tens of thousands in Utah, in my estimation, unemployed, or only with part-time income, or earning too little to keep financial heads above water.

The usual answers seem to be dodging these real issues, and begging for big corporations to come from out of state to give us work.  Why not make the economic climate in Utah good for residents?  Why not encourage our own residents to start their own companies instead of throwing hurdles in their way. Brigham Young long ago predicted that if we did not develop our own industries now we would be forced to later.  What did we do?  Ignored his advice and followed the ways of the world.  .

Where was the resolve on illegal immigration?  There was none, just cowardly aquiescence and more "liberalism" for the masses.  Liberal?  With other peoople's money of course.