The most striking weirdness was the cover story in Parade Magazine. The cover features assassinated Pakistani leader, Benazir Bhutto, with an accompanying quote, "I Am What the Terrorists Most Fear." The interview from Pakistan by Gail Sheehy poses the question, "Is Benazir Bhutto America's best hope against al-Quaeda?"
The article, dated January 6, 2008, makes no mention of Bhutto's assassination more than a week ago.
Parade acknowledges that the issue went to press before Bhutto's death, but you'd think they'd print some kind of disclaimer. The photo on the left features Bhutto speaking to a crowd of supporters on Dec. 27, 2007. She was shot as she left the rally and immediately thereafter, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb that killed at least 20 others.
Other weird news includes the disclosure that Mikey-boy Leavitt, of the whirling-disease Leavitts beloved throughout Utah, held "Early Morning Seminary" meetings with his advisers during his tenure as governor. Now serving as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Leavitt had
hoped to bar the transcripts of said meetings from public access. Happily, the Utah State Archives ruled that the transcripts will remain public.What a counter-story to Mitt's Kennedy impersonation.
And finally, in a discussion close to my heart, the slimy maneuverings of another Utah son, Rep. Mike Morley, R-Spanish Fork, are affecting all kinds of people in Utah, including kids at the charter school, Dual Immersion Academy here in Glendale. For the past few months, students have been eating in a tent set up on the school's playground. Why? Because Slimy Mike's company, U.S. Charter Development, won't fix the academy's mold-making le
aky roof. The company builds charter schools and is owned by Morley and two former State legislators, Jim Ferrin and Glenn Way.Paul Rolly's article focuses on Slimy Mike's current bid (as owner of 5 construction companies) to revoke workers' comp benefits to people who are in this country illegally. This from a guy who employs mainly immigrant workers. What a perfect set-up for exploitation. Welcome to the Right-to-Work State.
Well, that's the news of two Mikes.
The sun seems to be coming through a grey sky, but more snow was promised. We're going to watch a scary movie and a western. Then tomorrow--back to school. Yikes.
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Mikie the L came from my hometown, Cedar City. His father and mine were big rivals in the Iron County Republican Party. M. went to high school with my baby sister. Her high school had one their reunions in the gov.'s mansion. It's always felt weird to me that M. has risen to such political heights. You know, the little kid up the street who makes it "big" and one can't quite see how. Well, that's my trivia for the day.
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