What are your thoughts on being considered by many the King of Geek Cuisine (with Jamie Oliver a close second)? Is it such a bad thing to be the Sultan of Strange when it comes to the presentation of recipes and concepts. (And just how many of us have not pointed out to friends recently that a cheesecake is really just a standing custard?);)
So the US Army comes along and makes a violent FPS. Why aren't they complaining? Apparently it's bad if Id does it, but it's alright for the army.
This is the usual double standard. If a software company puts it out, it is mindless violence. If the US government does it then it is promoting patriotism and encouraging responsibility. The same is true with in other aspects with the US military. If a foreigner blows up a US embassy it is terrorism, but if the US levels a Chinese embassy it is either a tragic mistake, or military policy.
At last, a solution that may make the AMTRAK bailout economically viable. And don't worry folks, you won't notice any difference in service since the people at AMTRAK never knew what that was anyway.;)
What the state needs is regulated and less externally dependant electrical power.
It also needs honest utilities that don't ship all of their profits to out of state branches o their web and then try to claim they are going bankrupt unless you give them a lot of money to keep them from making the whole state go dark.
First of all, it would be useful to know what you are referring to. My assumption is that you are referring to my reference to City Weekly as Salt Lake City's liberal media. It reminds me a lot of a similar paper that we had in Grand Rapids before I moved to this little godforsaken sliver of Dante's vision. Ads for escorts....in Salt Lake City? I thought that sort of thing didn't happen here. Tobacco accessories? Do you mean headshops? I suggest you try out Knuckleheads on 4th South. They have a pretty good cigar humidor. You'll find it behind the rack of incense.
Now, as for your assumptions about me. Tuck your self-righteousness back into your pants there. I have had about as much of that as I can stomach off the locals already. Am I rich? Hardly. I am decidedly middle class. White, well I can almost give you points for that, but that was hardly a difficult guess. Mormon....not even. Self styled rebel? Well, I am an individual, but hardly a rebel. I am , however, smart enough to know when the locals are trying to sell me a load of bull. That is what this Smart case is. You don't have to be a "rebel" to think for yourself and realize when there is something decidedly amiss.
BTW....just a final thought. Knowing what a headshop is, does not make you a doper. I am sure that someone is already trying to write my comments off, figuring that my next spiel will be on legalization of this or that. Sorry to disappoint you kids, but the only thing I like in the shop is the cigars.
Well, my response comes from someone who does live in Salt Lake City. Our city is also plastered with posters of the local "little girl lost". Our TV stations blare the speculation and show the daily media updates where family members say informative things like "no comment", "our story has not changed" and "we hope she comes home safely". I will spare everyone my ananlysis and disgust at this whole story from my local outlook. Salt Lake City is a very conservative town, but we do have a couple of alternative media outlets such as City Weekly. It is because of this media that I have heard of Alexis Patterson. Of course, the only reason I have heard about her is that many of us have grown disgusted at the hypocrisy in Salt Lake City of the Elizabeth Smart story. Jon Katz is dead on with his analysis from what I see. Two years ago, by the way, we had a young girl disappear from a less affluent side of town and turn up dead a couple of days later in the Jordan River. Total news coverage dedicated to that was basically zero. Rich white Mormon girls disappearing from their own homes sells. Like it or not, the desirable demographic identifies more with that then with a poor black girl, or even a poor white girl. If Elizabeth's daddy were not affluent, we would not be hearing this story in all likelyhood. Children disappear across America every day. Another reason the Elizabeth Smart case makes the headlines is that it stinks to high heaven. There is something really wrong here and the wolves that write the stories are hoping that eventually we discover the deep, dark truth of what happened and they can sell millions of copies.
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What are your thoughts on being considered by many the King of Geek Cuisine (with Jamie Oliver a close second)? Is it such a bad thing to be the Sultan of Strange when it comes to the presentation of recipes and concepts. (And just how many of us have not pointed out to friends recently that a cheesecake is really just a standing custard?) ;)
So the US Army comes along and makes a violent FPS. Why aren't they complaining? Apparently it's bad if Id does it, but it's alright for the army. This is the usual double standard. If a software company puts it out, it is mindless violence. If the US government does it then it is promoting patriotism and encouraging responsibility. The same is true with in other aspects with the US military. If a foreigner blows up a US embassy it is terrorism, but if the US levels a Chinese embassy it is either a tragic mistake, or military policy.
At last, a solution that may make the AMTRAK bailout economically viable. And don't worry folks, you won't notice any difference in service since the people at AMTRAK never knew what that was anyway. ;)
What the state needs is regulated and less externally dependant electrical power. It also needs honest utilities that don't ship all of their profits to out of state branches o their web and then try to claim they are going bankrupt unless you give them a lot of money to keep them from making the whole state go dark.
First of all, it would be useful to know what you are referring to. My assumption is that you are referring to my reference to City Weekly as Salt Lake City's liberal media. It reminds me a lot of a similar paper that we had in Grand Rapids before I moved to this little godforsaken sliver of Dante's vision. Ads for escorts....in Salt Lake City? I thought that sort of thing didn't happen here. Tobacco accessories? Do you mean headshops? I suggest you try out Knuckleheads on 4th South. They have a pretty good cigar humidor. You'll find it behind the rack of incense. Now, as for your assumptions about me. Tuck your self-righteousness back into your pants there. I have had about as much of that as I can stomach off the locals already. Am I rich? Hardly. I am decidedly middle class. White, well I can almost give you points for that, but that was hardly a difficult guess. Mormon....not even. Self styled rebel? Well, I am an individual, but hardly a rebel. I am , however, smart enough to know when the locals are trying to sell me a load of bull. That is what this Smart case is. You don't have to be a "rebel" to think for yourself and realize when there is something decidedly amiss. BTW....just a final thought. Knowing what a headshop is, does not make you a doper. I am sure that someone is already trying to write my comments off, figuring that my next spiel will be on legalization of this or that. Sorry to disappoint you kids, but the only thing I like in the shop is the cigars.
Well, my response comes from someone who does live in Salt Lake City. Our city is also plastered with posters of the local "little girl lost". Our TV stations blare the speculation and show the daily media updates where family members say informative things like "no comment", "our story has not changed" and "we hope she comes home safely". I will spare everyone my ananlysis and disgust at this whole story from my local outlook. Salt Lake City is a very conservative town, but we do have a couple of alternative media outlets such as City Weekly. It is because of this media that I have heard of Alexis Patterson. Of course, the only reason I have heard about her is that many of us have grown disgusted at the hypocrisy in Salt Lake City of the Elizabeth Smart story. Jon Katz is dead on with his analysis from what I see. Two years ago, by the way, we had a young girl disappear from a less affluent side of town and turn up dead a couple of days later in the Jordan River. Total news coverage dedicated to that was basically zero. Rich white Mormon girls disappearing from their own homes sells. Like it or not, the desirable demographic identifies more with that then with a poor black girl, or even a poor white girl. If Elizabeth's daddy were not affluent, we would not be hearing this story in all likelyhood. Children disappear across America every day. Another reason the Elizabeth Smart case makes the headlines is that it stinks to high heaven. There is something really wrong here and the wolves that write the stories are hoping that eventually we discover the deep, dark truth of what happened and they can sell millions of copies.