Since I've been called arrogant for what I've said about secession and my own state, let me elaborate. First off, secession is discussed locally. It's not a majority opinion, but armed overthrow of the government is considered a potential course of action here by enough people that it colors occasional local newspaper editorials. This state has large families with lots of deductions and the average wage is $11 an hour statewide. The biggest product in Utah besides alfalfa, tourism and mineral extraction is fraud which we export in the form of pyramid schemes and other scams which are rarely prosecuted. Multi-level marketing is probably the number one product of Utah. It cannot survive without federal dollars. It doesn't produce enough to survive on its own. That's just reality. I've been accused of being influenced by the mainstream media so let me just say that the papers I read each day are the Deseret News, the St. George Spectrum and the Salt Lake Tribune. I listen also to NPR which comes out of the rather conservative universities in the state, as well as BBC as well as other sources to get fleshed out International news. I love my state, but it is how it is and it is corrupt to the core. The leaders preach morality on high and plunder to the point that there are no laws against government corruption. I would not stand with this local government as it exists against the feds because what it would offer would be worse. The pork barrel spending that is planned locally is far greater per person than the debt the feds have created for me..including a 1.5 billion dollar water pipeline (plus interest) that 175,000 people in a three county area are going to have to pay for for the purpose of keeping the local "heritage" of alfalfa farming alive and allowing for new subdivisions at the same time. They can call on my spirit of "pioneer sacrifice" all they want but I will not stand with these jackasses against the feds. I'm mad, but I'm also mad at FOX for appropriating what could have been a much needed and useful movement and making it the sounding board for Rush, Sean and all the other blathering self serving jackasses who seek only to aggrandize themselves while the real problems go unaddressed.
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Re: Utah tea parties
Date: 2009-04-16 05:56 am (UTC)This state has large families with lots of deductions and the average wage is $11 an hour statewide. The biggest product in Utah besides alfalfa, tourism and mineral extraction is fraud which we export in the form of pyramid schemes and other scams which are rarely prosecuted. Multi-level marketing is probably the number one product of Utah. It cannot survive without federal dollars. It doesn't produce enough to survive on its own. That's just reality.
I've been accused of being influenced by the mainstream media so let me just say that the papers I read each day are the Deseret News, the St. George Spectrum and the Salt Lake Tribune. I listen also to NPR which comes out of the rather conservative universities in the state, as well as BBC as well as other sources to get fleshed out International news.
I love my state, but it is how it is and it is corrupt to the core. The leaders preach morality on high and plunder to the point that there are no laws against government corruption. I would not stand with this local government as it exists against the feds because what it would offer would be worse. The pork barrel spending that is planned locally is far greater per person than the debt the feds have created for me..including a 1.5 billion dollar water pipeline (plus interest) that 175,000 people in a three county area are going to have to pay for for the purpose of keeping the local "heritage" of alfalfa farming alive and allowing for new subdivisions at the same time. They can call on my spirit of "pioneer sacrifice" all they want but I will not stand with these jackasses against the feds. I'm mad, but I'm also mad at FOX for appropriating what could have been a much needed and useful movement and making it the sounding board for Rush, Sean and all the other blathering self serving jackasses who seek only to aggrandize themselves while the real problems go unaddressed.