http://www.mangledcat.com/ Daily Commentary From The Wasatch Front en Copyright 2009 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:04:21 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification For those who I have not already spoken to by phone and know that our son, PFC Joshua Sabin is stationed at Ft. Hood, please know that we have heard from him and he is fine. More to come as events unfold... http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000747.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000747.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:04:21 -0700 Lisa was walking up toward the garden the other day and saw one in the scrub oaks just hanging out. It didn't fly away when she got closer so she took a shot of it: Wondering why it didn't fly off, she looked around and discovered it was gaurding the remains of it's meal: In case you were wondering, it was a rat and for the record, I'm thrilled that the hawks are thinning the rat population. I hope they continue to do so with vigor: ]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000746.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000746.html Coopers Hawk Our Property Utah Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:43:01 -0700 Dodd's was. That being said, does anyone other than me question the timing here? Even my 4 cats are shaking their heads in disbelief. Dodd is getting crushed in the polls for his reelction campaign and we have the leaked testimony from Congress on just how much he really knew about the Friends of Angelo program despite his repeated denials. Color me skeptical, but I smell a switcheroo coming on. This has all the elements of the New Jersey gambit. One wonders where he will seek treatment....]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000745.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000745.html Chris Dodd Fox News Politics Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:16:59 -0700 Andrew Sullivan in the past. All of those are easily superceeded by his passionate coverage of the Iranian election and it's aftermath. He singlehandedly is light years ahead of the MSM.]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000744.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000744.html General Iran News Politics Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:53:28 -0700 removed some trees this past winter (you can barely see the existing beds under the trunk). This past week we brought in 16 RR ties and 3 1/2 yards of top soil to raise the tiered planters along the driveway. A few hundred dollars in perinnials and what you see below is the end result, mowed, planted and good to go. The empty whiskey barrels will eventually be planted but may not end up in their present locations. This is a view looking in th opposite direction: ]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000743.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000743.html Gardening House Projects Our Property Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:04:42 -0700 A different view: Now all we have to do is find the time to actually sit and enjoy it! Fat chance!]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000742.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000742.html Gardening Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:31:42 -0700 this letter to the editor entitled Obama Disappoints. An excerpt: However, I doubt that President Barack Obama gave much consideration to what this does to the political climate in Utah. As someone who supported candidate Obama, this appointment is a disappointment. Gov. Huntsman was the only moderate Republican holding statewide office, and he was able to tone down some of the more radical ideas of the Legislature. His loss is a significant reversal for those Utah traditional families that include gays and lesbians among their loved ones, and it is a serious step back in our struggle to advance the cause of equal rights for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in Utah. The Governor is conservative fiscally but socially liberal (see above letter). I'm sure he will be a great ambassador to China and Lt Governor Herbert will step in and keep the ship of state from hitting the rocks, although he will probably piss off citizens like our letter writer above. Who knows, we might even get some of those immigration laws enforced because Herbert is a bit stronger there. We'll have to wait and see. I think Herbert will win in a landslide for the governors role in a special election come 2010 unless he totally blows it between now and then. ]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000741.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000741.html General Governor Huntsman News Politics Salt Lake Tribune Utah Sat, 23 May 2009 08:30:08 -0700 I was in Dallas for meetings a couple of days this week and on the return flight, I had a layover of about an hour in Denver. Following the required bathroom break, checking email and voicemails and grabbing a snack, we started to board for the final leg into Salt Lake City. Directly in front of me in line was a hip looking, 20 something man with longish hair, all the standard Apple appliances, nice jacket over jeans, pointed leather loafers, the works. He happened to be carrying a copy of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I thought, pretty cool, but then wondered what his motivation was. Was he reading it because of the tea-party movement and how that particular novel is getting so much attention and just wasnt to see what was getting everybody so uptight? I had no idea, really, and let it go as we stepped from the jetway onto the plane. As the line slowly moved through the first class section, one of the flight attendants, a young, hip, stylish woman in her own right, was standing in the gap between first and coach and reached out and caught this man's arm. She said, " I'm currently reading The Fountainhead" and added "Good Luck." The young man nodded and said "this is my second time reading this," and ended with "Good Luck to us all." It had been a long travel day and up to that point, I had been tired and grumpy. The screaming toddler in the boarding area who was about to get on the same plane I was on didn't help matters much, but what should I expect. I have yet to be on a flight into or out of Salt Lake that didn't have a screaming baby on it and I guess I should have been thankful it was only one. Catching a glimpse of that somewhat private conversation between 2 members of a generation one tier down from my own, however, really lifted my spirits. "There is hope", I thought to myself as I finally got to 19A, secured my laptop bag and settled in for the flight. If there are two here on the same plane, there must be others. http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000740.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000740.html Ayn Rand Books Salt Lake City Utah Writings Sat, 23 May 2009 08:05:37 -0700 Mormons posthumously baptise Obama's late mother A quote from the article: "The LDS Church is walking a fine line when the mother of our very special president has been posthumously baptized and endowed in a Utah temple," she said. "It sends out the message that the religion she chose while she was alive was not good enough. And that spills onto her son, who is our president." One wonders what the Rev. Wright would have to say about that... ]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000739.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000739.html Death Local Politics Obama Politics Religion Salt Lake Tribune Utah Tue, 05 May 2009 15:14:35 -0700 ]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000738.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000738.html Global Warming House Projects Idoicy Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:45:43 -0700 1160 KSL and 570 KNRS have mentioned the tea parties and have stories (linked) on their respective websites. The Salt Lake Tribune has a nice article on the front page of their home page. All the coverage has been generally positive in nature, or at least not derisive. The Trib even provides a list of all the UT events occurring today in the linked article.]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000737.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000737.html Fox News General Local Politics Media Bias News Politics Salt Lake City Salt Lake Tribune Taxes Tea Party Utah Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:28:59 -0700 ]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000736.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000736.html Gardening Greenhouse House Projects Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:48:09 -0700 Given how cold and snowy it's been lately, we've had to take over one of our bathrooms and turn it into a make-shift greenhouse to get things going. Things are coming along nicely, I should think. What you're looking at here is mostly tomatos, some egg plant, and a couple of different types of peppers. We'll be planting 3 more flats tonight containing cucumbers, squash, watermelons and cantelopes and anything else we happen to throw in. Typcially in this area, you risk losing your plants if you put them in the ground before Mother's Day, so while we're a tad late getting started, we should be fine, especially as these 2 flats mature, then they can go in the greenhouse. It gets in the mid 80's in there with sunshine and temps in the 50's which we have now. The problem is keeping them from freezing. While the seeds germinate, they need constant temps, but once they have sprouted and actually grown some of the plan't foliage, we can move them. Keeping the greenhouse a constant temp would require a huge heater even though it's only a 6 x 6 structure. Keeping it above freezing is much easier to do.]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000735.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000735.html Gardening Greenhouse Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:31:20 -0700 Easter, so that can't be it. The Masters week doesn't start until Monday. Ah, I know. The Assassination of Martin Luther King. I looked at the home pages of Fox News and there is nothing. MSNBC and CNN have virtually the same article related to new pictures released by Life magazine of the assassination day, but nothing else. Drudge? Nope. My home town newspaper? Nada. Where are the long flowing articles? Where are the tributes? Where are the wreath layings? Hello...ello...ello..oo..o Our first African American President isn't even in the United States on this historic day and the media have nothing to say. How sad. It's as if MLK no longer exists, and in the age of President Obama, perhaps he doesn't. I only wonder when the street signs will be coming down.]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000734.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000734.html Fox News General MLK News Obama Politics Salt Lake Tribune Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:23:54 -0700 this.]]> http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000733.html http://www.mangledcat.com/archives/000733.html General Humor Idoicy News Obama Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:25:41 -0700