Some days I read the newspaper, and just want to yell back at the articles. The paper doesn’t listen, so I write about it here instead.<\/p>\n
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It was an innocent mistake, I\u2019m sure. The government has written a small check out for $1.1 million dollars to Utah\u2019s fourth district. Problem is, Utah only has three districts. So who cashed the check? Rob Bishop, congressman from Utah\u2019s first district, loudly poked fun at the mistake, and pointed to an inefficient government at work.<\/p>\n
(http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/705345242\/Utahaposs-apos4th-Districtapos-received-12-million.html<\/a>)<\/p>\n There is another check out there for $29,180 for Utah\u2019s 68th congressional district, which we clearly don\u2019t have a location for as well.<\/p>\n I was worried for a while there that some teenager was going to find one of those checks out there on the side of the roadway, and spend it on ice cream cones. But there is good news though\u2026 Some sharp eyed pencil pushers have found the money. The $1.1 million actually went to fourth district of the state of Washington, who then subcontracted it to a company that is in Congressman Bishop\u2019s first district. The error was in the reporting. And the $29,180 went to the city of Ephraim in Utah State District 69. (http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/ci_13811416<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, someone should let Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah (who represents the real live\u00a0third district of Utah) know that nothing good can ever come of interviewing with the \u201cnews organization\u201d TMZ. Period.<\/p>\n Perhaps when he got the invite, he thought that \u201cTMZ\u201d was a text message abbreviation for the \u201cTimes,\u201d as in the New York Times.<\/p>\n They are not exactly the same publication, Jason.<\/p>\n (http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2009\/11\/17\/congressman-prejean-should-be-a-politician\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n (http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/705345152\/Chaffetz-clarifies-Carrie-Prejean-comments.html<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the debate becomes more heated each day in the editorial section of the paper on whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made some huge error by endorsing the radical idea that people who choose to a lifestyle that it opposes should still be allowed to have a place to live or a employer to work for in the city.<\/p>\n While the official stance of the Church is that people have a right to be treated kindly and decently, rest assured that they\u00a0do not endorse sinful behavior. Two lines from\u00a0the Church’s statement at the hearing: \u201cThe Church remains unequivocally committed to defending the bedrock foundation of marriage between a man and a woman.” and “[The Church] believes in human dignity, in treating others with respect even when we disagree \u2013 in fact, especially when we disagree.\u201d<\/p>\n Seems like there was some Historical Figure that said something along the lines of, \u201cHe that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone\u2026.\u201d If only I could remember Who it was that offered that good advice. Hmmm\u2026<\/p>\n