Saturday, February 7, 2009

New 103-Page Utah Booze Bill Provides For ID Scanners, Bans Minors From The Bar Area Of Restaurants, And Does Away With Private Clubs

Welcome to the 20th century, Utah. KTVX Channel 4 got a sneak preview of the 103-page draft of the proposed new Utah liquor law. Here's what it does:

(1). Prohibits minors from sitting at the bar in a restaurant.

(2). Includes controversial ID scanners which have only a 17-day database.

(3). Does away with the awkward, clunky and ambiguous system of private clubs.

In addition, the bill will also do away with the 24 million DABC stickers put on booze bottles here every year. Instead, the million dollars a year those cost will be spent on DUI and other law enforcement. KTVX news video embedded below:



But today, we also found out why Senator Mike Waddoups (R-Taylorsville) has been so slow to embrace liquor reform in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune has published a lengthy article about the travails of his wife, Anna Waddoups, who was clobbered by a drunk driver. At 9 A.M. on February 14th, 2001, as she was idling at a stop light on North Temple in downtown Salt Lake City, Anna was struck by Mark McKnight Oroszi, who crashed his Chevrolet pickup into her Toyota, totaling her car and severely injuring her back and neck. Witnesses said the suspect had been driving erratically and almost ran another vehicle off the road before rear-ending her car. She continues to be affected by her injuries today. "I used to be active. I loved to water ski, but I rarely get into a boat anymore, and when I'm with my grandchildren, I can't lift them up," she said. "I'll always have problems. I'm always dealing with pain."

But it's the justice system which added insult to injury - and hardened Senator Waddoups' attitude against liquor reform. Oroszi was charged with driving under the influence, a class A misdemeanor, negligent collision, operating a vehicle without insurance and driving on a suspended Nevada driver license. A month later, he failed to show up for the arraignment and the first of three warrants in the case was sworn out for his arrest. Since that time, Oroszi has been arrested for three other alcohol-related offenses.

And apparently Senator Waddoups is concerned that liberalizing Utah's liquor laws could unleash an army of Oroszis upon the streets of Utah. He's been careful to avoid "pulling rank" as a lawmaker on this issue, but it must pain him as a loving husband to watch his once active wife suffer every day. So now we can better appreciate why he's put up such a stiff resistance to liquor reform, and it's to his credit that he's willing to come around to a more reasonable position.

Salt Lake City prosecutor Sam Gill believes the problems lie in the enforcement rather than the laws themselves. "It's not that this guy is an anomaly. There are hundreds or thousands of other people like him," said Gill. "We need a better mechanism to catch these folks, we must be able to talk internationally, and we've got to have the resources to get these people down where they need to be".

Gill is right. Oroszi slipped through the cracks despite the existing law. The risks inherent in the proposed new law can be sucessfully mitigated through proper oversight and consistent enforcement.

Openly Gay Utah State Representative Jackie Biskupski Withdraws HJR2, Which Would Have Removed Ban On Civil Unions From Amendment 3

With the defeat of one Common Ground Initiative measure and two others on the ropes, openly-gay Utah State Representative Jackie Biskupski (D-Salt Lake) decided to sacrifice her own initiative in an attempt to save the remaining two bills. Media stories published by the Salt Lake Tribune, the Deseret News, KTVX Channel 4, and KSL Channel 5.

Biskupski decided on Friday February 6th, 2009 to pull HJR2, which would have sought voter approval to repeal the second part of Utah's constitutional gay-marriage ban enacted as Amendment 3 in order to avoid confusion about which protections are the legal equivalent of marriage. She explained her reasoning in a news release:

"I believe the second clause of Amendment 3 has been misconstrued by many and will continue to be a stumbling block for reasonable policies in the future. However, I believe that the other Common Ground bills have broader support and cannot be construed as having anything to do with marriage. By pulling this bill, we hope to make a good-faith effort to demonstrate that the protections we're talking about have nothing to do with marriage and in no way conflict with Amendment 3."

But many people also feared that Biskupski's bill would be a Trojan horse for civil unions, and ultimately, gay marriage. Recent polls showed that Utahns overwhelmingly oppose civil unions. Eagle Forum Utah's Gayle Ruzicka, who has led the fight in opposition, explained, "If we give unmarried people marriage-type rights, then we're basically saying it's OK. We're not going to fall into that trap". Dumping HJR2 permits the focus to be redirected towards the remaining bills to which Utahns are more receptive.

Biskupski's move comes barely a week after a legislative committee snuffed out a seemingly more benign gay-rights bill. Openly-gay Senator Scott McCoy's wrongful-death measure (SB32), which was snuffed in committee, would have allowed a cohabiting financial dependent - besides a spouse, child or parent - to sue when a breadwinner suffers a wrongful death.

The remaining Common Ground bills include HB267, sponsored by openly-gay Rep. Christine Johnson (D-Salt Lake), which would make it illegal for landlords and employers to discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity, and HB160 (Declaration of Joint Support), sponsored by Rep. Jen Seelig (D-Salt Lake), which would give same-sex couples and other domestic partnerships legal protections when it comes to hospital visitation, inheritance issues and medical decisions. The first bill probably won't pass; the second bill, which would also cover non-sexual domestic partnerships, may have a fighting chance.

Opposition continues. In addition to Gayle Ruzicka, the Sutherland Institute also opposes the measures with their "Sacred Ground Initiative", a counteroffensive aimed at defeating the remaining gay-rights measures. Another group not mentioned by the media is United Families Utah, which is running a petition campaign to defeat the gay-rights measures. Click HERE to sign their petition.

Hat tip to Rep. Biskupski for respecting public opinion and not attempting to shame or bully the public into accepting her legislation.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Two White Women File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Against KC Auto Paint & Supplies In Salt Lake City, Alleging Discrimination By Hispanic Co-Workers

On February 5th 2009, the Deseret News reports that two white women have filed a federal lawsuit against a wholesale auto paint company contending they were subjected to daily discrimination and vulgar language from Hispanic co-workers.

Jami Clayton and Traci Christensen filed their lawsuit February 4th in U.S. District Court against K C Auto Paint & Supplies, a Washington-based firm whose Salt Lake City outlet sells auto paint and supplies. The suit alleges that Clayton and Christensen, who were hired as delivery drivers in 2006 and 2007, respectively, were subjected to racist and sexually degrading remarks on a daily basis from some Hispanic co-workers. The women also state that some managers and lower-level employees directed offensive sexual remarks and actions toward them and other employees.

The lawsuit also contends that the two women complained about the treatment, but the firm did nothing to change what Clayton and Christensen allege was a hostile work environment. Instead the two women said they were subjected to more harassment and retaliation after they complained, which prompted them to quit. Both women state their civil rights under federal law were violated.

Clayton and Christensen are seeking unspecified financial damages including back pay, overtime pay and pension benefits along with financial compensation for emotional suffering. Their suit also is asking the court to order the firm to stop the conduct, as well as create and implement a policy protecting all workers from harassment.

Company co-owner Bob Cross has not seen the suit documents yet and cannot comment on its specific contents. However, he strongly denies permitting any improper or illegal behavior at his firm. He also said these claims went through mediation with the Utah Antidiscrimination and Labor Division and were dropped. Cross said he promotes a fair and equitable workplace and he would never permit racially or sexually inappropriate talk or behavior in his company.

"We've been in business since 1976 and I am one of the owners. I would never tolerate unfair treatment to anybody. I have lots of men, women, minorities on my payroll and I have never had an issue with any kind of racial intolerance and I wouldn't tolerate it," Cross said.

The fact that state mediation did not substantiate the complaint does not rule out the possibility that the problems occurred. At the same time, younger women have been conditioned to be hypersensitive to sexually-charged humor through diversity and sensitivity indoctrination as well as feminist influence.

At the same time, minorities have been using these tactics for years. For once, aggrieved white women are returning the favor. Most likely the co-owner doesn't really know what went on in his shop since the offending workers were on their best behavior whenever he was present.

Coons Invade The White House Grounds, National Park Service Unable To Catch Them So Far


What? You were expecting something else? Sorry to disappoint, but these are the FOUR-LEGGED variety

A small band of raccoons has broken into the secure White House grounds and has evaded capture by agents of the new Obama administration, according to a Washington Post story dated February 5th, 2009. Other stories by the Washington City Paper and AndersonCooper360. Inevitably, a discussion thread was started on Stormfront.

The National Park Service (NPS) is pursuing one very large raccoon and several medium-sized raccoons which have been spotted roaming the grounds around the Executive Mansion and the West Wing. "The idea of raccoons on the White House grounds give us great pause," spokesman Bill Burton said.


So far, the raccoons have evaded capture despite the presence of several live traps which are essentially cages with a one-way doors to keep the animals inside. The traps are baited with apples, cat food and peanut butter, Burton said, but so far to little avail. [Ed. Note: One person posting a comment to the story said he caught raccoons in his home town by baiting his trap with KFC. Seriously.]

None of the raccoons have been seen in the past week, but officials said they still searching for the animals. If the animals are captured the National Park Service will release them, unharmed, into an unspecified ghetto wooded area.

Tim McDowell, a raccoon-trapper with 15 years of experience in the Washington area, says the National Park Service is probably using the wrong cages or the wrong bait. "See, their cages probably don't smell right," McDowell explained. "They probably don't have the smell of other raccoons on 'em." McDowell has already removed birds that were flying inside the U.S. Capitol, but he says that he's always dreamed of catching a raccoon on the White House grounds.

McDowell also speculates that it’s a single mom with an adolescent litter in tow and she may be about to shoo her pups out of her life. “She has to run them off. If there’s a male in the litter he will kill and eat her new litter,” he says. “If I was to come out there and do an inspection, I’d find out where they’re breaching. You got to find the path from the denning areas to the food areas.”

McDowell is not surprised that the White House grounds have raccoons. They’re all over D.C. — McDowell says there are 90 raccoons per square mile. And this probably isn’t the first time the president’s address has had a problem. Prior to the open-book Obama era, however, “this was all hush-hush stuff,” McDowell says, concluding: “This raccoon story is going to be big.”

Normally, McDowell charges $195 for the setup fee plus $50 for each raccoon caught. But if asked, he said he would trap the raccoons for free.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Salt Lake City Authorities Want To Dump A 300-Bed Parole Center Into An Already-Beleagured West Side

The west side of Salt Lake City, consisting of both City Council Districts 1 and 2, is not only the most diverse part of town, but also has a higher percentage of poverty than the rest of the community. This volatile mix ensures they experience the worst effects of diversity, to include chronic gangbanging, drive-by shootings, and armed robberies.

Now Salt Lake City authorities are looking for a home for a proposed 300-bed parole center. And where do they want to put it? Not in the posh University District, or up on the Avenues, or any other parts of town where the high rollers live.

They want to put it on the west side. Media stories from KSL Channel 5 and the Deseret News.

The city is looking at ordinances to allow large halfway facilities, but only in industrial areas west of Interstate 215. Proposed regulations would allow halfway houses with 30 or more residents in light industrial zones west of I-215. Smaller facilities would be allowed in light industrial and general commercial zones. The facilities could not be built within a half-mile of a residential boundary, school, nursery, church or other halfway house.

District 2 Salt Lake City Councilman Van Turner, who represents much of the west side, says he's not against the idea of a halfway house, but doesn't want it taking up valuable space in an area that could be developed. The location of the proposed 300-bed center, which eventually could accomodate up to 522 clients, is near 500 West and 900 South.

But Turner's district is already home to three halfway houses, including a 115-bed facility for Federal inmates and a 68-bed facility for sex offenders, and perhaps he's also concerned that the west side is being used as the designated dumping ground for the community's ne'er-do-wells. Nevertheless, Turner has come under fire in the past for allegedly understating and even whitewashing crime and poverty in the district; much of the criticism has come from community activist Michael Clara, who ran unsuccessfully against Turner for the District 2 City Council seat in 2007, but finished competitively. More background on Michael Clara HERE.

Studies by the Salt Lake City police department tend to indicate that there is no discernible upsurge in crime associated with existing halfway houses.

Analysis: This is the classic urban dilemma. Do we spread the burden - and the corresponding risk - of halfway houses community-wide, or do we keep it bottled up in one particular part of town? Is it fair to ask the residents of one geographical section of town to accept the greater burden and risk, particularly when that section is already under siege?

The proposed ordinance, with its emphasis on "defensible" space, is designed to limit and contain the inherent risks of halfway houses. Unfortunately, it appears most of the qualifying land for this purpose is only available on the west side. In addition, the clients of these facilities are transitioning out of prison, and have limited resources. Many don't have personal transportation, and some may be banned from driving altogether. Consequently, they need to be housed close to the jobs and in an area fully accessible to public transportation to facilitate their successful transition back to civil society and ultimate rehabilitation.

Consequently, the west side seems to be the most practical and available alternative.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Dr. David Duke Excoriates Republicans For Fronting Their Own "Magic Negro" Michael Steele; Threatens To Take 90 Percent Of Republicans With Him


While the election of Michael Steele (pictured at left) as the new national chairman of the Republican has brought infantile gurgles of delight from the elite wankers who participated in the election (although a sizable chunk remain skeptical), it has attracted criticism from both the left and the right. Many on the left believe the Republicans are fronting their own lesser "Magic Negro" as a mirror opposite of the greater "Magic Negro" in the White House. They consider him the Republican version of Barack Obama.

However, criticism has also surfaced from the paleoconservative right. Many posters on Free Republic are skeptical of Steele's conservative credentials. Ditto for some of the cons on the Hannity Forums. The racially-populist paleoconservative Council of Conservative Citizens, falsely smeared by the SPLC as being "white supremacist", observes that Steele is very pro-affirmative action, not only reaffirming his commitment to it in 2006, but also advocating its expansion. Steele has indicated he believes in more Federal handouts. In addition, Steele is a gun-grabber who strongly supported the Clinton gun ban, claiming that “Society should draw lines” on what guns people can and can not own.

But the loudest cannonade of criticism has thundered from the racialist right. Former Louisiana State Representative Dr. David Duke, now considered the premier spokesman for the white nationalist community, fired back with a powerful salvo which cuts directly to the chase. In this post on his website, Dr. Duke states that when a reporter for the Washington Post interviewed him on the appointment, this is how he responded:

"I am glad these traitorous leaders of the Republican Party appointed this Black racist, affirmative action advocate to the head of the Republican party because this will lead to a huge revolt among the Republican base. As a former Republican official, I can tell you that millions of rank-and-file Republicans are mad as hell and aren’t going to take it anymore! We will either take the Republican Party back over the next four years or we will say, 'To Hell With the Republican Party!' And we will take 90 percent of Republicans with us into a New Party that will take its current place!

I think the insanity of nominating “Mr. Amnesty” John McCain and now this Black racist — will lead to insurgency in the Republican ranks, and a lot of dissidents getting elected in Republican Party primaries around the country. This will result over the next four years a real move by millions of Republicans to take the party back to the populist issues that are not only right but can win for the Republican Party. We must end affirmative action, protect our gun rights and all our constitutional rights, have a moratorium on immigration, we must have protectionism, yes I said protect American businesses and their workers from NAFTA and GATT and the lie of free trade, and we must have America First, not foreign interventionism. Our boys should be home protecting the American borders and not being murdered on the borders of Iraq or Afghanistan. The time as come for Republican Party to stand up to Obama and defend American heritage, rights, and freedom!"
[Ed. Note: This doesn't sound too much different than Jason Chaffetz' platform. I guess Dr. Duke isn't quite the "evil white supremacist" that the ADL and the SPLC makes him out to be, is he?]


Another white nationalist pundit, James Buchanan, posted a similar analysis on WhiteCivilRights. Dr. Duke's commentary spawned an avalanche of discussion on Stormfront, where Dr. Duke is prominent. Three separate Stormfront threads are worthy of highlighting:

-- David Duke tells Wash Post after Obama Jr. is made Chairman: "To Hell with the Republican Party!
-- Breaking News: GOP elected Black man Michael Steele as Chairmen of RNC
-- White Republican men have no guts left

The threat to "take 90 percent of Republicans with him", albeit a bit hyperbolic, is no idle threat. As many white Americans realized that neither Barack Obama nor John McCain represented white interests, as both candidates endlessly promoted forced diversity and pandered to non-whites and homosexuals, they began to turn to the white nationalist community for answers and leadership. This trend accelerated exponentially after the election of Obama, when Stormfront was deluged with six times their normal traffic and were temporarily knocked off line as a result.

To turn the Republican Party to someone like Michael Steele is not only grossly transparent in the racial sense, but is akin to changing captains on the Titanic. The only reason the Republicans didn't get buried a la Barry Goldwater in 1964 is because of rah-rah sis-boom-bah cheerleader Sarah Palin carrying the Presidential ticket on her back. McCain campaigned as if he had one foot in the grave the whole time. The strategy to make the Republican Party a big tent merely transforms Republicans into right-wing Democrats, and it will fail abysmally because Democrats actually make better Democrats, and so voters will simply decide to vote for real Democrats.

To recapture dominance, the Republican party must become a conservative party, and stand up to non-white race hustlers. In a post on Politico on January 29th, Utah's Third District Congressman Jason Chaffetz called for a return to conservative roots, stating, "The Republican Party should be the party of principle, not of political expediency. We should stand tall for our core principles of fiscal discipline, limited government, accountability, and a strong national defense. Over the years we have strayed from these principles and the consequences have been devastating, both to the economy and to the party. Ironically, these are the principles a majority of Americans want their political party to stand for. Yet, we let them down". And Chaffetz' political credentials are unimpeachable; in the Republican primary, Chaffetz thoroughly spanked six-term Congressman Chris Cannon and sent him skulking back to Mapleton with his tail between his legs. He followed that success up with an easy victory over blue-dog Democrat Bennion Spencer in November.

And when District 10 Senator Chris Buttars (R-West Jordan) was targeted for a witch-hunt by local NAACP dominatrix Jeanetta Williams after an inopportune "black baby" remark last February, Buttars refused to grovel to them. He continued to stand tall for those traditional American cultural values which catapulted this country to unprecedented power and prosperity. While barely surviving a convention challenge by Gary Armstrong, he did prevail over blue-dog Democrat John Rendell in November. The common denominators between Jason Chaffetz and Chris Buttars - principle and philosophy. Both are unflinching defenders of conservatism, and both can and are willing to take heat.

Dr. David Duke is the author of two books, "My Awakening" and "Jewish Supremacism". I recommend both of them; Dr. Duke is one of the few intellects who can write to the level of Joe and Jane Sixpack. He doesn't put you to sleep like many intellectuals do.