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Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island will tell us on March 4th who they want to be the Democratic Presidential Candidate. Texas is the last state with over 200 delegates at stake, and between these states, there will be 355 delegates awarded based on the people’s vote.

So, come watch the results with us at Mo Diggity’s! This is a 21 and over event, because Mo Diggity’s is a private club. You don’t need to worry about a cover charge to come watch the debate, though.

Mo’s has a really great kitchen (I recommend Tenley’s Famous Philly!) and the room we will be watching the results in is non-smoking. There are Love Sacs and plenty of seating. Mo and Digg let us watch a debate here last fall, and everyone had a really good time.

I hope that you’ll join us! More information may be available later, so please check back, or watch your email.

We are hoping to have as many watch parties as possible, so if you would like to host one yourself, please contact me.

You can RSVP here, to stay informed of any additional information.

Tags: Hillary Clinton

I saw this over on Brown Views, and just about died laughing. That was before I even had the lyrics translated for me!

According to my friend Joe, here’s the translation:

in order for obama to win.

he needs a lot of latin votes

up up, i will register.

I am not a clinton supporter

obama……

in order for obama to win.

he needs to explain his positions

for you and for me

in order for obama to win.

he brings change

the kennedys like him, and so does oprah, and scarlet johansen

I’ll be at a Regional Directors Meeting for the SL County Party, so I won’t be able to watch the debate live, which means I’ll probably only be able to hit the highlights. The debate coverage from Wired Danger Room ought to be fun, though.

• The first item up today is a preview of the housing we may someday have to consider, when everything floods due to global warming. And I thought the FEMA trailers were bad.

• Mayor Corroon’s re-election campaign kicks off next week. Hope to see you there! (Anyone know what his web site is?)

• MAKE always has neat stuff, but today’s photos from the 2008 NYC Toy Fair are pretty fun. Of course, my favorite is the Barack Obama sculpture, even if they didn’t capture his tall, skinny aura.

• Heckler & Koch, gun manufacturer and makers of my favorite knife I’ve owned, are breaking up with Blackwater. As Wired said: Wow, when you’re not good enough to hang out with a gun manufacturer, it’s time to really take another look at your public image.

• The winner of the Greener Gadget award is the Gravia – a gravity powered LED lamp. This is something I’d definitely buy! I hope it makes it into production!

• Did you see the challenge that Glen Warchol issued to the Utah Democrats? Glen, dear, have you seen what’s going on with Utah Democrats this year? We’re kicking ass and taking names when it comes to being organized. And it’s only going to get better from here. And the Obama campaign has a whole lot of activists with lots of energy that will likely turn towards the Democratic Party in Utah.

• I gave $10 to the Chris Buttars Retirement Fund today. Thanks to Jason of The SideTrack for putting out the word, to Megan Risbon for starting the fund, and to whoever runs against him for standing up for all of us.

• Speaking of lynch mobs, Bill O says he doesn’t “want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there’s evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels”. Wow, is there some kind of virus going around that only affects Republicans, causing them to spew hate?

• While Buttars’ racism is embarrassing to our state, Hatch’s national profile is even more so. This headline made me shudder: Senator Hatch: Immigration Reform On Hold, National Debt Not Debilitating. Yeah, not debilitating to old men who don’t care what happens to their grandchildren. Asshat.

• You’ve seen me complain a lot about campaigns (especially Ron Paul) who break FEC rules. This time, Clinton has a 527 spending money to help her campaign in Texas. In December, both Barack Obama and John Edwards demanded that 527s purporting to support them cease their activities and denounced their efforts; will Clinton do the same?

• I think that if I had to vote for a second choice for President, I would choose Skippy. His platform makes a lot of sense.

• Who knew that the Utah State Legislature was capable of doing a good? Sometimes we get so wrapped up in the crap they pull that when they do something great, it floors you. Or at least it does me. Like tonight, when I read that the House Committee unanimously passed a bill prohibiting implementation of the Federal Real ID program in Utah. Here’s to hoping it goes all the way!

• If you remember that guy who got fired for posting a Dilbert comic about management being drunken lemurs, you’ll love today’s Dilbert.

• If you enjoyed the Will.i.am Yes We Can music video, there’s now a free ringtone available.

One last thing for tonight. As of this writing, 929,843 people have donated to the Obama campaign. If you’d like to be part of this million man movement, please consider donating through the Utah for Obama group. Even $5 will get you in this not-so-exclusive club. And your voice will be yet another adding to the growing chorus that says our voices will be heard. Obama’s campaign has been funded mostly with donations under $100, and that is just another reason why I believe that the hope isn’t just a fantasy, it’s real, and we are a part of it.

That’s all for tonight, folks. Ciao.

Tags: Things You Must Read

After seeing this, I feel this sudden urge to go hug my boyfriend and put down the internet, at least for the rest of tonight:

Alt: What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they’ll keep being wrong!

(Baby, I love you and I’m shutting down as soon as I send you the link to this post, so I can come give you that hug.)

I received this email from Senator Obama earlier this evening:

Misty –

Today, the people of Wisconsin voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new kind of politics.

They rejected an onslaught of negative attacks and attempts to distract them from the common concerns we all have about the direction of our country.

No doubt we’ll hear much more of these attacks and distractions in the days to come.

But the noise of these tired, old political games will not drown out the voices of millions calling for change.

You can help bring a new voice to our political process. By giving through our matching program, you will double the impact of someone giving for the first time this year.

We’re nearing our goal of 500,000 people giving so far in 2008. You’ve already donated to this campaign — but now you can help push us over the top and bring in someone new.

Make a matching donation right now:

https://donate.barackobama.com/promise

We won’t know until late tonight the results of today’s Hawaii caucus, but we’ll let you know how that turns out tomorrow.

If we win in Hawaii, it will be ten straight victories — a streak no one thought possible, and the best position we can be in when Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island, and Vermont vote on March 4th.

Thank you for making this possible,

Barack

Tags: presidential primary

I am looking forward to finding out how the Hawai’i caucuses went, but in the meantime, Obama’s 9th straight win in Wisconsin is great news!

According to MSNBC, he split the female vote in Wisconsin with Hillary, which makes me believe that women who previously were going for Hillary solely because of her gender may now be looking for something more, and have found that in Barack.

With 60% currently reporting, Barack has 56% of the vote, with Hillary at 43%. That should give Barack a pretty good chunck of Wisconsin’s 74 delegates.

Yes we can!

Tags: Hillary Clinton, presidential primary

This first item just leaves me speechless. Martha Stewart bought the rights to Emeril Lagasse! I can’t tell from the story if she purchased from Emeril himself, or if the rights belonged to Food Network. Either way, I hope this doesn’t change anything!

Val Kilmer apparently has a new gig – Kitt, as in Knight Rider. Apparently, it’s only redeeming feature is that the bad guys are the BlackRiver Security Corporation, who are attempting to take over the world. I may just have to watch.

As far as Pledged Delegates go, many of us have been up in arms that there is a very real possibility that pledged delegates, and not citizen voters, may determine the outcome of the Democratic nomination. How pissed would you be if one of the campaigns planned to try to sway pledged delegates to the other side? You heard me – pledged delegates, not unpledged. To
flip or not to flip?

The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that Snelgrove Ice Cream is going the way of the dodo bird. Speaking of the Trib, does anyone else have an issue with their “Was this article worthwhile” question? The way most people seem to be using it is to indicate if they like or dislike the subject of the article, or the views presented therein. So, since I don’t like the idea of Snelgrove going buh-bye, if I go with the crowd, I would hit the thumbs-down. However, since I’m glad the Trib reported this, shouldn’t I be giving it a thumbs-up? They should refine the question somehow.

Tomorrow evening, a total eclipse of the moon is expected starting around 6:45 PM until 10 PM. More information about watching the eclipse from various parts of the state is available on the Trib.

In case you’re bored, Woot has come up with a Best of the Worst List for your jaw-dropping pleasure.

And as a final note, watch Brit Hume talk about Michelle Obama:

As C&L said:

Ya know, I thought we’d hit bottom on right wing stupid with Glenn Beck’s “ugly women are progressive” comment. Guess what? The admittedly lovely Michelle Obama?[...]
Brit? It takes a lot to out-stupid Glenn Beck. Congratulations, my friend.

I just think it’s hilarious that this seems to be the worst that the right-wing can throw at the Obamas. No wonder the polls say Obama would definitely win against McCain.

On that note – Good luck to Senator Obama in Wisconsin and Hawai’i tonight!

Tags: Things You Must Read

Alt: It was also fun when those teenagers tried to egg our house and it insta-cooked the eggs in mid-air.

Interestingly, MAKE covered trebuchets today.

Alt: Oh, look, the ‘make everything better’ button was here behind the bookshelf all along.

That’s right. But the desire to is in our makeup.

Alt: But seriously, there’s loads of intelligent life. It’s just not screaming constantly in all directions on the handful of frequencies we search.

Alt: It’s pi plus C, of course.

This really belongs in a “Things You Must Read” post, but it’ll have to do all by itself.

Barack Obama’s latest round of endorsements includes Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. You read that right, folks. Ben and Jerry of ice cream fame have endorsed Senator Obama.

My main question here is…. what’s the new flavor going to be?