MESJ (Mormons for Equality and Social Justice) just sent out the following email:
I read recently about Senator Reid’s visit to BYU this week and I wanted to reach out to you with a question. As some of you know, I was the author and organizer of the anti-Cheney petition which ultimately garnered close to 4,000 […]
This is interesting: A Democratic group in California has filed complaints with the U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission alleging that the Rudy campaign has engaged in money laundering and violating campaign finance laws surrounding the now-dead California ballot initiative.
The complaint alleges that Rudy established a “front” group through billionaire friend Paul […]
Compatriots,
OK, details have been confirmed on the first College Democrats/Republicans event of the semester, so here you go:
COLLEGE DEMOCRATS/REPUBLICANS PANEL DISCUSSION: IRAQ POLICY AND PULLOUT
Thursday, October 4 (that’s tomorrow!)
7-8:30pm, 3106 JKB
This will be a great discussion on Iraq and U.S. policy, with lots of opportunities for students to be informed and ask questions of our […]
Fellow liberal-minded friends,
Rebecca Warthen wrote a letter to the Daily Universe today (October 3rd) entitled “No Reid Protests” in which she accused BYU liberal democrats of embarrassing and misrepresenting BYU last spring with the Cheney protest. The only reasons she gave as to why we protested are 1) he is politically charged and 2) it […]
This is a link to a video on cnn showing police beatings of Pro-Democracy protestors in Myanmar.
it contains violence so don’t watch it if you get offended easily
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/10/02/rivers.myanamar.beatings.cnn
Hyrum
Recent American policy, both foreign and internal, raises questions about the intent of what we are doing in the world. Many argue that we immorally impose our beliefs around the world for selfish gain. After thoughtful consideration I have reached an interesting conclusion.
No one would argue that after the collapse of the Soviet Union the […]
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the state can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie … The truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, […]
