Tomorrow (wednesday) we are joining with the BYU republicans to go up to Salt Lake and provide some service to veterans at the VA hospital. These are people who have sacrificed a lot for each of us and (whatever our views on the war or US foreign policy) we all owe them a huge amount of respect.

We will be meeting at 4:15 at the Jamba Juice in the Wilk so that we can carpool to get there around 5. If you could please let us know if you (and any of your friends) plan to attend and if you can drive (plus how many other people you can take) for people who have class, there is a second group meeting at Jamba Juice at 5 to get there late.

If you want to drive up by yourself we have provided directions hope to see everyone make it

Directions to the Veterans Hospital

VA Hospital Address and Phone Number

George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
500 Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148   (801) 582-1565

Directions below

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This is off of CNN.com with my own commentary added 

 • $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees. (clearly republicans hate emission control)• $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD’s. (people with STD’s apparently don’t deserve help)• $1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs. (do rural people even vote? Why help them?)• $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion. (shouldn’t Mormons love this?)• $75 million for “smoking cessation activities.” (yeah…smokers should be punished not helped)• $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges. (I also hate helping kids learn)• $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction. (I am seeing a theme of not helping people with problems)• $500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River. (last time we didn’t try to prevent flooding I seem to remember things going really really bad)• $6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings. (apparently republicans hate anything that helps the environment)• $500 million for state and local fire stations. (and they seem to hate stopping fires too)• $650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands. (yeah… let America burn EXCEPT FOR THE FLAG)• $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.  (I think they got high off of the lead-based paint so I see why they do not want to prevent it)

From friends of the club:

We have long felt as the “lone democrats ‘ of Utah and just looked up your address in order to invite any of your byu group to join our “inaugural bash”, which was our response to the Move-On email request for get-togethers Jan 20.  so far only 6 have responded so come on by and join us!
it is potluck dinner and a musical jam.  My husband plays in a band but only he will be here.  We have a piano, keyboard, and guitar, and invite anyone to bring an instrument they play , their voice, and any music.  We have 2 high school and 2 college kids in our family.  We’d be honored if any BYU Democrats would add to our memories of Inaugural Night!
Address: 1227 North 760 West, Orem
Phone: 224-1814
email: suezzz6 [at] aol [dot] com

Directions: take University to Orem 800 North (left at the power lines instead of straight ahead to Sundance)
Take 800 North to State St. turn right to 1200 North.
Go left on 1200 North  and right onto our cul-de-sac 760 West, we’re second house on left.

Hey everyone,

I hope everyone’s finals went well.  I am graduating, so there have been some changes in the leadership of the club.  The new leadership of the BYU Democrats is as follows:

President – Hyrum Salmond

Vice Presidents – Peter Snyder and Steve Pierce

Secretary – Jonathan Rivera

Action Chair – Celeste Grebe

Awareness Chair – Timothy Brownrigg

Treasurer – Jordan Kilgore

Thanks for a great eight months and for everything you all did.  Between the historic election of Obama and the club doubling in membership among other things, we accomplished a lot and it was an honor for me to be in this position.  Happy Holidays. 

Much love,

Randal Serr

In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.

Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama’s appearance on CBS’s 60 Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect’s unorthodox verbal tick, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.

But Mr. Obama’s decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.

According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it “alienating” to have a president who speaks English as if it were his first language.

“Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement,” says Mr. Logsdon. “If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist.”

The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, “Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate — we get it, stop showing off.”

The president-elect’s stubborn insistence on using complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.

“Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can’t really do there, I think needing to do that isn’t tapping into what Americans are needing also,” she said.

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and writer whose work appears in The New Yorker and The New York Times, and at his award-winning humor site, BorowitzReport.com.

via Huffington Post