Utahs Republic A Constitutional Right 2015-10-07T14:03:04Z https://www.utahsrepublic.org/feed/atom/ Oak Norton <![CDATA[Rep. Mike Kennedy on Medicaid Expansion]]> https://www.utahsrepublic.org/?p=1904 2015-10-07T14:03:04Z 2015-10-07T13:42:01Z Rep. Mike Kennedy recently spoke with his county delegates about Medicaid expansion. I thought his comments were valuable to the discussion and asked him to put something in writing which I could share with others. These are his thoughts. Thank you Rep. Kennedy. The State of Utah has been debating for years now about what […]

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]]> Oak Norton <![CDATA[Lowell Nelson’s letter to the Governor]]> https://www.utahsrepublic.org/?p=1858 2014-01-10T04:49:29Z 2014-01-10T04:49:29Z After same-sex marriages were being performed in Utah and before the governor had taken a stand on the issue, many Utahns emailed the governor asking him to intercede. Below is a short and sweet letter Lowell Nelson sent in and gave permission for me to post here. ********** Dear Governor, Utah is (supposed to be) […]

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]]> Oak Norton <![CDATA[Democratic Republic or Constitutional Republic]]> https://www.utahsrepublic.org/?p=1853 2013-10-28T10:39:38Z 2013-10-28T10:36:32Z In the past I’ve had a couple of email or site discussions with people on the difference between these terms. It seemed significant enough to warrant taking a position. To me, a Constitutional Republic means that we are a republic with a written constitution thus making the document the supreme law of the land. A […]

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]]> 5 Oak Norton <![CDATA[Boy Scouts of America’s Sustainability Merit Badge]]> https://www.utahsrepublic.org/?p=1845 2012-12-18T13:07:29Z 2012-12-18T12:49:28Z Over the weekend someone sent me news that the Boy Scouts are adding two merit badges to the list of badges required for Eagle. One is the Cooking badge which I thought was already on the list. The second is the new Sustainability merit badge which scouts will have to earn, OR continue to earn […]

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]]> 3 Oak Norton <![CDATA[Hilarious Videos from the DNC]]> https://www.utahsrepublic.org/?p=1840 2012-09-07T05:26:55Z 2012-09-07T05:26:55Z These videos were all on TheBlaze.com but I thought I’d aggregate them here. Peter Schiff went to the Democratic National Convention and asked some attendees about what they thought of banning corporate profits altogether. It’s not like everyone there would support this position, but these people are funny. Jon Stewart (somewhat left of center) did […]

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]]> 5 Oak Norton <![CDATA[Former marine put in mental hospital for Facebook posts]]> https://www.utahsrepublic.org/?p=1836 2012-08-20T11:28:45Z 2012-08-20T11:28:45Z Have you heard of Brandon Raub yet? He’s a former marine that appears to have been arrested and put into a mental hospital by the FBI and Secret Service because of his Facebook posts which included questioning the events of 9/11. It doesn’t matter what side of the 9/11 events you subscribe to, this is […]

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]]> 2 Oak Norton <![CDATA[Black List and State Surveillance]]> https://www.utahsrepublic.org/?p=1823 2012-08-13T12:00:38Z 2012-08-11T22:17:29Z As a kid I read a couple Tom Clancy novels because they were really intense action thrillers. Then I started avoiding them because of the language in them. However, I recently decided to read Brad Thor’s new book Black List because it combines real surveillance-state stuff with a fiction story. The author’s note before the […]

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]]> Oak Norton <![CDATA[ACT Career Testing for Kindergarteners]]> https://www.utahsrepublic.org/?p=1817 2012-07-10T14:23:16Z 2012-07-10T14:21:16Z You might be thinking this heading is a joke. Unfortunately it doesn’t appear to be. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/02/career-test-for-kindergar_0_n_1644215.html Can’t you just wait for your kindergartener to pick a career and get tracked for it to reach his or her potential? I haven’t seen many job listings for princesses or pirates (maybe Somalia is hiring?). Here’s some excellent […]

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]]> 4 Oak Norton <![CDATA[Tim Ballard on the American Covenant]]> https://www.utahsrepublic.org/?p=1809 2012-05-28T03:11:41Z 2012-05-28T03:11:41Z I have one of Tim Ballard’s books he wrote called “the American Covenant” sitting on my floor by my bed with a few dozen other books I want to read. While chatting with Susie Schnell today she mentioned Tim had been on Glenn Beck’s radio and TV show this past week and it was really […]

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]]> 8 Oak Norton <![CDATA[The Real Jefferson Bible Story]]> https://www.utahsrepublic.org/?p=1802 2012-04-30T12:55:37Z 2012-04-22T04:08:23Z Addendum: Summarizing all the comments below this post, it appears some of the “facts” that David Barton presents here are in question. One link on the third page of comments led to a page which says Barton took some of his comments from the work of someone else without going to the appropriate source document. […]

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