Melissa Hofer

OK, now that we have a health insurance reform package with no public option, no meaningful finance reform, privatization of space exploration, Mike Lee's counsel appointed as U.S. attorney, and now the debt ceiling compromise, can we please let go of "Obama's a socialist"?

(UNEDITED)This is a response to Chris Crowder's Soda Pop Machine complaint of Oct 7th. He implies that "right has become wrong" and "they" are taking Layton Christian Academy's soda pop machine away while simultaneously legalizing marijuana. He states that this is a plot by "some national organizations" and "no doubt, the current administration". Also, of course, "it's the end of the world". I hope this is facetious but I really can't tell from the piece. I rather suspect it isn't.

(UNEDITED)Let's recognize that identity theft and illegal immigration are related only tangentially. It is true that illegals have reason to be interested in stolen identities, but it is untrue that "solving" the immigration problem will eliminate identity theft.

Identity thieves work electronically and often across several jurisdictions. They are hard for law enforcement to catch. I am wholeheartedly for anything that would allow these thieves to be caught and prosecuted.