During the Republican presidential debate on Saturday January 5, 2008 a recorded question was posed from President Bush on how he would support a candidate who makes decisions based on principles and guidelines. When Rudy answered, he said a something about a president “Standing for Something.”
What Rudy doesn’t know is that he quoted the title of the book Standing for Something, which was written by LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley. The full title of the book is actually Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes and highlights 10 virtues we should stand for as a people on this earth.
Those “10 Virtues” are: love, honesty, morality, civility, learning, forgiveness and mercy, thrift and industry, gratitude, optimism, and faith.
“I know this is an unusual theory, but I do believe sleep deprivation has a lot to do with some of the edginess of Washington today.” Bill Clinton
The PR Teams of the following candidates have blamed lack of sleep on the following comments.
No. 4 - “We had 300 people outside, literally freezing to death.” - Hillary Clinton (Literally?)
No. 3 - “I won’t remember Iowans.” - Mitt Romney (His wife nudged him . . . “forget Iowans.”
No. 2 - Barack Obama told a crowd in Kansas that 10,000 people died in a tornado. (12 did).
No. 1 - Mike Huckabee apologized for the killing of Pakistan’s Prime Minister. (He should have offered his sympathies unless he is a murderer).
The Electoral compass is a neat little site that gauges your beliefs on the issues of the day and then compares your opinions with that of the individual candidates for U.S. President. I have a hunch there are many who think they believe in one candidate and really think like another.
I went snowmobiling on Christmas Eve with my friend and business partner Kevin Olsen and snapped a few photos of the sun that turned out pretty eery. There was a small amount of cloud cover and then a fog blew up the canyon and sandwiched the sun in the photo.
Camera: iPhone.
Time of Day: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Mountains East of Bountiful, Utah.