Giuliani says: “Standing for Something.”

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.

Photo of Joseph Smith, Martin Harris, Others

I thought these were worth sharing.

Photo of Joseph Smith (copy of an original daguerreotype)
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Photo of Martin Harris
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Photo: Salt Lake Temple Under Construction
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… More Photos of Salt Lake Temple Construction

Photo: Nauvoo Temple
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Dr. Harold Rounds, MD: “Be a man. Self-exam.”

Testicular cancer is most common among males aged 15-40 years, particularly those in their mid-twenties.

4 pre-Iowa campaign blunders

Is lack of sleep to blame for the major campaign blunders prior to the Iowa caucas.
Fatigue factor gives equal time to candidates

“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).

What is your electoral compass?

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.

They tell me I think like Ron Paul.

A year of forgiveness

“Whoever has done this to us, I forgive them. I don’t care what the circumstances were, I forgive them.” - A year of forgiveness.

The Jerk: Classic Steve Martin on Hulu

Have you tried Hulu yet? I’ll bet I’ve used it north of 15 hours in the last two weeks.

Eery photos of the sun

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.