Joe Hill’s last words, before a firing squad were “Ready, Aim, Fire”

Utah Quote

Everything you have that you don’t need was stolen from the poor

Which is a very Utah Phillips, and fundamentalist Christian way to look at things.  The question is of course is, are those things you don’t need of any use to anyone else?

Your seemingly daily Utah Phillips

Spokane is a place like Denny’s – it’s not a place you go to, it’s a place you end up.

Metaphor for America These Days

Back in World War Two they didn’t make pet food, so we had to keep chickens as pets.  We had two chickens.  One day one chicken got sick, so we killed the healthy one to make chicken soup so the sick one could get better.

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If you’ve got to have heroes, make sure they’re dead so they don’t blow it.

Non Utah – read The “Wash My Ferrari” Problem: A Meditation on Risk