Monday Cup o' Joe

Look everyone! She's a racist! To the Sen. Hatch press release:

Hatch Statement on Supreme Court Reversing Sotomayor Firefighters Decision

“The Supreme Court today correctly held that race-based employment decisions must be justified by facts, not fear,” said Hatch. “These firefighters, who worked long and hard for it, were denied the chance for promotion because of their race.

“In the twenty-first century, race discrimination requires more justification than the fear of being sued. The Second Circuit should have recognized the serious and unique issues this case raised and given it the thorough treatment it deserved.”

As if it was her decision alone on this case. As far as I know, she wasn't the only justice in the lower court to deny the case. Anyone have a list of others she joined in the decision?

• The Trib continues their Chaffetz weekender streak with a piece about his globetrotting ways.

"I felt that one of my weaknesses was foreign policy, so I made a concerted effort in the first six months to get out and see everything I could," he said. "There's no substitute to go out and be there and see it."

• Can't resist another mind-blowing column from Joseph A. Cannon. And by mind blowing, I mean blowing my mind out all over the wall:

The Restoration (of the Gospel) would not have been possible without the Enlightenment which laid the foundation of political and religious freedom. The Enlightenment was an indispensable element of the American Revolution, also a necessary precondition of the Restoration. Though the Enlightenment created and carried within it the corrosive seeds of materialism and secularism, the Gospel is the antidote.

So, good Enlightenment fixes bad Gospel. But now gone bad Enlightenment needs to be fixed by the bad Gospel gone good? God's got a wicked sense of humor and I need more caffeine to get through these things.

• Speaking of religion, the most awesome Utah lawmaker alive (and I mean that and all the baggage that comes with it) gets profiled by the Dnews. But what's up with guys getting religion when they've fallen for some hotness? (I'm looking at you Glenn Beck.)

Then came "the LDS girl."

"Her parents made it clear, she wasn't marrying anyone who didn't go on a mission. I thought I was in love, so I knew I was going" on a two-year assignment before college.

Greg Hughes, a true romantic.

• Sunday sadness — Body of missing boater found in Utah Lake.