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From the AP, we learn that Gov. Olene Walker has done away with firing squads in Utah, leaving injection as the only method for executing condemned killers.
"Lawmakers have said the elimination of firing squads will deny killers the chance to go out in a blaze of glory. Despite the measure's passage, the state will make allowance for four death row inmates who have already chosen to die in a hail of bullets."
A blaze of glory, eh?
Since we have only a few moments to write today, lets pad this piece by including the lyrics of "The Beehive State" by Randy Newman.
"Since you're the delegate from Kansas
Will you kindly take the floor
And tell us what Kansas is thinking
And what is Kansas for? "
"Well Kansas is for the farmer
We stand behind the little man
And we need a firehouse in Topeka
So help us if you can"
"I see the delegate from Utah
Our friendly beehive state
How can we help you, Utah?
How can we make you great? "
"Well, we got to irrigate our deserts
So we can get some things to grow
And we got to tell this country about Utah
`cause nobody seems to know"
Reaction was swift and harsh on 'The Douche Bag Factor', Sean Hannity's syndicated radio show, where guest Ann Coulter expressed her disgust.
"Sean, I want to express my disgust. You have this one little state with it's marvelous death penalty, and what else? Stinky Mormons? Salty lakes? Beehives? And the godless liberals strike down the one saving grace it has."
"I don't know Ann... Do you really want to see wrongdoers go down in a blaze of glory?"
"A blaze of glory? You've got to be kidding me? You get to shoot a criminal full of holes. How cool is that? Fifty, a hundred bullet holes, and the life just seeping out of him. Or seeping out of her. Wouldn't you love to see that Melissa Ann Rowland shot full of holes? Now, thanks to the liberals, it's never going to happen."
"Let me correct you on one thing, Ann, if I may. There wouldn't be fifty or a hundred bullet holes. The Utah justice system has become so bastardized, so watered down, that they only use five riflemen."
"You're kidding."
"And it gets worse. One of them fires a blank."
"Wha-wha-wha-what?"
"I'm sad to say it's true...They say that it's so that no one will know who fired the lethal shots."
"That's sad..."
"Very sad. It's time we take this country back."
"Right, Sean. Sad... Nice lip gloss, by the way." | 
