A little about Sharron Angle’s mainstream media “coming out” party this evening. Continue reading »
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports this afternoon that in the middle of this Great Recession – with bankruptcies and foreclosures through the roof; with unemployment higher in Nevada than anywhere else in the free world; with an Energizer Bunny state budget deficit that seems to just keep growing and growing and growing; with public schools sucking and health care costs skyrocketing – some of our lame-brained legislators, led by our Nanny-Stater-in-Chief, Sen. Mike Schneider (D-Uranus), “agreed Tuesday to draw up a bill to require auto repair shops, smog stations and oil change businesses to check the air pressure in their customers’ tires.”
That’s right. As Rome burns, the Subcommittee on the Production and Use of Energy is contemplating a stupid bill mandating that Nevada businesses check your stinking tire pressure.
And some people still think we ought to let these idiots meet EVERY YEAR?
Oh, joy. Another task force to study ways to diversify Nevada’s economy. At least this one doesn’t have the word “stakeholder” in its description. Continue reading »
(Chuck Muth) – In attempting to defend the indefensible – Clark County firefighters making more than $200,000 a year at taxpayer expense – firefighter union boss Ryan Beaman inked a guest op/ed to the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Sunday. In it, he wrote the following: Continue reading »
Some unemployed yahoo named Brian Hughes inked a letter-to-the-editor published by the Review-Journal on Sunday kvetching about Republicans who voted against extending his unemployment benefits. Continue reading »
(Chuck Muth) – When an NPR reporter asked me on Friday if I thought Sharron Angle needed to start reaching out to independents and Democrats for the general election, I said “no.” The reality is Sharron still hasn’t secured her base – and until she does that, there’s no sense trying to reach outside it.
And I’m not just talking about moderate Republicans here; I’m talking about conservative Republicans. Continue reading »
At the risk of offending my close, personal friends in the Nevada and Clark County Republican Party organizations (which, as everyone knows, I hardly EVER do), I nonetheless feel compelled to point out the obvious which they’ve obviously missed.
Did you know that there are other Democrats serving in elected positions in Nevada other than Harry Reid? Continue reading »
• Yesterday, Rep. Dina Titus (D-Big Labor) voted in favor of H.R. 5175, the DISCLOSE Act, which, as GOP opponent Joe Heck points out limits “only the political speech of corporations, with no effect on unions, including foreign-influenced labor unions, public-employee unions, or government grant recipients.” Remember in November. Continue reading »
Did you know that the man many refer to as the “Father of the Tea Party Movement” got his political start in Reno, Nevada and now lives in Las Vegas? Here’s the scoop on the man with the plan from a recent Associated Press story: Continue reading »
• I’m back. Took a post-primary week off with the kids. Did I miss anything?
• Nevada Sen. John Ensign said on Tuesday that he opposes a ban on deepwater drilling – but it was unclear if he was talking about oil exploration or hanky-panky with staffers.
• Um, sorry about that one. Couldn’t resist. Continue reading »
