All I Want for Christmas is His Slow, Painful Death
“The former street preacher charged with kidnapping and assaulting Elizabeth Smart has suffered an apparent seizure in the courtroom,” the AP reported this morning. “Paramedics rushed inside the courtroom to attend to Brian David Mitchell, who was moaning and lying on the floor.” Now, I know this isn’t exactly a Christian sentiment, especially coming as […]
Another Ensign vs. Heller Comparison
By the way, just a reminder: Nevada Sen. John Ensign voted for the TARP bailout. Nevada Rep. Dean Heller voted against it. Tell me again why it would be better to keep Ensign in the Senate rather than replace him with Heller?
Sandoval and “No New Taxes”
David McGrath Schwartz of the Las Vegas Sun today takes an in-depth look at Nevada Gov.-elect Sandoval’s campaign promise not to raise taxes while simultaneously balancing the state’s budget and dealing with its over-spending deficit. In it, he quotes some Muth’s Truths: Chuck Muth, a conservative political consultant and keeper of the anti-tax pledge (which […]
McGinness: Extend Tax Hikes I Voted Against
If you’ll recall, one of the reasons Nevada state Sen. Mike McGinness (R-Fallon) gave for his recent coup against now-former Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio was Raggio’s un-Republican push in 2009 for tax hikes in the middle of The Great Recession. Which makes it rather curious that Sen. McGinness was quoted in the Nevada Appeal […]
Sandoval’s Army of Competents
Nevada Governor-elect Brian Sandoval announced today his selection of 29 Nevadans to serve on his transition advisory team – a list which only enhances our “Personnel is Policy” concerns. There are a couple of longtime gaming executives, a Mercedes Benz dealer, a union boss, a “Republicans for Reid” state senator, a teacher and founder of […]
Choosing Temporary Safety over Liberty
If you need any further evidence that the republic is in peril from our own dumbed-down citizens (thank you, government schools), Rasmussen reports today that “Seventy-five percent (75%) of voters who fly at least once a year think it is appropriate to require some passengers to have either a full-body scan or full-body pat down […]
Publik Skool Update
The Clark County school district announced yesterday the start of its much-ballyhooed “open enrollment” school choice program in which you can go to any school you want….as long as it’s a public school…and not one of the good public schools which are already overcrowded and, therefore, have no seats available. But other than that, you […]
You Have the Right to Do What We Tell You to Do
If you accept the proposition that one person’s rights end where another’s begins, then you cannot escape the fact that health care is simply not a right in America. Because if health-care is a God-given right, then by definition you can force someone else to treat you at no charge. Free speech is a right […]
Is it Discrimination only if You’re an Old White Male?
If a voter votes against a candidate, for example Mitt Romney, just because they’re Mormon, is that prejudice and discrimination? And if so, if a voter votes FOR a candidate just because they’re Mormon, isn’t that prejudice and discrimination, as well. Ditto blacks voting for blacks or Hispanics voting for Hispanics or women voting for […]
The Future under ObamaCare is Here
Medicare is a government-run health care program. And the Washington Post reported this weekend that doctors from coast to coast are opting out and refusing to participate in the program. “Top-ranked primary-care doctor Linda Yau is one of three physicians with a District of Columbia internists group who recently announced they no longer will be […]
New Pro-Business Pit Bull to Take on ’11 Legislature
It’s been a bad couple of years for businesses in Nevada. And it’s about to get even worse. Hikes in the government-mandated minimum wage are now on auto-pilot. There’s a pending proposal to double the unemployment tax on businesses. ObamaCare is resulting in higher, not lower health insurance costs for businesses and their employees. And […]
Don’t Touch My Junk Day
Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith has little good to say about the touchy-feely TSA gropers at the Checkpoint Charlie stations in American airports, but he describes today’s planned “National Opt-Out Day” – in which passengers will slow down airport screenings by opting out of having their naked bodies ogled by government screeners on […]
What’s Up with the Janison Hire?
Continuing with our ongoing “Personnel is Policy” series, Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval, who expressed support for school vouchers as part of his education reform proposals during his campaign, this week tapped Clark County School Board President Terri Janison to run his Las Vegas office. “I have pledged to make education a centerpiece of my administration,” Sandoval […]
Another Embarrassing Set of Wrong-Angle Figures
At the risk of beating a dead horse, I was presented with yet another example of just how badly the Sharron Angle campaign did on election day, especially in her home county which, as has been widely reported, she lost big-time – I think around 7,000 votes. But here’s an even more telling set of […]
Mini-Muth’s Truths: September 9, 2010
OK, after ground operations successfully ousted Saddam Hussein from power, President Bush visited an American aircraft carrier and delivered a speech with a banner behind him that read, “Mission Accomplished.” And indeed, the mission to depose the Butcher of Baghdad WAS accomplished. So the banner was accurate. But that didn’t stop the media and those […]
Happy Labor Day
First, let me wish everyone who miraculously still has a job a happy Labor Day. Secondly, let me remind those of you who do not have a job that it’s Harry Reid’s fault. Thirdly, allow me to point out that labor unions suck; they don’t create jobs, they kill them.
Mini-Muth’s Truths: September 4, 2010
The latest Rasmussen Poll, released Fridday, shows Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle tied with Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at 45-45 percent. This is the fifth straight poll showing Angle within the margin of error….which assures her fundraising spigot will remain open. The longer it goes without Reid pulling away, the better Angle’s […]