Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 6, 2010
• The Smoking Gun reports that “A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screener is facing an assault rap after he allegedly beat a co-worker who joked about the size of the man’s genitalia after he walked through a security scanner.” The screener and his co-workers had been training with new “whole body image” machines which provide […]
Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 4, 2010
• In case you missed it, America’s Toughest Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, announced yesterday that he will not be running for governor of Arizona this year. Though the idea of forcing state legislators to meet in tents, eat green baloney and wear pink underwear had to have been tempting. Sheriff Joe will still be our First […]
Nevada GOP’s Voter Registration Opportunity Fading Fast
As you read yesterday I’m officially changing my party registration to Republican so I can vote in the GOP primary on June 8th. Depending on who the party nominates, I’ll either stay Republican or switch back to independent (current odds are 20-1 in favor of switching back). But that’s not the purpose of noting this […]
Mini-Muth’s Truths: May 3, 2010
• The Muth Troop went camping this weekend at a government-run campground on the Colorado River. So naturally, no cell or Internet service was available. Which actually wasn’t a bad thing. Until waking up this morning to over 600 email messages that piled up since last Friday morning. But we’re back from the wild and […]
Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 30, 2010
• There are still some skeptics out there who pooh-pooh automated phone polls, including the ones PMI, Inc. occasionally does for us and the Nevada News Bureau. • Since they’re automated, it’s always possible that some six-year-old is answering the phone instead of the mother or father of the house. However, the sheer number of […]
The GOP’s Ugly Choice in the Guv Primary
What’s a good Nevada Republican to do with the mess that is the GOP gubernatorial primary? The roster, for the record: incumbent Gov. Jim Gibbons, former North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon, and former state assemblyman-turned-attorney general-turned-gaming commissioner-turned-federal judge-turned private citizen Brian Sandoval.
Recently Added Tax Pledge Signers in Nevada
For a complete, up-to-date list of Taxpayer Protection Pledge signers in Nevada, please go to www.CitizenOutreachPAC.com
Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 29, 2010
CNS News reports today that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the former governor of Arizona, told a Senate panel Wednesday that she knows the U.S.-Mexico border “as well as anyone,” and “I will tell you it is as secure now as it has ever been.” In unrelated news, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid said this morning […]
Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 28, 2010
The City of Las Vegas and Clark County are now entertaining the idea of combining some of their fire services rather than duplicating the efforts in order to save money. When Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak was asked why this hadn’t been done before by Face-to-Face host Jon Ralston, the Commish responded that there hasn’t […]
Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 27, 2010
The Wall Street Journal notes this morning that Ford Motor, the American automaker that did NOT take a government bailout, “reported a $2.1 billion first-quarter profit, raised its forecast for the year, and boosted its second-quarter North America production by another 30,000 vehicles.” Go figure.
Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 26, 2010
What a sign of the times to have the liberal Las Vegas Sun editorialize on Sunday that “government employees continue to enjoy overly generous benefits, including retirement pay unheard of in the private sector.” Meanwhile, liberal activists and Democrat elected officials are saying no to tax hikes while embracing the notion of setting government spending […]
Taxpayer Champs vs. Taxpayer Chumps
Here’s our working list of candidates who have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge so far this campaign cycle. Consider this the “nice” list. The “naughty” list will be published later this week.
Lowden or Reid: Two Pictures worth a Thousand Words!
This is Harry Reid: This is Sue Lowden: Questions?
No Groundin’ of Lowden Despite All the Poundin’ – Simply Astoundin’
(Chuck Muth) – As if the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sue Lowden didn’t have enough to worry about with this three-weeks-old “Chickens for Checkups” fiasco, yesterday morning’s scuttlebutt on the e-grapevine was that Lowden had been wearing an earpiece during Friday night’s “Action is Brewing” debate in Reno and that campaign manager Robert […]
Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 24, 2010
The second of three Navy SEALs accused of giving a fat lip and a punch to the stomach to that captured terrorist behind the murder of those Blackwater employees and hanging their burned bodies from that bridge in Fallujah, Iraq, was found not guilty on Friday. The first SEAL in the case was also cleared […]
Is Chickens-for-Checkups a Game Changer?
In a Flashpoint column titled, “Lowden could have ended this by now,” published in the Las Vegas Sun yesterday, Jon Ralston wrote:
Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 22, 2010
MyNews4 is reporting this afternoon that “State Sen. Mark Amodei says he will formerly request the Nevada Republican Party chairmanship next month.” Best news Republicans have gotten all week.