The Simple Formula for Ending the Recession in No Time Flat
“In 2020, this town will be more unionized,” predicts D. Taylor, secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Union in Las Vegas. “The question of going union has been enhanced by the recession.” Yeah, right. That’s like saying your marriage has been enhanced by having an affair with the wife of your best friend. I mean, who would […]
Democrats Clueless on Constitutionality Question
If you think a government-run health care system would be a good thing, you must also think that our government-run postal system, education system, tax collection system and vehicle registration system are all top notch. You might also be an idiot.
The Cure for Nevada’s Budget Ills
“Unless Nevadans wish to pay more and receive less, there’s not going to be enough money to go around next year,” writes Las Vegas Review-Journal publisher Sherm Frederick on Sunday. “What to do? Here’s a good prescription: Start with a no-nonsense evaluation of existing government services. Identify the services primary to the life and well-being […]
Left, Right Agree – Rahm’s Gotta Go
The Right and the Left don’t often agree, so when they do, it’s often newsworthy. And the fact that our friend Grover Norquist on the Right and Jane Hamsher on Left both agree that the White House Chief of Staff ought to be investigated and resign from office definitely fall into the newsworthy category. Here’s […]
If Whining Was an Olympic Sport
I swear, if whining was an Olympic sport, some of Nevada’s government employees would be gold medal finalists. Get a load of this email message sent to state legislators yesterday by Susan Summers, a non-essential taxpayer-paid “budget technician” (a what?) at UNLV:
A Tale of Two Political Minorities
First, think about what Harry Reid and the Democrats just did to shove ObamaCare up our collective wazoos, along with what Mitch McConnell and the Republicans DIDN’T do.
ObamaCare Moves Forward, But Not a Done Deal Yet
In a recent op/ed, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) proclaimed that his Senate version of health care reform “will save lives, save money and save Medicare.” Conservatives, however, say Sen. Reid’s government health care plan will kill people, bankrupt the country and destroy Medicare. Who ya gonna believe?
ObamaCare: What Would Barry Goldwater Do?
Yesterday, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) raised the constitutionality issue regarding Sen. Harry Reid’s version of ObamaCare in a last-ditch effort to derail it. He raises an excellent point, but in reality he’s actually a Johnny-come-lately on this question. Ryan Leonard, a Republican candidate for state Attorney General in Oklahoma, has been raising this issue for […]
Wiley Might Quit, or Wiley Might Not
U.S. Senate candidate Mike Wiley (R-Pluto) seems to be (a) having trouble understanding plain English, and (b) keeping track of all of the drivel he writes.
Drive-By Nevada Muthings – December 22, 2009
Mike Wiley sent out an email this week indicating he might not run for the United States Senate in the Nevada GOP primary after all. NO!!!! Every court needs a jester. Every party needs a pooper. Every village needs an idiot. And this race needs you, Mike Wiley! Suck it up, son.
Olympia’s Snowe Job
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) announced on today that she was not going to support the Senate’s health care bill because it’s being rushed-through to meet Harry Reid’s artificial deadline. And that really pisses me off.
Harry Reid’s Christmas Eve Screw Job
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) – recipient of the now-infamous $300,000 million “Louisiana Purchase” of her vote on ObamaCare – went on Face the Nation on today and said the following about the prospect of a Christmas Eve final vote on the Senate version of the bill:
The Fortunes of Nevada will Rise or Fall without Harry Reid in the Senate
About the only real argument for the re-election of Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada, is his position as Senate majority leader. But if that’s all he’s got, he hasn’t got much. No politician in America is indispensable. Or irreplaceable.
Government Health Care Can Still Be Stopped!
ALERT: DON’T GIVE UP! That’s the message from Congressman John Shadegg, a leading voice in the fight against Harry Reid and Nancy’s Pelosi’s efforts to shove ObamaCare up the nation’s wazoo.
A Forced Gesture
Assembly Republicans declared this week that they were taking a voluntary 4.6 percent pay cut to show solidarity with state employees who had their pay reduced by the 2009 Legislature. “A promise made, a promise kept,” boasted Assembly Minority Leader Heidi Gansert in the first and only press release coming out of her shop since […]
The Full Monte
Has the final nail been driven into Gov. Jim Gibbons’ political coffin?
Having a Gay, Ol’ Time at CPAC
Bryan Fischer, director of issue analysis for the American Family Association, is throwing a hissy fit over a gay Republican organization, GOProud, co-sponsoring next year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC, scheduled for February 18-20.