Who’d a Thunk It?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that “Existing-home sales rose a second month in a row during May, but prices again fell sharply.”
All About John
Sun reporter Michael Mishak notes that few Republicans are openly coming to John Ensign’s defense now that he’s in deep doo-doo over sleeping with another man’s wife who also happened to work for him. He also suggested that this was a blow to the Nevada Republican Party, as Ensign had threatened to ride in on […]
Help Wanted: Peter Pan Delivery Drivers
Conservatives continue to find themselves split in the fight between FedEx and UPS over a bill to place FedEx Express drivers under the same law as every other package delivery driver. And many who are on the FedEx side are there simply because FedEx is non-union and, hey, conservatives don’t like unions, right?
When it Pays to be White
Now this was funny. I took the girls to a Daddy-Daughter Dance last weekend at the East Las Vegas Community Center. As it turns out we were the only white family in the building and had a terrific time – even though I don’t speak Spanish and didn’t understand 90 percent of what the DJ’s […]
All the President’s Perks
Recall the University Chancellor Jim Rogers and his minions at the Nevada System of Higher Education have been claiming for a year and a half now that there’s just nowhere to cut in the university budget. Nowhere. And yet now we hear that the president of UNLV is doing a lousy job and is married […]
The Hardy Boys
Republican state Sen. Warren Hardy (R-Las Vegas) has decided not to risk running for re-election after voting for the Billion Dollar Tax Hike this legislative session. This is not exactly surprising, as the odds of Sen. Hardy surviving any credible GOP primary challenge after his votes this session to sock it to Nevada’s tourists, residents […]
John Ensign: Promise Breaker
What is it with Republican elected officials in Nevada and their marriages these days?
Wet-Nursing FedEx
In a recent editorial (“Kneecapping FedEx” – June 9, 2009) the Washington Times maintains that an amendment being proposed by Rep. James Oberstar to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill would “hobble” FedEx Express by “completely changing the labor laws under which the company operates.” Which is true. However, what the Times failed to mention […]
Rush to Defend FedEx is Wrong
Folks claiming that talk-show host Rush Limbaugh speaks for conservatives are off the mark. Rush speaks to conservatives, not for them. And he speaks to them in their own language, which is why he has such a gigantic listening audience. And because he has such a gigantic listening audience of conservatives, it is especially important […]
Operation RINO Hunt
The Clark County Republican Party took a HUGE step in the “right” direction last Tuesday evening when it overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution censuring six Republican state legislators who voted for SB 249 – a bill to raise sales and payroll taxes by $781 million. For the record and by popular demand, those […]
Time for Elected Republicans to Pay Franchise Fee
In California, state Republican legislators who run on the GOP’s name, use GOP resources, use GOP volunteers and owe their elections to the core of GOP voters living in their districts contribute 10 percent of the money they raise to the state Republican Party to help underwrite party operations. A similar “tithing” system ought to […]
Close the Tax-Hike Loophole
In the winter of 2008, the teachers union put a gun to gaming’s head and demanded that they do something to pump more money into teachers’ pockets “voluntarily” or they would gather the signatures needed to put a gaming tax hike on the ballot. Three gaming companies blinked and gave in to the extortion. Thus, […]
Liberal Paper Embraces Vouchers?
The Las Vegas Sun’s liberal editorial page on Thursday endorsed a congressional proposal to give people “vouchers of up to $4,500 to replace” an old, out-dated product with one that gets better performance. The paper encourages Congress “to send a voucher bill to President Obama quickly.”
GOP Foot-Soldiers Leading Conservative Uprising
As kids we were taught that actions have consequences. But for years now moderate Republican elected officials in Nevada have been getting away with violating the party’s core principles on fiscal conservatism with impunity. Those days are now over.
The Further Misadventures of Li’l Nate
The following is a combined report on Nathan Taylor and last night’s special meeting of the Clark County Central Committee at which Li’l Nate showed up and made an ass of himself…yet again.
The Love Connection with Li’l Nate
Sometimes I get into email fights with irrelevant bozos just for the pure, sadistic sport of it. So it is with a has-been yet still wet-behind-the-ears yahoo named Nathan Taylor who has elevated the childish rant to a new level in his blog, concluding his most recent post with: “Good luck Chuckie….your political influence is […]
A Paultard Crawls Out from His Rock
Speaking of irrelevant yahoos, Robert Holloway – a Paultard’s Paultard (and I’m speaking of the wacko fringe of Ron Paul’s legions, not the rational rank-and-file) – is back in the swing of things, taking issue with the Clark County GOP for holding a special meeting tonight to consider a resolution criticizing Republicans in the Legislature […]