Blame guv, not 120-day session for budget slam-and-jam
Freshman Republican Assemblymen Erv Nelson and Chris Edwards appeared on a local PBS community affairs television show recently and advocated for annual sessions of the Nevada Legislature. As if these people don’t already do enough damage every OTHER year! The reason, according to the pair, is that 120 days is supposedly not enough time to digest […]
Those bleating, grating voices of ignorance and disapproval
When liberal blogger Jon Ralston is in high dudgeon over something conservatives are doing, you know conservatives must be doing something “right.” Such is the nascent effort to repeal the largest tax hike in Nevada history, recently passed by the Nevada Legislature and signed by Gov. Brian Sandoval… A tax hike that made permanent the […]
Nevada taxpayers unleash fury on Heller’s support for Sandoval
If you want to know the real reason behind RINO Nevada Gov. Brian “America’s Worst Governor” Sandoval’s (R&R Partners) “announcement” this week that he will not be seeking U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s seat in next year’s election, consider the outrage that continues to pour forth from angry taxpayers in letters-to-the-editor, emails, blog posts and other […]
Jon Ralston’s “Dimwits”
Perhaps the only thing Jon Ralston, Nevada’s #2 liberal blogger-with-a-taxpayer-subsidized-TV-show, hates worse than me, conservative Assemblywoman Michele Fiore and Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald combined is the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. And I guess it’s understandable. The vast majority of candidates for public office who sign the Pledge, honor it once elected (exceptions include Nevada […]
U.S. should not follow E.U.’s “Monstrous Idiocy” on Sugar
For U.S. policy makers who think it’s only “third world” countries – such as Thailand, India and Brazil – that juice up their agricultural industries with government subsidies and other market-distorting handouts, the European Union wants you to know they can dish farm welfare with the best of ‘em. In a column titled “The Monstrous […]
Nye GOP “Excommunicates” Sandoval & Oscarson for “Defrauding” Voters
While liberal propaganda blabbermouths like Jon Ralston worship the ground walked on by liberal RINO (Republican in Name Only) Gov. Brian Sandoval and his liberal RINO enablers in the Legislature for shoving the largest tax hike in Nevada’s history up our collective wazoos in the recently completed session, the real Republicans over at the Nye […]
Keystone Corp reaped what it sowed
Nevada political organization Keystone Corp’s stated mission is: “To recruit, support and advocate for candidates for public office who support private sector job creation, low taxation, a responsible regulatory environment, and effective delivery of essential state services.” Among Keystone’s stated goals is: “To oppose any form of corporate income taxes or other business taxes that […]
The Dirty Dozen and Sellout Seven
Republicans this legislative session had 100 percent control of Nevada’s government for the first time since 1929. They used it in the Assembly on Sunday to shove, by a vote of 30-10, the largest tax increase in Nevada’s history down our collective throats and up our collective wazoos. A $1.5 billion giga-monstrosity that includes a […]
Tax Fight Not Over ’til “We Decide” It Is
Government-luvin’ tax hikers in Nevada shouldn’t be doing the Snoopy Dance just yet. As fictional Sen. John “Bluto” Blutarski of Animal House famously put it, “Nothing’s over until we decide it is.” We. Decide. Gov. Brian Sandoval never campaigned on raising taxes-and-spending by over a billion dollars – including the creation of a new gross […]
Campus Carry 2015: RIP
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Greg Brower did on Saturday what everyone living in reality knew he would do: kill the “new” Campus Carry bill once and for all. We can all thank Assemblyman Jim Wheeler for blinking when it got too hot in the kitchen. In reflecting on this sad fate for an extremely important bill, […]
The Germans haven’t bombed Pearl Harbor yet*
Advocates for higher taxes to fund bigger government in Nevada are in overdrive trying to persuade taxpayers that the 2015 legislative budget game is over and we should just bend over and “take it like a man.” As the argument is going, the governor’s $7.3 billion budget has already been reviewed and approved by the […]
I Love the Smell of Fossil Fuels in the Morning!
When it comes to energy, windmills are useless when there’s no wind, solar is useless when there’s no sun, and hydro is useless when there’s no water – a condition Nevadans were recently warned about again thanks to the ongoing drought. Indeed, the ONLY dependable sources of cheap energy remain oil, natural gas and coal. […]
WARNING: New Campus Carry Screw-Job in the Works!
Lord, I hope this isn’t true. But if it is, it might be the biggest snooker since Jack sold his mom’s cow for that handful of magic beans. Recall that last week the Not-So-Great-Eight stood with Democrats to kill Assembly Judiciary Chairman Ira Hansen’s plan to include Assemblywoman Michele Fiore’s campus carry legislation (AB148) as an […]
Uncle George had a farm…E, I, E, I Owe
It’s amazing the things you often find online by accident. Indeed, in doing some research on agricultural policies in the U.S. recently, I stumbled upon an online kids’ game called “Big Farm.” Here’s the description… “Uncle George has left you his farm, but unfortunately it’s in pretty bad shape. Using business skills and the help […]
Fiore, Wheeler square off on Campus Carry strategy
The tension on this morning’s tele-conference to discuss campus carry legislation – whereby students with concealed carry permits would be allowed to carry their weapons with them to classes for self-protection – between Assemblywoman Michele Fiore and Assemblyman Jim Wheeler was so thick you could literally feel it through the phone line. If you missed […]
Who Shot Campus Carry? A Muth’s Truths Investigation – Part III
OK, I’m back from seeing the new remake of the classic horror film, Poltergeist. One of the WORST remakes ever made and one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. And that’s all I have to say about that. So, armed with a cool, fresh margarita on the rocks in a mason jar, let’s continue […]
Who Shot Campus Carry? A Muth’s Truths Investigation – Part II
OK, I’m back. CJ’s basketball team won 25-9. He had two points, four rebounds and an assist. He also appears to have tackled every player on the other team at least once…and still didn’t foul out. Thank goodness for lenient refs! In other news… Here’s a nutshell, bullet-point highlight list from Part I of “Who […]