Equal Footing?: Nevada and Other Western States Got the Rug Pulled Out From Under Them »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) On Friday, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed House Bill 148, the latest volley in the long-running skirmish known as the Sagebrush Rebellion. The bill demands the United States extinguish title to federally occupied lands — about two-thirds of the state — and transfer title to the state of Utah on or before Dec. 31, 2014. I prefer the term “occupied” to controlled or owned. One major flaw with the bill is that [...]
Godfather Of Conservatism Calls On Newt To Drop Out Of Race »
(Roger Stone/The Stone Zone) – When the history of American Conservatives is written, it should be noted the second most influential man in terms of the Conservative Movement and country after Ronald Reagan, is direct communication wizard and conservative activist Richard A. Viguerie. If William F. Buckley Jr. is the Godfather of the modern Conservative Movement, Richard Viguerie has been it’s communications and fundraising spark-plug. Viguerie developed sophisticated direct mail techniques, which, in a day [...]
We Need NASA AND Private Space Entrepreneurs, Not Obama Killing One Off »
(Fred Weinberg/The Penny Press) – Last week on 60 Minutes, the program did a piece on what is, perhaps, the most undercovered story of this century. CBS News pointed out that in our lifetimes, only four entities have launched an object into space and recovered it. Russia, the United States, China and a company from California named SpaceX. SpaceX—and its competitors—are the silver lining of one of the Obama Administration’s most incompetent decisions which was [...]
Democrats Discriminate by Relegating People to Niches »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) Democrats discriminate. And I mean that in the most pejorative sense of the word. Not in the sense that one has discriminating tastes — prefers the symphony to heavy metal. I mean Democrats herd people into niches and classify and identify and make assumptions about people, not by their level of discernment and powers of rational thought and deduction, but by their skin color, age, gender and ethnicity. In their worldview a [...]
They All Laughed at »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) in·vest·ment (in-vest-muhnt) noun: the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value. In announcing the president’s travels this week, the White House said: “On Wednesday, the President will begin the tour in Boulder City, Nevada where he will visit the Copper Mountain Solar 1 Facility, the largest photovoltaic plant operating in the country with nearly one million solar panels powering 17,000 homes. [...]
Obama Plans to Lower Fuel Prices by Raising Cost of Oil? »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) Snake oil salesmen seldom lied outright, but they never really told the whole truth. In today’s radio address Obama told us with a straight face, “Under my administration, we’re producing more oil here at home than at any time in the last eight years, that’s a fact.” Yes, that’s a fact. What he did not bother to mention is that all that production is taking place on private land. As the Washington [...]
Reno Windmills Barely Create a Stir in the Cash Drawer »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) After spending a million dollars from Obama’s green energy stash to erect six electricity generating windmills, the city of Reno over the past two years has saved a whopping $2,785 off its power bill, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal today. The newspaper calculated the savings by using the city’s new “open government” website, which tracks the power each windmill generates. The paper quotes Jason Geddes, Reno’s environmental services administrator, as [...]
Nevada Should Join Utah and Arizona in Still Another Bid to Grab Federal Land »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) The Utah Legislature has approved legislation demanding that the federal government cede certain federally controlled lands to the state. A resolution accompanying the bill says such things as: “WHEREAS, the enabling acts of the new states west of the original colonies established the terms upon which all such states were admitted into the union, and contained the same promise to all new states that the federal government would extinguish title to all [...]
Harry Reid Opts For Political Theater On Judicial Nominees »
(Rob Bluey/The Heritage Foundation) – Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has rightfully earned the reputation of running a do-nothing Senate. More than 1,000 days have elapsed since the upper chamber approved a budget. He’s currently ignoring the House-passed JOBS Act and actively opposing steps to lower gas prices. Now, in a blatant political stunt, Reid is attempting to blame the Republican minority for the Senate’s failure to confirm 17 of President Obama’s district court nominees. [...]
Reid’s Way to Increase Clean Energy ‘Demand’ Is Force Feeding »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) As per usual, Harry Reid’s tome on renewable energy projects in Nevada — “Playing to win in Clean Energy,” produced at your expense — leaves out as much as it tells. Harry touts SolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes project near Tonopah, which will use mirrors to reflect sunlight on a 528-foot tower to liquefy salt and drive a turbine, as creating 600 jobs during construction, but fails to mention that it should take no [...]
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