A Last-Minute Endorsement in Assembly District 32 »
(Chuck Muth) – By a quirk of fate, both candidates for Assembly District 32 seat in Washoe County are Republicans – Jodi Stephens and Ira Hansen. On the surface, both appear to be very similar. So let’s dig a little deeper, shall we?
Obama’s NLRB Appointee Says Unions Need to be Voted in Quicker »
(Warner Todd Huston/The Union Label) – Leave it to an Obama appointee to the National Labor Rights Board (NLRB) to want to push votes to install unions in the workplace on an accelerated schedule. I guess all the payoffs and special favors that Obama and his cohorts have given to labor unions in these two of the longest years any president ever had have not been enough. On Oct. 21, NLRB Member Mark Gaston Pearce [...]
Ten Ways Reid-Pelosi-Obamacare Funds Abortion »
(Don Nelson) – There are still people arguing that Reid-Pelosi-Obamacare does not fund abortion. Reid-Pelosi-Obamacare does fund and subsidize abortion and represents a dramatic departure from the long standing, widely accepted policy of not covering abortion with government funds. Here are ten ways or things to know about how it funds abortion. For more detailed information, see “The List” in National Right to Life’s Media Backgrounder:Abortion Policy and “Health Care Reform” 1. Reid-Pelosi-Obamacare will directly [...]
Is the Clark County School District a “political machine”? »
(Karen Gray/NPRI) – Is the Clark County School District a “political machine”? According to the widely used online encyclopedia, wikipedia.org, “A political machine … is a disciplined political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and business (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts.” By that definition, evidence would suggest the district does in fact qualify. On the other hand, some authorities — [...]
Jacob: Beggar-All Promises »
(Paul Jacob/Common Sense) – The essence of politics-as-usual is to promise the moon and bury any mention of costs. This beggar-all promising has calcified into government policy. And we all get trapped in the web of promises that become law and then bureaucracy with “benefits” . . . as folks come to rely on those benefits. Damn the costs. Example? Medicare. It’s politically untouchable. Though deeply insolvent, politicians and partisan activists of both parties whip [...]
Unbelievable Upset Potential in CO Guv Race »
(Rasmussen Report) – Republican candidate Dan Maes now has just single-digit support, but Democrat John Hickenlooper still holds a slight lead over independent candidate Tom Tancredo in Colorado’s race for governor. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state shows Hickenlooper with a 47% to 42% lead over Tancredo, a former GOP congressman now running as the candidate of the American Constitution Party. Maes trails with five percent (5%) support. Six [...]
Assembly Democrats’ Funny Money Campaign Finance Report »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – The state Assembly’s Democratic Caucus failed to disclose more than $120,000 in donations from its own members earlier this year, but a Democratic leader says they weren’t legally required to do so. A dozen Assembly Democrats chipped in the funds in the first five months of this year, according to a review of the individual lawmakers’ campaign expenditure reports. But the donations weren’t disclosed by the caucus on its June [...]
Zinni: Afghanistan rules of engagement too restrictive »
(Max Blenkin/Sydney Morning Herald) – Soldiers fighting in Afghanistan believe their rules of engagement are too restrictive and hand the enemy an unfair advantage, a retired US Marine Corps general says. General Anthony Zinni, a former commander of US central command and now US head of defence company BAE Systems, said he believed concerns about restrictive rules were coalition-wide. This is an issue touched on by an unnamed Australian soldier in an email complaining about [...]
Democrat Falsely Claims Review-Journal Endorsement »
(Njus for Assembly campaign) – Kathryn Njus, Republican Candidate for Assembly District 42, is honored and appreciates being endorsed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Imagine the surprise that was felt by supporters of Kathryn Njus, and Kathryn Njus herself, when two of Irene Bustamante-Adams’ yard signs were seen in the front yard of current Assemblyman Harry Mortenson falsely claiming that Ms. Bustamante-Adams is endorsed by the Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Sun. The Review-Journal endorsement [...]
Nevada’s “Actual” Unemployment Rate Hit 22.3% In Third Quarter »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Nevada’s “actual” unemployment rate in the third quarter of 2010 increased to 22.3 percent from 21.5 percent in the second quarter, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows a much worse unemployment situation in Nevada and nationally because it includes workers who are too discouraged to seek employment and have given up searching, and workers employed part time for economic reasons. The [...]
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