(Chuck Muth) – Many Nevadans appear to have had enough…and they ain’t gonna take it anymore.
A pair of rallies were held in Carson City and Las Vegas on Saturday protesting Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s discriminatory, contradictory and dictatorial statewide shutdown order.
Can’t speak for the one in Carson City, but the one in Vegas was huge. Police reports estimated the crowd size at 500, but I’d guess it was at least double that. Then again, I went to public school.
Naturally, Jon Ralston – the ever thin-skinned liberal grifter/blogger and king of fake news in Nevada – got his panties in a bunch. He referred to the Nevadans who participated as “irresponsible loons” and referred to elected officials calling for the state to be re-opened “twits.”
Nevertheless, just hours after the pair of rallies ended, Gov. Sisolak weakly tweeted that he was “making considerations for our state-specific re-opening plan.”
As the old saying goes, if they won’t see the light, make them feel the heat!
The protests and rallies – growing in size and frequency – are clearly forcing the governor to FINALLY take seriously the immediate need to stop flattening our economy.
Here are a couple more photos from the Vegas rally…
I tweeted that last photo with this question:
“How long before some nanny-stater reports this as child abuse?”
And yep, like clockwork, the “freedom deniers” came out of the woodwork. But this reply from @AllOutBubblegum was priceless…
“After they die. Give it time jenius.”
What a “jenius”!
The Antidote for DinaTitusitis
I’ve known Kamau Bakari for some 25 years now – dating back to the mid-90’s when I was the Clark County Republican Party chairman.
And he’s running in November against Democrat Rep. Dina Titus – a woman whose grating voice makes fingernails on a chalkboard sound like a baby lullaby – in Nevada’s 1st congressional district as an Independent American.
Lemme tell you a little about Kamau…
He was on my executive board when I was chairman. Can’t say we always agreed on every issue, but he was always able to back up his position with reason and facts.
He’s an entrepreneur and small businessman by trade, and an out-spoken constitutionalist by philosophy.
He can also rattle off the entire list of 50 states, including the exact date they entered the union and in what order.
He can also tell you off the top of his head the names of the six Founding Fathers who signed both the Declaration of Independence AND the Constitution, as well as which states they came from.
Kamau’s as smart and well-informed on our nation’s history as they come.
He’s also colored. No, wait, black. No, wait, African-American. No, wait, he refers to himself as an…
“Ex-nigga.”
(Clutches pearls!)
No, seriously. That’s what he says.
And he wonders why the term “colored person” is considered offensive but “person of color” is OK…when they both mean and say the exact same thing. Good question.
He also wonders why no one had a cow when “comedian” Larry Wilmore, at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2016 featuring then-President Barack Obama, said to the President…
“Yo, Barry, you did it, my nigga.”
“Blacks need to stop calling themselves niggas if they expect everyone else not to use the word,” Kamau says.
Talking about race like this is explosive stuff. Makes most white people very, very uncomfortable.
But Kamau argues that unless we talk more openly about it, both whites and blacks, lingering racial tensions aren’t going away.
And he’ll be talking about this and much more this Friday on KKVV-1060AM in Las Vegas from 9:00-10:00 am Pacific. You should listen and, by all means, call in and ask him questions.
If you don’t live in the Vegas area, you can listen in via streaming audio (and maybe video).
But be prepared: Kamau doesn’t hold back. Ask him a straight question and he’ll give you a straight answer.
The perfect antidote for DinaTitusitis!
Drive-By Muthings
* In case you missed it, Texas and Vermont will begin re-opening their states TOMORROW.
* Long before the Wuhan virus hit, President Trump was sounding the alarm about the need to bring American business back to our shores from overseas. Turns out he was right. Again. And early on. Now we’re supposed to turn the keys to the White House over to Joe “Beijing” Biden? I don’t think so.
* When sports re-start they’ll likely be without fans in the stands. Gonna be pretty boring to watch and listen to…unless…they do what they do for lame comedies and add a fake soundtrack of cheering fans when a goal is scored or someone hits a tater over the fence.
* A couple years ago movie theaters reinvented themselves by upgrading to a “luxury” version – more comfortable reclining seats, gourmet food, alcohol, etc. In light of the Kung Flu, maybe it’s time to reinvent the drive-in theater experience, as well.
* Media hysteria over the Kung Flu has people afraid to pump their own gas for fear of touching the handles. Sounds like now would be a good time for some stations to bring back full-serve gas pumps. Be a great way for teens, especially, to make some tips.
* Dr. David A. DiOrio noted in a guest column today that approximately 533 people in Clark County died from the common flu during the 2017-18 flu season – yet no “knee-jerk” statewide shutdown order was issued. The current estimate of Wu-Flu deaths in Clark County is 254. What’s wrong with this picture?
* Why groups of ten and not nine? Or eleven? Where’s the data that set the magic number at 10?
* Gov. Sisolak said he flip-flopped and closed the golf courses after seeing pictures people sent to him of people playing golf. Maybe we need to send him pictures of people online trying to file for unemployment.
* RJ columnist Victor Joecks today noted that it was Gov. Sisolak himself who proposed cutting the unemployment office’s staffing by 42 positions last year. But in a recent press conference, the governor blamed the Legislature – which, by the way, was completely controlled by the Democrats. So, either way…unemployed Nevadans know who to blame for this nightmare.
* Why aren’t cuts to non-essential state and local governments programs and employees being made NOW? The inevitable cuts are only going to be more painful the longer we wait.
ConservaCruise Update
According to a report on Friday published by the Herald GOA, Carnival Cruise Lines has announced “that they are halting their operations until June 27, 2020.”
The publication also announced that our ConservaCruise ship, the Carnival Panorama, will be used to transport crew members from other ships back home to East Asia this week since air travel is restricted.
“All crew will continue to have single cabin accommodations and private bathroom facilities,” President Christine Duffy said in a letter announcing the decision. “We will continue to maintain social distancing and all other protocols that have proven effective to promote the health and safety of our crew.”
I’m just a little bit jealous right about now.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“Trusting Biden, Schumer and Pelosi with the economy is like taking Ex-Lax and trusting a fart.” – Unknown
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