Here are four things from yesterday\u2019s events that particularly stood out for me\u2026<\/p>\n
1.)\u00a0 The Ben Carson Takedown<\/b>.\u00a0 I know the left is referring to it as the American Carnage speech, but Trump\u2019s takedown of the eight years of the Obama administration \u2013 with Barack Obama<\/b> sitting right next to him and unable to do anything about it \u2013 reminded me of the Prayer Breakfast speech delivered by Dr. Ben Carson<\/b> a couple years ago at which the world-renowned neurosurgeon filleted ObamaCare with Obama sitting right next to him.\u00a0 It was a thing of beauty.<\/p>\n
2.)\u00a0 The Voldemort Moment<\/b>.\u00a0 Nothing demonstrated the end of the Obama Error and the beginning of the Trump Era more definitively for me than Trump\u2019s utterance of three, simple words: \u201cRadical Islamic Terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n
For eight years Obama treated our enemy like Voldemort<\/b> of Harry Potter\u00a0<\/b>fame: He who must not be named.\u00a0Trump not only named the enemy, he declared, in no uncertain terms, that \u201cwe will eradicate (them) completely from the face of the Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n
And just hours later, the Senate confirmed as our new Secretary of Defense the man who\u2019s gonna do it: General James \u201cMad Dog\u201d Mattis<\/b>.<\/p>\n
As was said of Gen. George Patton<\/b> in the 1970\u2019s blockbuster movie of the same name, \u201cThe lions in their dens tremble at his approach.\u201d\u00a0 Sic \u2018em, Mad Dog!<\/p>\n
3.)\u00a0 Michelle\u2019s Hell<\/b>.\u00a0 It\u2019s widely understood that the rough-and-tumble of politics often hits spouses harder than the candidates themselves.\u00a0 And that was abundantly clear of former First Lady Michelle Obama<\/b> at the swearing-in ceremony.<\/p>\n
Her face throughout looked as if she\u2019d just eaten a sour pickle coated with pure lemon juice.<\/p>\n
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What a contrast with the pure elegance of incoming First Lady Melania Trump<\/b>, who was absolutely stunning at the inaugural balls later in the evening.\u00a0 Move over Target and J. Crew; \u201cCamelot\u201d is back in style.<\/p>\n
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4.)\u00a0 The Return of Reagan-O\u2019Neill<\/b>.\u00a0 Much was made of the personal relationship between former President Ronald Reagan<\/b> and former House Speaker Tip O\u2019Neill<\/b> during Reagan\u2019s presidency.\u00a0 The pair privately had a warm, personal relationship despite often acrimonious public spats on issues of policy.<\/p>\n
During a post-inauguration bill-signing ceremony, the same sort of relationship was demonstrated between Trump and Senate Minority Leader\u00a0Chuck Schumer<\/b>.\u00a0 The two have known each other a long time and Trump has donated generously to Schumer\u2019s campaigns over the years.\u00a0 Too early to predict a \u201cbromance,\u201d but this could augur well for future negotiations on sticky legislative matters.<\/p>\n
I was also struck by the class Trump showed in asking the crowd to stand and recognize Hillary Clinton<\/b> at the afternoon\u2019s lunch in Statuary Hall.\u00a0 And I thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment at the inaugural balls.\u00a0 Did anyone miss not seeing self-proclaimed \u201cA-list\u201d celebrities such as Bruce Springsteen<\/b> or Cher<\/b>?\u00a0 Not me.<\/p>\n
And now the work begins.\u00a0 Time to make America great again.<\/p>\n
Cheers.<\/p>\n
Dr. Chuck Muth, PsD NEWSMAX HEADLINES<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n NEVADA NEWS & VIEWS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Vegas Should Let Garbage Contract Air Out<\/b><\/p>\n A major brouhaha has erupted over a $1.2 million NO BID<\/u> contract that\u2019s been awarded to a politically connected consultant to oversee the reorganization of the Clark County school district.<\/p>\n A lawsuit has been filed \u2013 which ultimately will be paid by taxpayers \u2013 and questions have been raised about the \u201cbackroom discussions\u201d and \u201csecretive nature\u201d of the process that awarded the contract.<\/p>\n This is exactly the kind of \u201cinsider\u201d stacked-deck games that President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/b> is talking about when he calls for \u201cdraining the swamp.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s not just a DC problem.<\/p>\n And we have another such situation developing at the Las Vegas city council, where a new 15-year NO BID<\/u> contract extension for trash collection is being mulled for Republic Services.<\/p>\n A proposal has been submitted to the council that\u2019s harder to find on the city\u2019s website than Waldo.\u00a0 But even if you succeed in retrieving it from cyber-space, an official at Republic told me it\u2019s already been altered with significant changes.<\/p>\n Alas, those changes remain as secret as Colonel Sanders\u2019 finger-lickin\u2019 good chicken recipe.<\/p>\n On Friday, Citizen Outreach filed a public records request \u2013 Nevada\u2019s version of FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) \u2013 with city manager Betsy Fretwell\u00a0<\/b>asking for updated working documents of the deal.<\/p>\n We also filed a request for a legal opinion with the city attorney Brad Jerbic\u00a0<\/b>asking if an approved renewal of the NO BID<\/u> contract by the council would be subject to a voter referendum.\u00a0 That seems to be a gray area in state law.<\/p>\n You can read the records request HERE<\/a><\/b> and the legal opinion request HERE<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t get me wrong.\u00a0 I\u2019m not saying Republic isn\u2019t doing a good job.\u00a0 And I\u2019m not saying their proposal is bad or flawed.\u00a0 I\u2019m saying the taxpayers deserve to have this matter handled transparently in the full light of day and that it should be open to competitive bidding.<\/p>\n The Trump presidency has thrown down the gauntlet to the government at every level and declared that \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d is over.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope City Hall gets the memo.<\/p>\n FAMOUS LAST WORDS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n “This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.\u00a0Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families.\u201d \u2013 President Donald Trump in his inaugural address<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Four Take-Aways from Trump\u2019s Make American Great Again Inauguration The inauguration of the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, is now official.\u00a0 And the left, naturally, had a cow over it.\u00a0 Which, of course, means we\u2019re on the \u201cright\u201d course. Here are four things from yesterday\u2019s events that particularly stood out for me\u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36123"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36126,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36123\/revisions\/36126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Professor of Psephology (homeschooled)
\n<\/em>Nevada\u2019s #1 Irritator of Liberals and RINOs<\/p>\n\n