So apparently the White House is now looking for a “war czar” for Iraq to, as the Associated Press puts it, “keep turf-conscious agencies marching in the same direction on military, political and reconstruction fronts.” Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says the person selected should report directly to President Bush and focus on cutting […]
Posted on May 7th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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House Democrats in Washington brought forward a bill today to expand the scope of “thought crimes,” as well as expand the power and scope of the federal government in areas it simply has no business being in.
HR 1592 would “provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes” for sexual […]
Posted on May 7th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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The ten announced GOP presidential candidates gathered at the Reagan Library last Thursday to show off their stuff for the first time to a generally disinterested nation. Without dwelling on the relative merits of the field or how they handled themselves at what can only loosely be described as a “debate,” I do […]
Posted on May 6th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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In yet another of her “Nevada Stinks” email missives to supporters, Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas) penned the following this week:
“I have said for years that we must move our state to the top of every good list and away from the bottom of every bad list. Consider this in just the […]
Posted on May 5th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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As you probably already know, there’s a mega-fight scheduled to take place in Las Vegas tomorrow night between Oscar de la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather. What you might NOT know is that Nevada Sen. Harry Reid is a former amateur boxer who is giving fighting advice to de la Hoya.
According to Nevada GOP National […]
Posted on May 4th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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I swear we must be living in a parallel universe here in Carson City somehow. It’s like a bad Star Trek episode.
Two weeks ago, there were four votes taken in the state Senate which would have raised taxes. In all four case, the vast majority of “yes” votes came from…Republicans.
Now comes a story […]
Posted on May 4th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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In honor of the actual substance of tonight’s GOP debate at the Ronald Reagan library, nothing heavy here as far as observations are concerned. Just a few drive-by Muthings…
* It’s a cliché to note that this was anything but a debate, but it really was anything but a debate. In reality it […]
Posted on May 3rd, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Fox News and the South Carolina GOP had originally set a minimum threshold which they determined had to be met before a Republican presidential candidate would be allowed to participate in the May 15 debate. As CNS News reported yesterday:
“Rep. Ron Paul of Texas … may be excluded from a forthcoming GOP candidate debate. […]
Posted on May 3rd, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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“Speaker Barbara Buckley said she believed two thirds of the lower house would approve a mélange of taxes,” wrote Jon Ralston in his “Flash” e-newsletter yesterday. “She said out of dozens considered, eight or so remain standing, including a depreciation schedule for car registration, a trucker user fee and perhaps a car rental tax.”
Make […]
Posted on May 3rd, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Democrat demagogues say the darnedest things.
Take Assembly Ways & Means Committee Chairman “Moose” Arberry (please). Arberry told the Reno Gazette-Journal yesterday that “K-12 (education) does not have any money,” asking “How do you cut what has already been cut?”
Apparently there were no Republicans around to counter this whopper. Fortunately, your favorite non-Republican blogger […]
Posted on May 3rd, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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