About four years ago, the late, great Reagan adviser Lyn Nofziger emailed me what he thought it meant to be a conservative. I lost it…and then Lyn passed away. Been looking for it ever since, but couldn’t find it until, by accident, I stumbled upon it in an old file this morning.
“Allowing for […]
Posted on May 27th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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This Memorial Day, let’s take a pause and tell our kids about these four great American heroes, all of whom have been awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for their actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History)…
MICHAEL P. MURPHY
Lieutenant, United States Navy
“27 and 28 June 2005. While leading a […]
Posted on May 26th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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WWGPD: Columnist Diana West wonders what Gen. George Patton would do if during World War II one of his soldiers had been caught using a copy of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” for target practice. Certainly not what Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Hammond did in Iraq last week under similar circumstances. Read all about it HERE
DISSING […]
Posted on May 25th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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If you’ve been in Nevada for any period of time you know that the state Legislature has been spending money for the last decade like there was no tomorrow. But tomorrow is here. The state’s phenomenal population growth was able to cover this spending binge…until now. Now the proverbial chickens have come […]
Posted on May 25th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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SUBWAY sandwich company is running a creative writing contest for kids called the “Every Sandwich Tells a Story Contest.” Children in grades PreK-6 are asked to “write a story that has a beginning, middle and end using one of the provided story starters.” They are encouraged to “Be creative! Let your imagination […]
Posted on May 24th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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“Two Marine officers in a unit that was accused of killing as many as 19 Afghan civilians in 2007 will not face criminal charges,” the Associated Press reports this morning. “Lt. Gen. Samuel Helland…made the decision not to bring charges after reviewing the findings of a special tribunal that heard more than three weeks […]
Posted on May 24th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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A close advisor of Gov. Jim Gibbons argued with me last week that as long as the people get to vote on a tax hike, what’s the difference whether government officials put the tax hike on the ballot or if tax-hike proponents have to go out and collect signatures from ordinary Nevada citizens to put […]
Posted on May 24th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Unhappy with the snail’s pace at implementing the governor’s executive order mandating a public website where citizens can see the government’s checkbook and where every dollar of their taxes is being spent, the following letter was faxed to the governor’s office this afternoon…
Dear Governor Gibbons:
We applaud your Executive Order to make the state budget […]
Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Some folks who read yesterday’s item about Gov. Jim Gibbons appointing Assemblywoman Francis Allen to the newly-formed SAGE Commission thought it was real. No, it was pure satire, although one colleague who serves with Allen read the report and wrote that she’s a “real sharp” legislator who always “gets right to the point.”
Unfortunately, what’s […]
Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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The recent farm bill was at least worthy of its name. It was certainly larded up with plenty of Grade A government pork. Among other things, the bill included money for “stress counseling” for farmers. Therefore, President Bush vetoed the bill.
Nevada Republican Rep. Dean Heller voted with the president to uphold his veto. […]
Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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