The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Bundy Wins Ranch Standoff

This is good news: A Nevada cattle rancher appears to have won his week-long battle with the federal government over a controversial cattle roundup that had led to the arrest of several protesters. Cliven Bundy went head to head with the Bureau of Land Management over the removal of hundreds of his cattle from federal […]

#NV04 Gets Interesting

My friend Niger Innis declared himself a candidate for Congress in Nevada’s 4th District today. Niger faces a GOP primary contest against a good conservative, and I’ve got some issues on his immigration policy, but (a) he’s my friend and (b) his candidacy may raise the profile of this key 2014 House race: Republican Niger […]

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Q: What’s Stuck In An Uncomfortable Location Of Harry Reid’s Anatomy?

by Smitty 0:49 What right do they have to pick and choose what part of government’s going to be funded? And the Constitution says: All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills. So if the House, which has […]

Harry Reid … Boxer?

by Smitty I saw this on Hot Air According to a source familiar with Reid’s thinking, the majority leader, a former boxer, considers himself a political street fighter now A bit of Wikipedia takes you to LVRJ: Reid was not born into a Mormon family and did not join the church until he was a […]

Ancient Commenter Solomon On The Topic Of Paint Huffers, Or Harry Reid, Insofar As A Difference Is Discernable

by Smitty Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18 Hot Air brings the depressing detail, emphasis mine: The Weekly Standard: Leader Reid, when it comes to the Bush tax cuts…why didn’t Senate Democrats push through this bill back when you controlled the Senate, […]

The NRA Has 10 Reasons To Worry About BHO Re-election

by Smitty It’s all good that the NRA is on about 2nd Amendment concerns associated with BHO. However, 2010 called, and reminds us that Sharron Angle sure could have used some support to unseat arguably the Worst Senator in American History. Thanks for all that ‘support’, NRA; you really know how to focus on one tree at […]

Mitt Romney Wins Nevada Caucuses; Gingrich Blames Mormons for His Loss

The questions now become very serious: “Can he be stopped? And if so, by whom?” But first, the news: Mitt Romney won Nevada’s GOP caucuses by a wide margin Saturday, a victory that was long expected and helps further his campaign’s argument that he is the inevitable nominee. Romney held a big lead in early […]

Gingrich, Romney, Trump Monopolize Media; Santorum Keeps Campaigning

“[Obama] made the claim that his policies of taxing the rich is authorized by the Bible. That he is doing what is biblically called for by taxing the rich, by having the government tax the rich. Now, I’ve read the Bible, and I must have missed that passage. . . . This is an administration […]

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