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Thursday, June 5, 2008

What the F***?!?!

Okay I am getting a little tired of Nevada bloggers. I search the blog sphere for insight into the temperature of Nevada thought and action. But most of what I seem to find are rants against everything Jim Gibbons and everything George Bush. I have not read calm, concise, and concrete blogs that will state a point of view without relying on name calling and using bad language. It is as if because they DARE to use bad language on a blog they should be legitimate.

There is a true story out of the formerly (maybe soon again) Communist Russia where a group of children who were exposed to ranting and raving about how bad democracy was and how screwed up Christianity was and that anyone would be "out of their mind" to believe in those corrupt Capitalist systems. They were ranted about through grade school, middle school, and high school, but when they got to college they started thinking, "With all this ranting and raving we have been hearing all these years our government must be afraid of something?" So they checked it out, REALLY checked it out away from all the propaganda and became the leaders in the NEW Russian revolution to rid itself of Communism.

Why do I tell you this story? Because the more ranting and raving I see on the Nevada blogs the more fear I see of the OPPOSITE view. A calm, realistic exchange of ideas shows you have confidence in your opinion where a rant shows you are scared of the opposite opinion and need to rely on volume and not on truth.

Think about it. Calm, disciplined and healthy debate over substantial issues is PRO Nevada!

Thursday, May 29, 2008

EVERYBODY'S Cover Story

Okay, here's the thing ...

When did we get to the point where politics was about slinging as much mud as possible on each candidate? When did we get to the point where the issues took a back seat to digging up and explaining all the mud in your life?

Don't get me wrong, I believe that your ethics need to be consistent, you cannot screw people here and then NOT screw them there. That is an imposibility even in our dichotic world.

BUT there is a lot of room for HUMANS who make mistakes in the political arena. There has to be or only Jesus Christ could run for office. There has to be room for an honest politician to say, "You know what, you are right, I screwed up, I shouldn't have done that, but I learned from it, I am now a better person than I was then. NOW lets talk about our fixing our schools, or economic issues, or even Yucca Mountain."

I pray there is still room for our great state to forgive and forget. But in the age of internet searches we will always find stupid things our politicians say and do and a grainy video to prove it. I pray there is still room to discuss REAL issues instead of just the latest dirt.

Everybody's cover story is Gibbons possible affair or Bush's press secretary's new book. What just happened to the issues?

Let's get over it, get on with it, get done with it, and GET GOING AGAIN!

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Politics and more Politics

How many of you out there REALLY think you can make a difference in American Politics? Seriously? I would really like to see a politician who honestly says what he/she is thinking and believes in. All I hear is politicians telling me what they think I want to hear:

"I don't support Yucca" in Nevada; "I support Yucca" in New York.
"I'll lower gas prices"
"I'll make the value of your home come back!"
"I'll make your schools better!"
"I'll vote out the dirty bastards!"
"I support your values!"
"I focus on what's important to YOU!"
"I'm the PRO Nevada candidate!"

Well, how refreshing would this be:

"I'm not going to promise a damn thing to you other then that I will tell you the truth whether you want to hear it or not!"
"I'm not going to take a more than $100 from any one person and not a damn cent from businesses, unions, PACs, or other politicians!"

Now THAT would be PRO Nevada!

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Let's get back to business!

I read a LOT of the Nevada blogs. Some are good and some are not so good. I read the left wing blogs and the right wing ones. I enjoy reading both sides take on the same issue and I get pretty good at finding out your particular bent from simple looking at the adjectives you use in your writing. If you describe our Governor as "the idiot Jim Gibbons" or "the beleaguered Jim Gibbons" you get a good idea of the bent of the writer.

Well I am simply tired of the blogs on Jim Gibbons being about his divorce. For a week now that is all the local blogs have been about and it is time to get back to business and let the tabloids deal with the divorce if they feel it necessary. Let's talk about budget issues. Let's talk about Yucca issues. Let's talk about water issues. Let's talk about who's running for what and what their ideas are. Let's get back to business!

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Access to BLM Land for Alternative Energy!

Now that is a great idea! The LVRJ tells us that Sen. Reid is proposing opening up Federal BLM (Bureau of Land Management) Land for use in alternative energy.

If ANY OF YOU have tried to get the BLM to release or "dispose of" land (I have) you know that it is like rolling over an elephant by yourself. It literally takes an act of congress to get it done. While Clark County has done some innovative (and lucrative) coordination between the BLM, environmental groups, and businesses all the rural counties have not. So you are stuck with some arbitrary 10 year plan in our rural counties for disposing of land. All of us know how well 10 year plans work out. Anything outside of that planned disposal takes an Act of Congress.

PRONevada is PRO ANYTHING that will free up the 67% of Nevada held by the BLM, ESPECIALLY for use in alternative energy.

(But let's not forget our farmers and ranchers who can also turn that BLM desert into food on your table)

January 8, 2008

Umm ... what about Nevada?

The old telly and blog sites are filled with the news of the presidential primaries and caucuses. Will Obama continue his roll or will Hillary rebound. Will Huckabee get past the white, midwest, Christians to have more of an appeal to the rest of the country or will Romney or McCain take over as the frontrunner? We had Iowa last week and we have New Hampshire today and all the commentators are looking forward to North Carolina next and Super Tuesday beyond that. Umm ... what about Nevada? Our dear Senate Majority Leader pulled some strings to get Nevada an early caucus but let's face it ... it was a failure. Sure we had a few presidential hopefuls hang out at the state capitol last year and press some flesh for a day or two over the last few months but really: if you watch the national news, Nevada isn't even mentioned in the race. Our small FIVE electoral votes don't count for much compared to California's 55 or even NC's 17.

We'll have our caucus. The press will put us on page 5 next to the latest drug bust and Nevada will be forgotten.

It is time to get back to the important issues in Nevada. We can really make a mark in alternative energy, we have a battle over Yucca mountain to complete, we have a battle over water to wage and we are constantly barraged by loons trying to take away the rights of rural Nevadans. Let's get back to the REAL ISSUES. Sure, let's caucus and let's vote for the candidates who REALLY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN NEVADA for after all "all politics is local politics." (Tip O'Neill)

PRONevada.org

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December 19,2007

Give me a Break!

All I hear in Las Vegas is the schools, the chancellors and the Clark County Commissioners complaining about how much that 4.5% cut is going to cost them and how education and essential services are going to be SLASHED to the point that EVERYBODY will suffer. I see on TV a rally at UNLV where parents clutching children like props telling how they will be put into the poor house and their children left on the street to scavenge for scraps from the casino buffets. The Las Vegas Sun is practcally dripping with the tears of the editors over the cuts. Give me a break!

These people are pawns in a game they don't even understand. They are used to push an agenda of SPEND MORE and GET MORE by the UNLV group and the Teachers Union monopoly. Whether or not these cuts are on non-essential services are more opinion than fact, more a grammatical exercise than a document-able fact. What is essential to you is not to me. Henderson cops cry for more money for essential services but I always see five cop cars surrounding an old lady pulled over for speeding all with their hands on their guns.

But that is not what I am blogging about. It is interesting to note that our Rural Nevada neighbors are not complaining. Maybe they don't have the same liberal voice in news that Vegas and Reno has but I think it is more than that. I think Rural Nevadans understand that when you get five cents less on every dollar you just deal with it or make it up somewhere. You turn off the Xbox for a while and go and hoe an extra row of sweetcorn. You work a little harder, sleep a little less, make a little more and DEAL WITH IT! You DON'T cry and complain to get something that was a benefit in the first place. I remember the bad years on the farm growing up. I got more hand-me-downs that year, my toys were different, and I rediscovered the joy of climbing a tree.

Give me a break Vegas. Grow up and tighten up that ample waistline.

PRONevada.org

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