President Bush's Remarks at the Radio and TV Correspondents' Dinner on Wednesday Night, March 28, 2007

Last Years Radio and TV Correspondent's Dinner

Karl Rove Raps at Correspondents' Dinner on March 28, 2007

Candidate Throws Chair At His Opponent During Debate

After reading Coyote Angry's post of "Chris Matthews Goes Ballistic" and reading that "he stopped short of clobbering his guest over the head with a chair", we thought we would show a clip of a guy that does throw a chair during a debate.

Al Gore Congressional Testimony On Global Warming - the Opening Statement

On March 21, 2007 Al Gore went before Congress to talk about global warming. Here is his opening statement:



Thanks to Nevada Up North for making us aware of this.

New Leadership on Health Care - A Presidental Forum For Democratic Candidates, Saturday March 24, 2007 - Watch It On Your Computer at 9:15 AM

Most of the democratic presidental candidates will be down in Las Vegas for a forum on health care this coming Saturday morning, March 23. Think Progress will be covering the event live with exclusive streaming video of all the candidates starting at 9:15 am. All you need is RealPlayer to watch it. This is being billed as the first ineractive forum, with viewers submitting questions in real time.

The candidates attending will be:
Hillary Clinton
Chris Dodd
John Edwards
Mike Gravel
Dennis Kucinch
Barack Obama
Bill Richardson

Go here to watch the debate on Saturday morning.

Tell Us Please - How Does This Guy Do This?

Only in Las Vegas. This guy named Prophet Yahweh calls the local television station in Las Vegas and claims he can summon UFOs. They say fine, and tell him they will call him with a time and a place and send out a reporter and cameraman. They do and see what happens, and tell us....Is this real? Or, if its trickery, how did he do it?

We Are Still Posting - One Question We Would Like to Ask All the Presidental Candidates

If elected president, will you fully disclose the facts about UFO's, extraterrestrial intelligence and classifed advanced energy and propulsion systems?

Not sure if this would be the right use of words for my question, but you get the idea. What better question could a Nevada blogger ask, as Nevada is home to Art Bell and Area 51. An emergency room doctor has started the Disclosure Project, to get the government to release this information to the American people. Jimmy Carter saw a UFO. And Bill Clinton looked into this. Hillary was interested in UFOs too. But not much information was released.

There is a story out there about President Richard Nixon golfing with comedian Jackie Gleason in Florida in 1973. Jackie asked him about UFOs on the 15th hole that day. Turns out both men had a collection of UFO books in their personal libraries. But Nixon never revealed much to Jackie, usually being surrounded by so many advisors. But that same day around midnight, Nixon showed up unexpectedly at Gleason's house. He was alone, with no Secret Service agents, as Nixon was known to do from time to time. Gleason asked him, "Mr. President, what are you doing here?" and Nixon said he wanted to take Gleason someplace and show him something.

Gleason jumped into Nixon's private car and the two of them drove over to Homestead Air Force Base. Gleason said, "I remember we got to the gate and this young MP came up to the car to look to see inside and his jaw seemed to drop a foot when he saw who was behind the wheel. He just sort of pointed and we headed off." By this time, the Secret Service were going nuts trying to locate the President. The President drove Gleason to the far end of the base in a segregated area. Gleason said, "The security police saw us coming and just sort of moved back as we passed them and entered the structure. There were a number of labs we passed through first before we entered a section where Nixon pointed out what he said was the wreckage from a flying saucer, enclosed in several large cases."

At this point, Gleason thought it was a joke because of their earlier conversation on the golf course. But it wasn't. Gleason said, "Next, we went into an inner chamber and there were six or eight of what looked like glass-topped Coke freezers. Inside them were the mangled remains of what I took to be children. Then - upon closer examination - I saw that some of the other figures looked quite old. Most of them were terribly mangled as if they had been in an accident."
The figures were definitely not human, their hands having less than five fingers. Gleason was traumatized by this incident, drinking more and not being able to sleep or eat for three weeks following this visit with the President.

More on this story here.

Interview with Beverly Gleason

More about Nixon and UFOs

"To the moon Alice, to the moon!"

Other UFO Sites:

UFO Evidence Org

The Majestic Documents

Majestic 12

A video from the Disclosure Project:

We Just Discovered Heather Wokusch Videos

We just discovered Heather Wokusch. She is a progressive activist with several videos out. Thanks to Sven over at Nevada Caucus 2008. He has been busy in Germany hanging out with one of the presidental candidates wives, Elizabeth Kucinich. He spent four hours with her in Heidelberg, Germany. Good interview, great pictures. Mrs. Kucinich went out of her way to visit an American military hospital in Germany, talking to wounded soldiers from Iraq. Heather Wokusch accompanied her. Heather's videos can be found here. Here is one of Heather Wokusch's videos on foreign policy:

No More Posts For Awhile - We Got to Work and We Do The Unthinkable, We Delete a Stupid Post

There is some excellent political blogging going on here in Nevada. When we want a political information fix, we now know where to go. Because of work committments this blog will not be updated for awhile, if at all. We will keep it online though in case anyone wants to use the links. We were told to be outrageous, if you want to be read. So we did a satire on Osama bin Laden and Rudy Giuliani, only because Osama's 50th birthday was on the same day as Rudy's visit to Reno. Reading it again today, we did not think it was funny at all. We could tell others did not get our humor when we read the comments again. In that same post, we had also satirically asked for the resignation of an excellent local party chairman. In retrospect, our attempt at satire totally missed its mark with our readers. So, violating the blogging rules, we have deleted that one post. We apologize if we were misunderstood. We will let Roger Ailes do the Osama jokes from now on. Speaking of Osama, we hope our brave troops find that scumbag soon, if he is still alive (Leader Reid was told he might of died in an earthquake). Maybe we should be out of Iraq, but for sure we have to win the war on terror. And we hope our troops get the medical care they deserve. However you feel about the war, their health and welfare should be one of our top concerns.

We predicted Vice President Cheney would resign and that Condoleezza Rice would become our new vice president. We just did a search at yahoo news. Rumors are flying this weekend. The rumor is exactly what we reported would happen. Now that may or may not come to pass, but we have been seeing alot of political cartoons about the Vice President lately. We are still holding to our prediction that the next president will be Rudy Giuliani. One good thing about writing this blog, we learned how to spell Giuliani. We think the nominees will be Senator Clinton and Mayor Giuliani, with Rudy winning. Its just hard to believe, the American people will put another Clinton or Bush in the White House. Its too bad the debate in Reno did not happen. And it looks like the nominees will be decided earlier than ever, with the California primary being moved up to February 5, 2008. In fact, more than half the delegates could be decided by this time next year. So the frontrunners have the advantage, with no time for the scragglers to make it up. Its too bad money is so important, without a hundred million dollars you don't have a chance. We felt sorry for Governor Tom Vilsack, who was so successful in his life, but was unable to come up with the money to continue his run.

You have to salute all the candidates. They care about America. A run for the Presidency must be incredibly stressful. We were very proud of how Nevadans treated the candidates when they visited Carson City for the first presidental candidates forum. They were treated with with kindness and respect they deserve. Truly Nevada shined that day. Politics seems so mean at times, just look at the vitrolic Fox News debate flap. One thing about Nevada you have to like, when things get in the general election - Nevadans seem to care less about party affiliation and more about voting for the best candidate. We think whether Nevada goes blue or red in 2008, the deciding factor will be the rurals. May God help us choose the best candidate to lead our country forward in 2008.

Finally, we want to salute Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for moving up the Nevada democratic caucus to January 19, 2008. It forced the Republicans to move up their caucus as well to February 7, 2008. Its given Nevada democrats and republicans a greater say in the outcome. We hope everyone will show up at their respective caucuses and participate. Thank you Leader Reid!

Our Projection For What its Worth - The Next President of the United States Will Be Rudy Giuliani

Ron Paul entered the race today, as a Republican. The latest polls show Rudy Giuliani the clear leader in the Republican Party and Hillary Clinton the frontrunner with the Democrats. We don't see that changing much because of money. Giuliani and Clinton seem to be raising the kind of money to be able to maintain their leads right through their respective conventions. Ron Paul does not have a chance in this race, but we look forward to listening to his ideas.

Conventional wisdom has the next president being a Democrat. But we don't believe it. Although Hillary Clinton is probably going to win the nomination of her party, we feel the election is going to be won by Rudy Giuliani. Americans are still pissed off about 9/11. We are united against terror, and Giuliani has even come out against negotiating with Iran. Its too bad we did not focus more on the War in Afghanistan and hunting down and killing Osama bin Laden. The war planners are already planning our exit strategy in Iraq, if the new surge plan does not work. A resurgence of the Taliban is the last thing we need now. We hope that any failures in Iraq will not stop us from doing the job that needs to be done in Afghanistan.

Hillary Clinton will win her party's nomination because of her full campaign coffers, superior organization and strength of support amongst her followers. The same can be said of Mayor Giuliani. But when the general election rolls around, Rudy will get the nod. He had a messy divorce, but no one of us is perfect. The last three presidents were Bush, Clinton, Bush. With 300 million Americans you would think the next president would have a different last name. The Bush and Clinton political dynasties will end with our current president, the American people will see to that.

The only viable candidate with executive experience for the Democrats is Bill Richardson. We think he would make a good President. But its going to be hard for him to raise the kind of money Hillary Clinton can. And he needs to do that to break into the top tier. Its interesting to note that the last Democratic president who was a sitting US Senator was John F. Kennedy, and he barely won, without the kind of political baggage and negatives that Senator Clinton has.

Senator Clinton has been a lawyer, a first lady and a US senator. But the Presidency is an executive position, and for that Rudy Giuliani is more qualified. Mitt Romney is an attractive candidate, with good credentials as the governor of Massachussetts. But he does not have the same emotional appeal Rudy Giuliani has. And ugly as it is, a good number of Americans hold it against him that he is a Mormon. Governor Romney would make an excellent choice for vice-president.

Barack Obama has no real executive experience either, and not much experience in national politics. Seems like he was just a state senator just over two years ago. He is a very attractive candidate with an unfortunate name. But he would be a great choice for vice-president - a job that would allow him to get more experience. Senator McCain has no chance in this election. Although he gets good poll numbers, and is an American hero like Rudy Giuliani; he does not have that strong emotional appeal that is felt by most Americans to Rudy. Rudy is truly America's Mayor.

To the other candidates we have not mentioned, we would advise them to save their time and their followers money. We are not endorsing any candidate, just making a projection based on current trends we see today. We project the race to be between Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, with Giuliani winning it and becoming the 44th President of the United States. As always, your comments are welcome.

Update:
See who Coyote Angry thinks will be the next president

Thank God They Cancelled The August 14, 2007 Democratic Presidental Candidates Debate in Reno, Are You Happy Now?

Yes, Leader Reid and Chairman Collins have cancelled the August 7 Democratic presidental candidates debate in Reno. We were so tired of hearing about Fox News Fox News Fox News......the drip by drip water torture is over! Can you believe it, some northern Nevada democrats actually wanted to hear the candidates address western issues in Reno: Screw `em! Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes humor and his views on journalism, freedom of the press and diversity of thought and speech in the newsroom:




News Sources:
The Politico
Reno Gazette-Journal
Las Vegas Review Journal

Nevada Democratic Party:
Text of Reid/Collins Letter Canceling Debate
Our question to our kind readers: Please view Roger Ailes comments above and read the Reid/Collins letter. Did Ailes really go too far with his Obama joke (was he really calling Obama a terrorist as others have reported or was it more of a dig at Bush?) or was this just a handy excuse for Reid and Collins to end the debate debacle?

Blogs:
Nevada Caucus 2008
Daily Kos
Coyote Angry
The Huffington Post
Nye--Gateway to Nevada's Rurals

Bottom Line:
We can blame this mess on the Nevada State Democratic Party organization for not getting the debate format and details first approved by MoveOn.org. They won't make that mistake again.

Update:
Obama Does Not Take "Great Offense" at Ailes Joke, Fox News Comments on the Nevada Democratic Caucus
Video - Senator Kennedy Calling Barack Obama "Osama bin Laden" and Other Political Bloopers

Nevada GOP Caucus Official, Its February 7, 2008 - and the Democrats Still Fighting Over Fox News Televising the August 14, 2007 Debate

Its official. Thursday, February 7, 2008, the GOP will hold their Nevada Presidental Caucus. We had reported earlier that this was a done deal. Watching the state Republican machinery work, its a well oiled machine compared to the Nevada Democrats who are still arguing about the televised Democratic presidental candidates debate on August 14, 2007 in Reno. Progressive party activists want to keep the debate off America's most watched news network, Fox News. John Edwards has already said he would not show up. Bill Richardson will be there, the other candidates have not decided yet. A comprimise of sorts has been devised, but its not going to satisfy the outraged progressives - they want Fox News out of the debate, period. But Blue Lyon is totally disgusted with MoveOn.org attacking the state democratic party. So is Coyote Angry. Most local party officials support the Fox debate. As we said earlier, we will be joining the protestors at the debate. Its not that we are against the debate being televised on Fox News, we just think the protestors may be the most interesting people there. Will Rogers got it right in 1931 - "I belong to no organized party, I am a Democrat." He also said, "You've got to be an optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one."

Breaking News - Condoleezza Rice to Become the First Woman Vice President of the United States - Vice President Cheney to Resign For Health Reasons

According to our sources in the Republican party, the recent news of Vice President Dick Cheney's health problems is cover for him to resign gracefully and to be replaced in that job by the current Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. Dick Cheney has become a "lightning rod" for the President. President Bush is worried about his legacy. We think Condi Rice is a good choice for him as the new vice president, he seems comfortable working with her, and she has not nearly the baggage Cheney has.

The Constitution of the United States, Amendment 25, ratifed on February 10, 1967 applies: "Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress." Our sources tell us Condi Rice will have no problem being confirmed as the next vice president of the United States.

"More than an unsubstantiated rumor", this will be the process:
Vice President Dick Cheney to resign for health reasons.
President Bush nominates Condoleezza Rice to become our next vice president.
The House of Representatives and the Senate confirm Condi by a majority vote.
America has its first woman and black vice president.

Look to see this process unfold fairly rapidly. The President will be leaving tommorrow for a six day trip to Latin America. Nothing will happen till he returns. We want to congratulate the next and 47th vice president of the United States - Good luck Condi!

Bloggers, Hypocrites and the President Takes Health Care Dollars to Latin America While Our Veterans Are In Dire Need

Can you believe 175,000 new blogs are started every day according to Technorati. There are over 200 million dead and abandoned blogs. The problem seems that there are more blogs than readers.

Global warming may be in our future. Earth over the millenia has had cold years and warm years. A two degree increase in the average temperature is much more beneficial that a two degree drop. The sun has alot to do with how cold or warm our planet gets. The sun is a living organism which heats up and cools down in cycles. God help us if it sends out a powerful burst of energy in our direction. This is also known as the "kill shot", and if it happens you want to be deep underground.

Al Gore, who we voted for, and wish had become our 43rd president, is reported to pay $30,000 a year on energy for his suburban Nashville home and burned 221,0000 kilowatt hours last year, or twenty times the national average. Meanwhile, the producer of an "An Inconvenient Truth" who has denounced SUVs - still flys in private Gulfstream jets. Aren't you tired of the hypocrisy?

President Bush is bound for Latin America with an aid package to teach English and boost health care for Latin Americans. We wish you would stay here Mr. President and fix the problems with health care for our worthy veterans. Reports are coming in now about other problems in other hospitals, just not Walter Reed. A soldier with a head wound was told it wasn't his severe head wound that was the problem, but that he was retarded. The President has been reported to go to bed at 9 pm every night. But it would be nice if he could stay up an extra hour or two and devote that time to solving the appalling conditions our wounded veterans are up against. The President has asked the Defense Department to do a bipartisan inquiry of the problems at Walter Reed and the other hospitals. But military families have been complaining for years, and their concerns have been arrogantly dismissed. The American people are rightfully outraged.

We remember another Republican president, who was in office during an unpopular war in the early seventies. One weekend the White House was besieged by hundreds of thousands of protestors, camping and burning fires around the White House grounds. President Nixon, who stayed up late and seemed much more engaged than our current president (except during the darkest days of Watergate) decided to visit the protestors. In the wee hours of the morning, with his valet behind the wheel, President Nixon snuck out of the White House and drove over to the Lincoln Memorial to visit some of the anti-war protestors. Needless to say, the young people were in shock to be talking to the President of the United States. The parlay ended when carloads of Secret Service showed up to retrieve the missing president. We wish President Bush was as engaged as Nixon was. President Bush, we beg you....step up to the plate. Deliver decent heath care to our veterans, please. They deserve no less.

Rudy Giuliani Visit to Reno, Saturday, March 10, Is Strictly a Private Fund Raising Event

After talking to someone connected with the Rudy Giuliani visit to Reno (thanks to Senator Bill Raggio's office for the contact information) this Saturday, March 10, we have been told there will be no press conference. Its strictly a private fund raising event. To win the presidency, the winning candidate is going to have to raise at least $100 million dollars. Its too bad, but money is everything in this campaign.

If you got the bucks, you still can see Mr. Giuliani. For only $1,000 you can attend the reception. For another $2,500 you can get your picture taken with the candidate. Just call 827-1900 for ticket information or go to the Washoe County Republican website page for more information. They want you to RSVP by March 8.

If you don't have $1,000, only forty-five bucks will get you into the Washoe County Democratic Party crab feed in Reno that same night. Doors open at 6:00 for a pre-dinner mixer. There will be a no host bar, which means you have to buy your own wine. Dinner will be at 7:00. The event will be held at the California Building at Idelwild Park in Reno. There will be a limited number of tickets at the door for $50. RSVP at 323-8683. More info at the Washoe County Democratic website page. We would rather be with Rudy, but our budget will be taking us to the crab feed.

New Billion Dollar Baghdad Nights Themed Mega-Casino Opens On the Vegas Strip - Oh, Our Mistake, Thats the New US Embassy in Iraq

Its to bad that money did not go into medical care for our troops. The President is going to form a committee to investigate the appalling conditions at Walter Reed Hospital. Makes you think, what would Republican Teddy Roosevelt have done? He wouldn't be forming any committee - he would be driving accross town to Walter Reed himself to get things squared away. Its critical that the next president, Republican or Democrat, is up to the job. We have a chance to vet out the next president here in Nevada, lets not blow it. God bless our troops.

Ann Coulter Is Not a Lady - Enough Said

Other Blog Views:
Nye--Gateway to Nevada's Rurals
Daily Kos
And, yes, I DO take it personally
Bill Bradley's New West Notes
AOL News Election Blog
Democratic Underground.com
Think Progress
The Candidate Responds

Humor:
Video - A Night With Ann Coulter

Welcome Aboard Republicans!

Just as the Nevada Caucus express is ready to leave the station in Nevada, several new cars have been attached to the train. Its no longer the Democratic Express - its the Peoples Express, and its headed all the way to the White House. Its all but a done deal. Nevada will be holding a Republican Presidental Caucus on Thursday, Februay 7, 2008. Thats great for Nevadans! Its time to take off the dirty Che Guevarra tee shirt and put on casual business attire. We don't want to make the Republicans in the dining car uncomfortable. Democrats better quit bickering amongst themselves and worry about what the Republicans are doing. Welcome Aboard GOP!

Related Blog Story:
Elephant Biz

Related News Stories:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Reno Gazette Journal,

Spotlight on Rural Nevada and Our Favorite Blogger and the Fox Debate Flap

A new blog has popped up. Its the Rural Nevada Democratic Caucus Blog. Its been around since February 18. They have been posting interesting articles about the health care our soldiers are getting, oil and state politics. We are finding their stuff an interesting read. They seem to be focusing on the important issues. There is a website too that is good named the Rural Nevada Democratic Caucus. Other rural bloggers of note are Coyote Angry and Nye--Gateway to Nevada's Rurals.

Our favorite blooger overall, rural and otherwise, has to be Dullard Mush. The Anon Guy's interviews with Assemblyman Sheila Leslie and Washoe County Democratic Party Chairman Chris Wicker on the Fox News debate flap are very insightful. We agree with him that the Fox debate should go on. There is also a good interview with Jill Derby over at Turn Tahoe Blue. She seems to agree with Chris Wicker. Chairman Wicker said:

"Instead of worrying about an opportunity for FOX, we can look at it as an opportunity for Democrats. The decision has been made and there are legitimate positions on both sides. The worst result would be if we cancelled the deal, I don't think I need to elaborate on the coverage that would have."

We couldn't agree more Chris.

But we should have full disclosure of the deal with Fox though. The state party chairman has released a statement regarding the Fox debate. Maybe an additional statement with more details (full disclosure) would be helpful as this controversy does not seem to be going away. Thanks.