........Video, News and Links About the New Hampshire of the West: The Nevada Democratic and Republican Caucus - Fair and Unbalanced - "Chesty" Puller, USMC: "We're surrounded, that simplifies our problem."
Nevadans protesting "Crap and Trade" in Reno. (pictures courtesy Mike at Third Eye on Reno).
Today while Nevadans protested losing jobs and having their utility bills more than doubling, brave Patriots in Alabama went to their state capitol in Montgomery for a "Fart Fest". Update: After eating hard boiled eggs and $450 of chili with beans and baking soda, these 61 brave southerners gave it their best. The secretaries ran for the windows. The lobbies were cleared out. The hallways were cleared. Two protesters were put into a squad car, they cut loose and the cops took them out of the car. The Alabama state government is now against "Crap and Trade." We salute you Freedom Farters in Alabama! All for your country! Montgomery today, Carson City tomorrow!
Here we see the Leader of the Free World deal with a pesky fly. Iran, North Korea and terrorists everywhere: Beware! Mr Miyagi is a real amateur compared to our President of the Flies. The Fly Swatter in Chief has Ninja Leader written all over him. Good thing we did not give him a bad time when he visited our favorite Biker Bar in Reno:
Congratulations: Mitt Romney has not had an affair, but he did have that Irish
Setter vacation scandal (see below). I think they made a movie about it with Chevy Chase. We are still holding to our prediction that Mitt will be the Republican nominee and he will win the White House in 2012. Who cares if he is a Muslim, Mormon or Methodist. Mitt is no theologian or religious zealot, just born and raised a good Mormon and there is nothing wrong with that. We met all the candidates and this democrat likes Mitt!
JFK on his Catholicism and the religious affiliations of our Presidents:
We have to wonder about Mike and his blog the Third Eye on Reno. Now Mike has a great looking blog with lots of visuals. He has some pictures of nude paintings by appropriately named artist Dave Cherry that are on display now in Room 203 over at the Cortez Hotel. Mike is not showing us the really pornographic stuff, so you will have to go over and see it for yourself. Cherry's art is part of the Nada Dada art event. Great pictures here of Nada Dada. We ran into Mike at our local coffee shop. He told us about the monthly blogger dinners. What do bloggers talk about when they get together, we wonder? But after getting to know him for awhile we are suspicious. Mike worked on the Obama campaign and had an hour and a half meeting with Obama in person. What did you talk with Barack about Mike? Why did you post a UFO sighting report near Peavine Mountain in Reno on your blog? Come on Mike, quit being disingenuous, we know you know much more than you are letting on. No mention of the secret base and the earthquakes? Trying to smoke folks out Mike? Sixteen years ago this July (Monday, July 5, 1993) you marched in front of the White House for the peoples right to know, whats changed Mike? When did you go to the other side, or even worse, were you with them the whole time? Mike can be clearly seen 1:31-1:37 in the video below carrying a long banner wearing a striped shirt, white pants, glasses, mustache and long hair:
UFO Base near Ruth Mine in Ely:
A few days ago we met Paul the Writer, he has a blog called Hippo A Go-Go. He just posted a very poignant story of a bus driver not letting a young girl and her even younger brother ride the bus because she could not prove she was a student. The bus driver left her on the curb crying. Citifare, you suck! Seems like everyone in the coffee shop has a blog. Another blog we just discovered is Vegas Tea Room (we do coffee in Reno, unless its happy hour in the bar). Mike said the Guy By the Door was kinda snooty to him once, but at least he allows unmoderated comments. Another comment or two from us and that probably will change. But we like the pornographic writing style and the blog has a decidedly anti Bob Beers perspective. We remember covering the Republican state convention in Reno whose chairman was Bob Beers. They had a state convention that Robert Mugabe would be proud of - no delegates were selected there, the state convention was shut down at 5 PM Saturday, apparently it was past Bedtime for Beers. The State Central Committee later choose the delegates. No wonder Nevada went Obama. We remember that weekend, even God was displeased giving us a 4.7 earthquake (check out our earthquake prediction over at the UK Skeptics Forum - we got it all right but the magnitude, prayer does work! - eat your heart out "remote viewer" Ed Dames). 45 showed up at the convention, but he couldn't wait to get out of Dodge. No wonder, the Nevada Republican Convention turned out to be a real national embarrassment to Nevada. 45 (Mitt Romney of course) is going to be one of the better presidents, wait and see. All this talk of pornography has us worked up so we are heading over to room 203 at the Cortez and maybe later get on a certain bus. But before we go, here is a picture we stole from one of the more interesting if hypersensitive bloggers out there, Guy By the Door, with our own caption added to it (and thanks for the razz-berry):
We are a small state so we should vote out Harry Reid in 2010? Folks he is the Senate Majority Leader, tell em where to go Harry:
Old News on the Nevada State Republican Convention held in Reno (good job Mitt on getting out of there fast. 45 was overheard saying: "Lets get out of here, NOW, I'd rather be varmint hunting!"):
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Why Nevada is a Blue State now (Mike says we are not red or blue, but purple, click on to enlarge):
Not only is 45 a skilled varmint hunter, but he knows how to hunt polar bears:
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The Worst Dirt (in this case, Doo Doo) we could dig up on "45":
After looking and looking, this is about the worst we have found out about Mitt Romney, other than he speaks French with a Parisian accent. In 1983, Romney's dog made a 12-hour trip from Boston to Ontario in a carrier (it had a windscreen) lashed to the top of the family station wagon. The dog was not hurt as far as we know and Governor Romney said that his dog liked being on the roof. "He scrambled up there every time we went on trips," Mitt said. Time reported:
Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family's hulking Irish setter, in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon's roof rack. He'd built a windshield for the carrier, to make the ride more comfortable for the dog.
As the oldest son, Tagg Romney commandeered the way-back of the wagon, keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, where he glimpsed the first sign of trouble. ''Dad!'' he yelled. ''Gross!'' A brown liquid was dripping down the back window, payback from an Irish setter who'd been riding on the roof in the wind for hours.
As the rest of the boys joined in the howls of disgust, Romney coolly pulled off the highway and into a service station. There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car, then hopped back onto the highway. It was a tiny preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: emotion-free crisis management.
Mitt speaks French:
Adult Commentary: Jackie and Dunlap on the Mitt Romney Shaggy Dog Scandal (the dog was never hurt or in any danger) (foul language, potty humor):
Mitt and Ann with the station wagon without Seamus:
Mitt Romney was faced with a crisis in July 1996. The 14-year-old daughter of Robert Gay, a partner in Romney's new venture capital firm, Bain Capital, had disappeared. As it turned out, she had attended a rave party in New York City and had become high on ecstasy. Three days later, her distraught father had no idea where she was.
Romney took immediate action. He closed down the entire firm and asked all 30 partners and employees to fly to New York to try to find Gay's daughter.
Romney set up a command center in a conference room at the LaGuardia Marriott just outside Manhattan. He hired a private detective firm to assist with the search and established a toll-free number for tips, coordinating the effort with the New York City Police Department, but he still wasn't satisfied. He raced through his Rolodex and called everyone Bain did business with in New York. He asked them to help his company find their friend's missing daughter.
The company's accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and its law firm, put up posters on street poles with a photo of the missing teenager. Cashiers at Duane Reade Pharmacies, which was owned by Bain Capital, put fliers in the bag of each shopper.
Romney and others from the Bain Capital posse trudged through every part of New York, even scouring Central Park, and talked with everyone they could - prostitutes, drug addicts - anyone who may have seen her. They also made rounds at the local nightclubs at 3 a.m., hoping someone somewhere could identify her.
The same day the Romney team came to New York, the hunt made the evening news. Television cameras showed photos of the girl and video of investment banker types prowling through Central Park.
The next day, a teenage boy she was with phoned in. He asked if there was a reward. But the boy got nervous and quickly hung up. Luckily, the police traced the call to a home in Montville Township, N.J.
Gay's daughter, when they found her in the basement of that home, was shivering through detox after a massive dose of ecstasy. Doctors later told Gay that he was indeed fortunate - his daughter probably would not have lasted another day.
"It was the most amazing thing, and I'll never forget this to the day I die," Gay says, adding of Romney's intervention, "I'm not sure we would have gotten her back without him."
It is often during a crisis that we gain insight into a person's real character. Romney's action demonstrated leadership, loyalty, and selflessness - attributes that Americans just might like to see in a president of the United States.
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The top ten reasons Mitt dropped out in 2008:
After winning Nevada, the real reasons 45 dropped out in 2008:
No. 10: There weren't as many Osmonds as he thought.
No. 9: Got tired of the corkscrew landings of his campaign plane while under fire
No. 8: As a lifelong hunter, I didn't want to miss the start of varmint season.
No. 7: There wasn't room for two Christian leaders in the presidential race
No. 6: I was upset that no one bothered to search my passport files.
No. 5: I'd rather get fat, grow a beard and try for the Nobel prize.
No. 4: Got tired of wearing a dark suit and tie, and I wanted to kick back in a light colored suit and tie.
No. 3: When my wife realized I couldn't win the GOP nomination, my fundraising dried up.
No. 2: I took a bad fall at a campaign rally and broke my hair.
And the No. 1 reason Romney dropped out: His campaign relied on a flawed campaign strategy that as Utah goes, so goes the nation.
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Not for the squeamish: Does this interview make you squirm? Ron Paul being interviewed by Bruno:
Why read about it? Watch it yourself. We tried without success to get tickets. They wouldn't even let us in the overflow room that has video, lol. Next event we will hang behind the building looking for an interview, wearing our dirty Che Guevara tee shirt.
After an introduction by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (who has not endorsed any candidate, although his son is working for Hillary) and AFSCME (America's public service union) President Gerald McEntee, all the major democratic presidental candidates showed up except for Senator Barack Obama and retired General Wesley Clark. George Stephanopoulos from ABC News was the moderator. He promptly mispronounced the name of the state and was heckled by the Nevadans in the audience. Shocker no one told him how to pronounce Nevada correctly.
Senator Chris Dodd started things out. He was the most impressive candidate and admitted his vote on going to Iraq was a mistake. He said most politicians don't say two things - I don't know and I made a mistake. He has two small children and said we need a surge in diplomacy not more troops in Iraq.
Senator Hillary Clinton, the frontrunner, defended her vote for the Iraqi war and wants universal health insurance for all Americans by the end of her second term. She seemed the most pro-war of all the candidates and did not apologize on her pro-war senate vote.
Tom Vilsack, former governor of Iowa, asked the audience what they have done today to end the war in Iraq. He wants Congress to cut off funding for the war in Iraq now. He is worried about the weakening of the National Guard and appears to be the strongest anti-war candidate. He said the current defense budget is "unauditable", and the money we will save on Iraq should go into health care. He said if we put the liability for social security and medicare on the books, it would conservatively be a 39 trillion dollar liablility. He has since dropped out of the race.
John Edwards, former senator from North Carolina, came out very strong for unions. He wants to ban the hiring of permanent replacement workers for companies whose workers are on strike. He has already put forward a universal health care package. He does not want to wait eight years like Hillary Clinton, he wants universal health care coverage now by eliminating the George Bush tax cuts on Americans making more than $200,000 dollars a year. He wants us to draw down 40 or 50 thousand troops now out of Iraq. He voted for the war, and said he was wrong and said Bush and Company were incompetent on their handling of the war.
Bill Richardson, ex-governor of New Mexico, wants a strong nominee for President. He wants all candidates to sign a pledge they will not use negative campaigning against the other candidates. "Governors actually do things," the pro-union Richardson said. He said the next president must get us out of Iraq, worry about global warming, give us universal health insurance (Massachussets style plan) and get us more energy independent. He quoted Rabin: "You don't make peace with your friends, you make peace with your enemies."
Senator Joe Biden signed up for Richardson's no negative campaigning pledge. Biden wants federalism/decentralization in Iraq with some oil resevered for the Sunnis. Biden talked about the incompetence of the Bush regime, saying he was mislead by the early success in Afghanistan. He made a mistake he said in assuming the Bush administration were competent. He is worried about a wider war between Sunni and Shia in the middle east unless we handle the Iraq War properly. Refreshing, a candidate with a solution to the Iraq War.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio said he was not fooled by President George Bush. He was against the Iraq war from the beginning, finding no evidence Iraq was responsible for 911. He wants to get rid of the American contractors in Iraq (said they were cheating Iraqis) and have reparations for the people of Iraq. He said if Iraq did not have oil, we would not of went to war there. He said the war and the subsequent occupation is illegal. Kucinich's health care plan does not include a role for the for-profit insurance companies. He wants to eliminate the wasteful health care costs caused by the for-profit insurance system (paperwork and related costs and profits). He wants everyone to have health care. His first week in office he said would be to eliminate NAFTA and other trade agreements and go back to bilateral trade pacts.
Former senator Mike Gravel of Alaska is not convinced the democrats will win in 2008. Tens of millions of Americans had the view we should not invade Iraq, why weren't the democratic senators against the war early on? He is worried about a congressional congress on Iraq dragging out the war. He wants to eliminate the income tax system. He said a candidate with executive experience will be a better president than one with just legislative experience. He wants public funding for campaign.
Exceeded Expectations Award goes to Senator Christopher Dodd. Worse Than Expected Award goes to Senator Hillary Clinton. Too bad Senator Barack Obama did not show up.
There were some good natured young republican protestors outside the event with signs like "Keep Nevada Red." Another sign said "I'm here for the mindless easy liberal women, VOTE HILLARY!" Someone told them to "Go to Iraq." Wish I hand brought my Mao hat and my tee shirt with the big picture of Che Guevara. I could of had a sign that said "Better Red Than Dead", and joined their party for the press pictures. Something to keep in mind for next time, lol.
Pat Tillman - An American Hero - Killed in Afghanistan - We Salute Veterans and 911 First Responders - Thank You For Your Service! Please America, Never Forget our POWs. May They All Be Accounted For.
"During my senior year I joined Skull and Bones, a secret society, so secret I can’t say anything more." President George W. Bush, in his autobiography, A Charge to Keep.
Our Exceeded Expectations Award (We Think He Was Number One) Goes to Senator Chris Dodd - One of the Eight Democratic Candidates in the February 21, 2007 Carson City Forum - Jean Dixon Photo
Islam Friendly Websites (thanks to Aba-Alharith, Paltalk's "Islam Answers Back" in Social Issues)
Nevadans protesting "Crap and Trade" in Reno. (pictures courtesy Mike at Third Eye on Reno).
