Archive for the ‘DailyNews-Politics’ Category

 
Politics – “A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.” – Ambrose Bierce
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There exist today countries that are connected by fear of the future. Yet they are hopeful that past transgressions and poor decisions will not destroy the struggles of generations. (more…)

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“I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.” – Mitt Romney (more…)

“flawed in its concept and flawed in its execution” – Eric Holder

 
Operation Fast and Furious was a program run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) designed to track gun sales to Mexican criminal organizations. (more…)

Advancements in forensic DNA testing are expected to improve the efficacy of our criminal justice system, but is the technology being utilized as it ought to be?

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According to the latest United Nations statistics more than two billion people live on less than two dollars each day. (more…)

According to the watchdog site DrugSense.org federal law enforcement officials spent taxpayer dollars at the rate of $500 per second in 2010 battling illegal drug use across the country. (more…)

Large retailers like Amazon may move their distribution centers, like this one, out of Nevada, if the Silver State's liberal
legislature passes a new Internet tax. Credits: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

It sure can be discouraging to be a Nevadan.

We rank #1 in unemployment, foreclosures and high school dropouts… and now Nevada’s Democrat-controlled legislature may soon encourage big businesses like Amazon and Zappos to leave the Silver State. Yes, you read that right. We may end up ranking #1 with the dumbest legislature in the nation. (more…)

Credits: Tim Boyles / Getty Images

In a time when being “first” in Reno usually means topping the list of something bad, Reno residents are amused to see that Google has picked us for something good… we hope. (more…)

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman is surrounded by showgirls... or is he? Photo: Jacob Andrzejczak/Getty Images

Nevada’s legislature says it is committed to solving the Silver State’s economic and education woes… so what did they do? The uber-lib (Dem-controlled) legislature passed a bill that protects transgender Nevadans from job discrimination. (more…)

Why couldn't Douglas track officials see the boy who won this race? The parents and students did. Photo: Kelly Anderson Wright

Protesters who wave “Don’t cut school funding” signs at Nevada’s Gov. Sandoval in Carson City need to target the real enemy: the Washoe County School District (WCSD). These bozos are wasting our money. Big time. (more…)

The "Coalition for Internet Censorship" - does the US really aspire to join this group?

Joseph Lieberman and two other senators who plan to give the US President emergency Internet authority, otherwise know as the “Internet  KILL Switch” are protesting comparisons to Iran, China, Egypt, and Syria cutting off their citizens access to the Internet. Critics say that this will put the US in the same group – “the Coalition for Internet Censorship”. (more…)

Perhaps politics can never be argued civilly... just look at our political symbols: an elephant and a jackass! Photo: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

A veteran psychiatrist now claims that liberalism is a mental disorder, not purely a political choice. (more…)

No, not Egypt – the United States! Legislation for an “Internet Kill Switch” was introduced last year by Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) without much attention or success. However, (more…)

Mexican President Felipe Calderon continues to demonize Arizona’s new immigration law as he has since his official state visit to the U.S. last May. (more…)

In yet another setback for President Obama and the majority Democrats in Congress, the 20 term congressman from Harlem New York says he will step down as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. (more…)

Democratic Congressman Baron Hill of Indiana scolds one of his own constituents at a town hall meeting.  What is it about elected officials that compels them to shove their own foot in their mouths, or another part of their anatomy into someone else’s mouth?