Movement Started by iOwnTheWorld
The perfect gift any time.
Nevada News & Views – October 21, 2009
Oct 21st, 2009 by TMH
By: Chuck Muth
Nevada News and Views
NEVADA NEWS & VIEWS HEADLINES
- Muth’s Truths: Rory Reid Says Dad Wrong, Yucca Mountain is Safe
- Lowden: Kick Harry Reid Out of Office
- Sandoval: A Reason to Believe Again
- NNB: Union Demands Exemption from Furloughs
- NNB: Selection Process for Revenue Study Stakeholder Group Begins
- Huston: Union Threatens Blog Against Using Union’s Name
- ATR: Norquist Urges Senate Hearing on Labor Board Nominee
- Zahara: Public Cops for Private Security Detail?
Click here to read these stories at the Nevada News & Views site!
OTHER NEWS
- WSJ: The GOP’s New York Fiasco
- LV Sun: Obama taps Yucca supporter
- LVRJ: Beltway Harry may need to get home more often
- Ralston: Ralston cries ‘Lame!’ as foes of Harry Reid cry foul
- Docudharma: We Must Get Rid of Harry Reid at Any Cost
- KVVU: Angle To Announce Her Run Against Reid
- LVRJ: Sharron Angle gears up to challenge Harry Reid
- Examiner: Sharron Angle brings senate campaign to Las Vegas
- LV Sun: A shorter wait for green projects after criticism
- Nevada Appeal: State’s top fiscal analysts retiring
- LVRJ: Las Vegas One ends operations
Click here to read these stories at the Nevada News & Views site!
MUTH’S TRUTHS
Rory Reid Says Dad Wrong, Yucca Mountain is Safe
KRNV-News 4 in Reno reported on its website on July 30, 2008 that “Nevada Senator Harry Reid spoke today about the potential for grave consequences at Yucca Mountain if an earthquake ever struck in the area of the proposed nuclear dump site.”
Harry Reid has made a political career out of playing the earthquake card over and over again in his non-stop efforts to kill the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project and every high-paying, tax-generating job that comes with it.
Indeed, Harry features an online petition on his U.S. Senate website which states that “DOE does not even have complete plans to transport nuclear waste or to build the dump at Yucca Mountain, which is in an earthquake-prone environment.”
Hmm. I guess his son Rory must have missed a memo.
In announcing his candidacy for governor last week, the Democrat Chairman of the Clark County Commission released a 30-page campaign document outlining his “new economic vision for Nevada.” Most of it is nothing more than political pap and platitudes, but there is one section calling for making Nevada “A Technology Hub.” Get a load of this.
“Since the 1990s, IT (Information Technology) has been the principal driver of increasing economic growth.”
Yes, I know. It should be “principle” drivers. “Principal drivers” are the folks who drive school principals to school every day. But in looking at Rory’s bio, I see he went to some of Nevada’s public schools, so what are ya gonna do? Anyway….
“Nevada is now a unique crossroads of the IT world and has a competitive advantage in the data storage business,” Rory continues. “These are companies that save and warehouse electronic data. There is no safer place in the country to store data: No hurricanes, no tornadoes, and no active fault lines.”
What?!!!!!
There is no safer place for critical storage facilities than Nevada because there are no hurricanes, tornadoes or ACTIVE FAULT LINES? Does daddy dearest know about this?
Then again, Nevada is a big state geographically. So Rory’s probably talking about safe storage areas somewhere up north around Elko or Winnemucca, right? Well, let’s see….
“Our secure environment makes us a logical choice to serve as the back-up headquarters for corporations based on the West Coast,” Rory explains. “After 9/11, corporations started planning for disasters. We could store a company’s electronic records and systems so that, in case of an emergency, the business could relocate here and with one flip of a switch be fully operational again. The vast potential for security and solar energy in Nye County, for instance – between Yucca Mountain and the Nevada Test Site – along with their proximity to the IT resources in Las Vegas, could support such data centers and back-up operations.”
What?!!!
The environmentally safest place in the United States to store critical, irreplaceable electronic records is at….Yucca Mountain?
I’ve known for a while now that most of what Harry Reid says about safety concerns over the Yucca Mountain project is pure, unadulterated political flapdoodle. But it’s interesting to discover that his son apparently feels the same way.
TUBE TIPS
Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee goes “Face to Face” with Jon Ralston tonight. The program airs tonight on Las Vegas ONE on Cox Channel 19 at 5:30 pm, 6:30 pm and 8:00 pm.
Sam Shad’s guest on today’s Nevada Newsmakers program will be Chuck Kozak, candidate for U.S. Senate. The program airs on KRNV-TV Channel 4 at 12:30 pm in Reno and on Cox Cable Channel 123 at 4:30 pm and 11:35 pm in Las Vegas.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
- “(President Obama’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) nominee Bill Magwood) has repeatedly been quoted as saying Yucca Mountain is the best solution to the nation’s nuclear waste storage issues, most recently in May.” – Las Vegas Sun, 10/21/09
- “(T)hat Team Reid would have the mentality to scorch the earth (“vaporize”) – and I have been saying this for weeks, months, years even – to ensure he survives is not exactly a shocking revelation, if colorfully put by the Reid intimate. . . . (I)nstead of whining about it, his opponents would do well to consider whether, even if they can cut the majority leader, they really want to bring a knife to a vaporizer fight.” – Las Vegas Sun columnist Jon Ralston
- “I’m not here to preach to the choir, I’m here to organize an army.” – GOP senatorial candidate Sharron Angle preparing to officially announcing her campaign against Harry Reid
- “I think (Sen. Harry Reid has) become a Nancy Pelosi liberal Washingtonian, and I think this is his last term.” – GOP senatorial candidate Sue Lowden
- “If Harry Reid starts acting like a strong leader and passes the public option, he solidifies his standing with Democrats and Independents and has a chance to survive 2010. If he continues to be weak — refusing to unify the Democratic Caucus behind an up-or-down vote and allowing the public option to be watered down to nothing — Democratic senators will likely be looking for a new Majority Leader in 2011.” – Liberal Adam Green of the Progressive Change Committee Campaign
- “I don’t think it’s a wise idea. It’s an entry-drug and the potential for heavy use is still there. Everyone I’ve ever known who has a drug problem has started with marijuana. I’ve always felt that encouraging marijuana use is detrimental.” – Nevada Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio (R-Reno) on the federal government’s decision not to waste resources prosecuting medical marijuana users
- “I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” – Barack Obama while campaigning to become president, only to go on and raise taxes after elected
- “Well, I’m not going to raise taxes, I can guarantee you that.” – Republican Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio while campaigning for re-election last year, only to go on and raise taxes after elected
- “Right now, we can’t afford more taxes.” – Brian Sandoval while campaigning to become Nevada governor earlier this month
- “(GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian) Sandoval allows there may or may not be room to cut in the budget, but that he doesn’t think there’s room to raise taxes in this economy. On the other hand, he says, a state can’t cut its way to prosperity, either.” – CityLife editor Steve Sebelius
