Nevada senatorial aspirant Sharron Angle got off to an odd start a few weeks back by warning balefully of “unwarranted influence” from the casino industry. (Which is, after all, one of the Silver State’s two primary sources of revenue.) Then she literally said it’s “not my job” to bring employment back. See ya!
However, this didn’t prevent Ms. Angle from shedding a few crocodile tears for those casinos whose money is too tainted for her to accept: “The half-finished casinos with idle cranes, the shopping centers with empty storefronts. It’s all about our jobs and our homes,” wept the candidate whose platform effectively demonizes both casinos as well the unionized laborers who both staff and build them.
Lady, don’t piss on my shoes and tell me it’s raining, OK?
(Given some of the fairly medieval social views she espouses and her theocratic political affiliations, I suspect that Angle harbors a deep-seated aversion to gambling. However, that’s no more than a logical extrapolation.)
Going from frying pan to fire, we find that beleaguered Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) appears to have made a Faustian pact with the arch-conservative Fertitta Brothers, who are backing him this year. Hapless Harry’s having to suck up to the “human cockfighting” (™ Sen. John McCain) that will be UFC 116. The (un)lucky contest winner gets to sit next to Reid and septic-mouthed UFC prexy Dana White.
If gaming is but one of the two main pillars of the Nevada economy, what’s the other? You guessed it, retail. And there’s finally — and I do mean finally — some good news on that front (partly because people are smoking and drinking a little more, but that’s far from the whole picture). This uptick, following 19 months of nothing but “down,” couldn’t be more welcome.
After all, the state needs to scare up 20 dimes to pay for Gov. Jim Gibbons‘ official portrait (not to mention his Scandal of the Week program). That grinding noise from up north is Midnight Jim gritting his teeth as he admits the sales-tax bump was abetted by those federal stimulus dollars he had to be dragged kicking and screaming into accepting.
Well said
Anchorwoman said:
“Mixed martial arts used to be banned in South Carolina. This was the first fight since the ban was listed.”
– Somehow I think it might be the last, too. Good.
“Gov. Jim Gibbons said his administration obligated money from the federal Recovery and Reinvestment Act in April to provide for rebates of up to $200 to those who bought energy-efficient appliances, which could have helped to boost sales.”
– Just a guess, but this must be an election year, right? 🙂
Thanks for the link to the American Independent party platform, which linked to “The End of Dollar Hegemony [by] HON. RON PAUL OF TEXAS”
Those AIP folks are nuts, and potentially dangerous… and Ron Paul’s screed about the “debt-free monetary system” is too.
Update: Angle did a 180 on “Face to Face” tonight, now says it *is* within a U.S. senator’s ability to create jobs (so long as they’re not guvmint jobs). For the full monty, see http://slashpolitics.lvcitylife.com/2010/06/just-a-couple-more-questions/
David Mckee –
Thanks for the link. I hope Ms. Angle (pardon me – Mrs. Ted Angle) gets asked all those questions if/when she dares face other-than-Fox interrogators again.
BTW, on the same page as the article was a link to this story:
“Reid Introduces New Standalone Unemployment Extension Bill”
Seems that Sen. Reid and (most of) the other Democrats are still trying to provide a base level of support to the millions of people who can’t find a job. Angle’s [“fiscally responsible”] probable response: “Let them eat cake!”
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