Las Vegas Review Journal (RJ as Las Vegans' call it), the epitome of crackpot journalism has right wing nuts salivatin on the front page.Bias? Racism? Elitism? Suspicion? Paranoia? Anti-government?
You betcha!
Hot coals are burnin where men usually like to scratch when it comes to Harry Reid.
You would think no-man's land Nevada with a population of a little over 2 million (out of 304 mil nationwide) might show a little pride having Harry Reid as one of the most powerful legislators in Congress.
You would be be dead wrong, as national crime statistics show-Nevada is the most dangerous state to live in the USA-has been for the past five years.
Who says crime doesn't pay?
Of course you'd have to understand how the RJ incites those numbers. Last week it devoted an entire front page to illegal immigrants getting medical care from the state subsidized hospital-including names, addresses and diagnosis. The immigrants didn't understand the danger the RJ was placing them in-if you read the comments following the article, you'd know those patients might be better off dying of kidney failure than to leave the hospital.
Brought out all those right wing gun totin nutty white males (80% of the state is white, 51% are male) makin veiled death threats and just about anything else.
Well, if the RJ has its way, Nevada will soon be back to its normal identity-that of an obscure, crazy, off the grid kinda place where the only safe place is a resort casino for the weekend.
At the present time, the country isn't even buying THAT much touted mantra, considerin all the foreclosures, bankrupt casinos , over priced rooms and rumors of no payout games.
Back to the real issue is this-
WHO does Nevada like runnin' their government?
Obviously if gettin rid of Harry is going to make it all better-once again accordin' to the RJ-let's take a look at their endorsements currently in office.
We all know the man at the top of this article. Why that's Jim Gibbons-former inept congressman turned totally inept Governor. He's been chastised for sextexting while at state meetings, his divorce is the stuff of the Enquirer and he bowed out of this legislators budget meetings after recommending cuts in social programs, 18% cuts in teachers salaries and get this-closing down the universities-claiming kids could go to college in other states-He wants to run again-only his approval level is below 10%- at that rating- itjust goes to show ya-he's a boy only a mother could love..
All that makes sense considering Nevada's education level is about as close to a small rock as you can get.
18% of the population hold a BA or above. Ain't that sumpin to be proud of??
Maybe Gibbons will buy bus tickets for that little group-a goin' to school send off preent.
Of course, once educated, we probably won't be seeing any of them return.
RJ continues to shore up Prayerboy cheatin John Ensign. Another one of their proud picks.
Remember, our pious, paryerful congressman who pointed fingers at all the cheatin' sinners in Congress these past ten years?
The one cheating on his wife with his best friend's wife? Mommy and Daddy paying them to go away?
Last week he proclaimed He's right with God-he didn't break any laws..
RJ fans its Las Vegas peacock feathers for the Mayor-Goodman-nowdays, Mayor Goodman is rounding up funding for his pet project-"The Mob Museum".
He wants to honor the good old days when he represented organized crime figures as a lawyer.
I guess he misses those good old days of cash under the table paychecks.
If you have a few hours to read the archives of the RJ you will find some stunningly preposterous excuses, finger pointing, cover ups and actual dishonest reporting to keep these men and other issues alive and reflecting the opinions of this crazy, scary and misleading rag.
Perhaps the obscurity and failure Nevada is slowly sinking into benefits the RJ's purposes?
Who knows?
Until then, RJ's quest to oust Harry Reid is front and center.
Stirrin up the wing nut, gun totin, white males the likes of Timothy McVeigh is bonafide expertise of the RJ. Comment reading after one of it's queasy, racist, bias stirrin articles only reinforces Nevada"s fame as the most violent city in the nation.
Harry Reid's little town of Searchlight is a safe haven for him-I wonder if it will be when the RJ gets done with their infamous trash reportin'?
