My Opinion

I have the reputation of saying things that simply are too strong, too critical and certainly not in very good taste.

The difference between most people and me is that what I say publically is far kinder than what most people say about each other behind their backs.

I owe you my honest and best opinion about any persons or ideas that I feel are important enough for me to make my opinion known.

I don’t demand or expect that you agree with me. I have no belief that I have the best and final answers to any problem and that once you hear or read what I say, you need look no further. 

I hope you believe that I have given considerable thought and consideration before I reach a conclusion to say the things I say.

If you don’t disagree with a great deal of what I say, I will be disappointed. I want you to think about the issues which are far more important than your agreeing with me.

Ron Paul

As you may know, I interviewed Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and Herman Cain for my segment “Inside Nevada” on our news.

Cain is now gone and Santorum was never there.

But Ron Paul is a different matter. Although I am concerned that he is 76, three years older than I am, I believe his sound judgment, clear thinking and intellectual compatibilities could make him a good president.

His understanding of this country’s history is extensive and he understands the economics of the United States and the rest of the world. He is thoughtful, not being a gunslinger who shoots without thinking.

Unlike Romney, who has turned out to be a man not of poor principles, but a man of no principles, and unlike Newt Gingrich who has the intellect and experience to be president but whose judgment is entirely flawed, Paul is a strong individual in all the areas where the other Republicans seem to be so weak.

You ought to give Paul a lot of thought and consideration in choosing the Republican nominee and then the President.

GOP Presidential Candidates Last Debate

Did you see the debate last Thursday night?

I had watched nearly all the previous debates and had found that each debate was worse than the one before it but each debate did confirm what I had thought for a long time which left me with this question. How can the Republican party, which speaks for many Americans, field a group of presidential candidates where you feel you are choosing the best of the worst rather than the best of the best?

As to Thursday night’s debate, these are some of my observations.

First and most important to me was that not one question was asked nor did one candidate ever refer to the plight of the middle class. The Republican candidates all live and think in a very small world.

The candidates discussed abortion, gay marriage, Israel, Jordan, general foreign policy, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and other issues that are all important but in these times, less immediately important than the horrible financial problems facing the American middle class who have had their businesses destroyed, their health care fall behind that of more than 40 other countries in the world, and their education system, both K-12 and higher education, no longer produces graduates who can compete against the college graduates from countries we previously considered second class. All of the discussions never concentrated on the most important issue, that is, “Why are the rich getting richer and everyone else getting poorer?” The man on the street now believes he has no place in the economic prosperity of the future.

I am disgusted with the constant argument that reducing taxes on the rich will create jobs.

I am fairly wealthy and have a very substantial income and am part of the top 1%. I can tell you I would have no problem paying more taxes if it would help the middle class.

As to my creating more jobs if I had more money because of less taxes, I can tell you that is simply not true.

If you reduce my taxes, all that will happen is that I’ll have more cash in my savings account.

The GOP must stop protecting their rich friends who now can’t spend what they make.
I am sickened by the morality which the GOP claims it has while it screws the little guy.

Dean Heller vs. Shelley Berkley

Voting “No” on every issue that comes before Congress does not take great intellect, judgment or experience.

I have watched Senator Heller since he participated in the Obama care medical legislation debate.  He appears to be an intellectual lightweight.  Therefore, I was surprised to learn he graduated from the business school at the University of Southern California.  He should, therefore, have some understanding of money, how it is used to be productive and how it is used to invest in the future of this country, including its education system.

But for some reason, creativity got left out of Heller’s intelligence and work ethics. 

I think he’s a good honest man who really means well, but unfortunately, it takes more than good faith to handle the job.

In these times of an economy that is weak world-wide, no longer an economy that is controlled by the U.S., imagination, creativity, high energy and ambition are critical components of the attributes of a U.S. Senator.  He has none of these. 

What A Choice – A Windbag And An Idiot

Nevada has been blessed with quality political leadership. Its Governors for the past 60 years, with the exception of Jim Gibbons, have been world class.

Its membership in the Federal Congress has been well represented during the same 60 years, with the two exceptions, Jim Gibbons, who did absolutely nothing for Nevada and Dean Heller, who is simply a blank sheet of paper whose name should not be in any sentence with any other Nevada Congressional member during the last 60 years, with the exception of Jim Gibbons who was also a non-entity in Congress.

Now I’m looking at the 2012 crop of Nevadans who want to go to Congress and represent Nevada.

The two most likely opponents for Congressional District 4 are Barbara Cegavske and Steven Horsford. What a choice – a windbag (Horsford) and an idiot (Cegavske).

Horsford has been a great political disappointment during the last several years. As a State Senator he was overwhelmed by the problems the State faces and did absolutely nothing to improve life in Nevada.

And Cegavske. I cannot find the words to describe this person who has done nothing, and I mean nothing, to help Nevada.

As between a windbag and an idiot, I am sorry to say I have to vote for the windbag. 

Can’t we find someone of substance to run for this very important position?

Former Representative Dina Titus And Her Primary Opponent In The Race To Represent Nevada’s First District, Fellow Democrat Senator Ruben Kihuen

I know Dina Titus very well and my wife and I both have supported her since she got into State politics and eventually ran for Governor, a race which unfortunately made Jim Gibbons, the model for the man in the empty suit, Nevada’s Governor.

Dina is running for Congress. Beverly and I will support her. But I want to say some good things about her opponent, Ruben Kihuen. 

Ruben is a talented, bright young man with a brilliant future in Nevada politics. He represents substance and understanding of people’s problems, which very few Nevadans understand. As you know, he is presently a Nevada State Senator who has a genuine and caring eye on Nevada’s future.

I think Dina is the better candidate, but I don’t want to see Ruben withdraw from Nevada politics if he loses this race.

Every Time You Don’t Vote You Get What You Deserve

One of the primary reasons the lunatics and obstructionists have been able to bring this country to a stop is that once more the America voter went to sleep. Did you know that in 2008 130 million voters voted but that in 2010 only 80 million voted. Every time you don’t vote you get what you deserve. And the Tea Party is what the non-voters gave life in 2010.