How Much Vacation Time Has Obama Taken? (Infographic)
The Sequester battle rages on in D.C., and now golfing and White House tours are ammo. One I’ve heard brought up more than usual lately is a complaint that Obama has been on these lavish vacations costing tax payers enormous amounts. I guess the reasoning goes something like ‘we wouldn’t even have a national debt [...]
Published at the request of the duly elected senators, of the 43rd session, of the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Many students missed a warning when two extremely conservative campus leaders joined with a more liberal student to vie for the executive board of the undergraduate student government (CSUN) at the University [...]
Continue reading …From Nevada to DC and Back: A Local Small Business Owner’s Take on Politics, Policies and Pathways to Growth
October 15, 2012 No Comment
By Ron Nelsen Small business owners like me are busting our humps to put people back to work in the aftermath of the Great Recession. For the economy’s sake and our own, we deserve a chance to tell Washington exactly what kinds of policies can give us a leg up. I got my opportunity last [...]
Continue reading …Political rhetoric and the vitriol associated with much of it has been in the news a lot lately. Many people claim that words don’t hurt people. I completely disagree. Such a statement is tantamount to the gun lover slogan, “Guns don’t kill people; people kill people.” While it’s true that guns (and words) are not the ones that actually make the decision to harm someone, their effect CAN be just as devastating as the one who actually pulls the trigger.
Continue reading …Remember the famous words of Abraham Lincoln, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”? I believe that comes from the Bible too. I also seem to remember something like “love thy neighbor as thyself” and “blessed is the peace maker” in there too. Yet Congressman Paul Broun (R – Georgia), who once introduced legislation declaring [...]
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